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1904 La. Purchase, HK-299, MS63 NGC w/Orig. Env.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:1.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1904 La. Purchase, HK-299, MS63 NGC w/Orig. Env.
<B>1904 Louisiana Purchase Expo, HK-299, MS63 NGC.</B></I> Silver, 33.3 mm, "scarce" (HK, 1963). A lustrous, silvery piece with a touch of light field haze and a couple of stray contact marks. What makes this lot additionally compelling is the original envelope of issue, which reads (partially in Gothic type), "Charles S. Muir has the right to coin the Official Medal of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, in the U.S. Government Building on the Exposition grounds. (signature: D.R. Francis) President --- THE Official Souvenir Medal in this envelope was coined by the U.S. Mint machinery in operation in the U.S. Government Building, St. Louis, 1904." An interesting lot!<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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