Portola Festival So-Called Dollars
HK-389 - Round Hole, Silver Plated.

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Item Description: SC$1 1909 CA HK-389B PORTOLA FESTIVAL SILVER PLATED
Full Grade: NGC MS 62
Owner: The Devil's Copper

Set Details

Custom Sets: Portola Festival So-Called Dollars
San Francisco's Worlds Fairs and Expositions
Competitive Sets: This coin is not competing in any sets.
Research: NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC US Coin Census for So-Called Dollars - Hibler & Kappen

Owner Comments:

Silver-plated version of the 1909 Portola piece - assigned HK-389B by NGC. This was the first certified by NGC, and still the only Unc as of May, 2017. These are extremely scarce, as evidenced by the fact that Hibler and Kappen apparently never saw one to include it their book - nor is it in the second edition. I am of the opinion that the silvered versions were plated after being holed, so no unholed ones can exist (?). Weber's had the oblong watch fob hole, so obviously they come with both "options" as far as a hole. I also own one of these with an oval slot on the original pig skin watch fob strap.

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