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


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Set Details
Coin Description: SC$1 1959 AK HK-527 ALASKA FLAG DAY DOLLAR
Grade: NGC MS 67
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, 1959, Ni Silver, ALASKA STATEHOOD FLAG DAY DOLLAR, United States, So Called Dollar HK-527 Nickel Silver, NGC MS67, Cert# 2616447-014. Obv. Crossed flags with spread-wing totem pole between; above Alaska / The Last Frontier State; below flags In God We Trust; below, around 49 Star Flag Official July 4, 1959; Rv. Map of U.S. with map of Alaska super-imposed on center, on latter 49th / State; above map Alaska / Annexed / October 18, 1867; below map Admitted / January 3, 1959 / The 49th State. HK-527 Nickel-silver. 38mm. Rarity-2. A variety of privately struck medals were issued to commemo­rate Alaska's admission to Statehood Jan. 3, 1959. Dubbed "Seward's Folly" in 1867 when purchased from Russia by Secretary of State Seward for $7,200,000, Alaska had returned $3,500,000,000 in products to United States when finally admitted to Union. With area of over 656,000 square miles and 2000 population of 630,000, it is the largest yet most thinly settled of all states. FLAG DAY DOLLAR: Conceived, designed and issued by G & G Distributors, Los Angeles, CA. This Specimen Among the Finest Graded.

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