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1897 Bickford Dollar MS62 NGC. HK-834. Aluminum, brass

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1897 Bickford Dollar MS62 NGC. HK-834. Aluminum, brass
<B>1897 Bickford Dollar MS62 NGC.</B></I> HK-834. Aluminum, brass center. Dana Bickford of New York City, upon returning from a visit to Europe, where he experienced the then-usual difficulty in exchanging money, submitted to Mint Director Dr. Henry Linderman several designs for a token to promote universal exchange rates among major currencies of the world to be standardized for gold and silver. This variety displays a mound on the lower obverse that reads GOLD AND SILVER. Listed in the Hibler-Kappen reference as "very rare," 21 to 50 pieces known.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coin/Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)