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1897 Bickford Dollar, HK-837, MS61 NGC

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:1.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1897 Bickford Dollar, HK-837, MS61 NGC
<B>1897 Bickford Dollar, HK-837, MS61 NGC.</B></I> Aluminum with bronze center plug, 28 mm. HK-837 is one of eight pattern dollars Dana Bickford created in his quest to establish an international unit of currency. He first pitched his idea to Mint Director Dr. Henry Linderman in 1874. Although Dr. Linderman supported Bickford's concept, the idea never managed to gain the support of Congress. 23 years later, Bickford took his idea to the next level and the current piece is tangible proof of his passion for solving the world's monetary exchange problems. This design has a bust of General Ulysses S. Grant on the center plug with his tomb featured on the aluminum piece of the unit. An accurately graded example of this popular so-called dollar. Census: 1 in 61, 6 finer (8/07). <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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