Spencer Collection of World and U.S. Historical Medals Including So-Called Dollars
MI-251/44 AR, Queene Anne's Bounty


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Set Details
Coin Description: SC$1 1954 NY HK-512 CRADLE OF THE UNION
Grade: NGC MS 66
Owner: Spencer Collection
 
Set Category: Token & Medals
Set Name: Spencer Collection of World and U.S. Historical Medals Including So-Called Dollars
Slot Name: MI-251/44 AR, Queene Anne's Bounty
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Medal, 1954, AE, CRADLE OF THE UNION, United States, Albany, NY, So Called Dollar, HK-512, NGC MS66, Cert# 2544785-002. Obv. Edifice, below Albany Stadt Huys--within circle; outside, above around * 200th Anniversary * Albany Congress of 1754 *; outside, below around 1754 Albany Cradle of the Union 1954; Rv. Across center to r., serpent in segments, each segment marked with initials of the 7 Colonies and New England, i.e., S.C., N.C., V., M., P., N.J., N.Y., and N.E.; above Designed by Benjamin Franklin / 1754; below serpent, a line across; below line Join, or Die--all within center circle; outside, above around * Here Was Adopted Franklin's Plan of Union *; outside, below around Forerunner of the U. S. Constitution. Official Medals authorized by 83rd Congress; designed by Stanley LeNoir, struck at Philadelphia Mint to Commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Albany Congress of 1754, historically the First American Congress, at which Benjamin Franklin presented first plan of Federal Union, authentic forerunner of Articles of Confederation of 1776 and of U.S. Constitution of 1787.

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