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


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Set Details
Coin Description: SC$1 1888 CT HK-614A NEW HAVEN 250TH ANN
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
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Medal, 1888, WM, NEW HAVEN 250TH ANNIVERSARY, New Haven, CT. So Called Dollar HK-614A White Metal, NGC MS62, Cert# 2614269-029. This is the ONLY graded example of the white metal variety and impossible to replace as such. Obv. Within beaded circle is panoramic scene of buildings and trees; above The Green; below microscopic C. Theiler Meriden, Ct; below (in smaller circle) several scientific and educational instruments, with branch at each side of circle; outside, around In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the Settlement of New Haven, April 25 • 1888 • *; Rv. Within small beaded circle at top, bust l.; to l. Rev. John, to r. Davenport; below within rectangle, scene of group of people beneath a tree; outside, below John Davenport Preaching to the / --Emigrants.-- / 1638. Purchased at the First Annual So Called Dollar Fellowship, April 3-6, 2014 in Dayton, NV from Jonathan Brecher, co-author/editor of the 2nd edition of the So Called Dollars Catalog.

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