Spencer Collection of So Called Dollars
HK-705 BR, Northampton Tercentenniary


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Set Details
Coin Description: SC$1 1949 CA HK-501 GOLD PLATED LEAD
Grade: NGC MS 62
Owner: Spencer Collection
 
Set Category: Token & Medals
Set Name: Spencer Collection of So Called Dollars
Slot Name: HK-705 BR, Northampton Tercentenniary
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Owner's Description

Medal, 1949, Gold Plated Bz & Lead, CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH DOLLAR, CA GOLD RUSH CENTENNIAL, So Called Dollar, NGC MS62, Cert# 3101925-001. Purchased from Ken Cobena during the first annual meeting of the So Called Dollar Guys in Dayton, Nevada, April 3-6, 2014. Rarity-4. Bronze goldplate. Countersunk center with raised design depicting oxen team pulling covered wagon l., lead ox touching map of California. CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH CENTENNIAL around above, * 1849 * 1949 * below. Rev. Countersunk center with raised design. Miner's pan at center of crossed pick and shovel. Plain band around. Stack's Description: Obv. Covered wagon, drawn by oxen, proceeding l.; lead ox touches on relief map of California--all raised on countersunk center area; outside, above around, California Gold Rush Centennial; below * 1849 * 1949 *; Rev. Miner's pan in center of crossed pick and shovel--all raised on countersunk center area; plain wide band around. History & Purpose: issued by California Medalists Society, San Francisco, designer and striking firm unknown; struck also with loop for use by American Numismatic Association as 1949 convention badge. Issue limited to 3,000 Bronze pieces, 1,000 being 24K Gold-plated. This was part of 3-year celebration starting with Gold Rush Centennial--1948, culminating in Statehood Centennial--1950. With start of 1849 Gold Rush, three principal routes were by ship around Cape Horn; by ship to Panama, overland across Isthmus, thence by ship again to San Francisco; finally, by ox-train and prairie schooner across country. Migration was unique in U.S. history; 4,350 wagons crossed Missouri River by May 18; 75,000 to 100,000 people entered state in 1849. Centennial celebration was statewide; San Jose State College presented fete, June 1-4, "Rose of the Rancho"; there again, Sept. 9-11, Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West commemorated both Admission Day and establishment of that city as state's first capital. Columbia and Monterey staged parades and pageants, July 15-17 and Aug. 30-Sept. 6, respectively, latter observing centennial of first Constitutional Convention. Death Valley paid tribute, Dec. 2-4, to those crossing Valley in 1849; California Historical Society held San Jose ceremony Dec. 10, commemorating first meeting of legislature there Dec. 15, 1849.

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