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


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Set Details
Coin Description: SC$1 1958 KS HK-712 SALINA CENTENNIAL
Grade: NGC MS 64
Owner: Spencer Collection
 
Set Category: Token & Medals
Set Name: Spencer Collection of So Called Dollars
Slot Name: HK-705 BR, Northampton Tercentenniary
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Medal, 1958, Gilt, SALINA CENTENNIAL, Salina, Kansas, So Called Dollar HK-712 Gilt, NGC MS64, Cert# 4056106-020. Salina Centennial, Inc. organized locally; chartered September 1957 as non-profit corporation; directly staged celebration May 4-10, 1958. Medal sponsored and sold for 50 cents by Salina Centennial, Inc.; 2,000 pieces struck by Wendell-Northwestern and "there were not enough to go around." Obv. Central design depicts 2 pioneers and an Indian on bluff to l. overlooking city to r.; to l. is 1858, to r. 1958; in upper center is an airplane, below city is a covered wagon; above all Salina / Kansas; at bottom edge Centennial; Rv. Relief map of U.S. with Kansas in center; 5-pointed star at location of Salina, crossroads N. and S., E. and W.; around outline of state, above Where North and South, below Meet East and West--all within center circle; at top, around Salina Centennial, Inc.; at l. edge is covered wagon, at r. edge an airplane; at bottom, around "Wagons to Wings". Purchased at the First Annual So Called Dollar Conference April 3-6, 2014, in Dayton, NV, from Jonathan Brecher, Co Author/Editor of the 2nd Edition of the So Called Dollar Catalog. This is the Plate Coin on Page 135. Rarity-4, however almost never seen, and only 1 graded higher. 33mm.

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