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Spencer Collection of So Called Dollars
HK-705 BR, Northampton Tercentenniary
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Coin Description:
SC$1 1961 HK-589 PONY EXPRESS TERMINATION
Grade:
NGC MS 66 RD
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, 1961, Bz, PONY EXPRESS TERMINATION CENTENNIAL, United States, Struck by Philadelphia Mint, So Called Dollar HK-589 Bz, Turner 5, NGC MS66RD, Cert# 1992417-008. Obv. In center circle is scene of telegraph key and wire and dismounted horse (symbolizing end of Pony Express); below The Pony Express / Terminated by the Telegraph / Salt Lake City Utah / October 24, 1861; outside circle, above United States 1961 Centennial Medal; at lower border are 34 stars in two rows around. Rv. In center is horse and dismounted rider, telegraph wires in background; below An Immortal Service / to the Union / signed A. Lincoln; upper border legend * The Pony Express *; lower legend St. Joseph to Sacramento. Medal issued by National Pony Express Centennial Association, Salt Lake City; designed by Roy J. Olsen; authorized by 86th Congress and struck at Philadelphia Mint. Medal commemorates termination of eighteen months operation of Pony Express brought about by completion of transcontinental telegraph Oct. 24, 1861. President Lincoln characterized Express as "an immortal service to the Union."
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