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#84 – 1931 Las Vegas Original Souvenir Medallion – Start of Construction of HOOVER DAM (BOULDER CANY

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Exonumia - Medals Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 125.00 USD
#84 – 1931 Las Vegas Original Souvenir Medallion – Start of Construction of HOOVER DAM (BOULDER CANY
Auction Information

“HORSESHOE COINS & ANTIQUES AUCTION"

Horseshoe Coins & Antiques, LLC

Location: Horseshoe Bldg., Blaine, Washington

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Beautiful die work on this detailed brass souvenir coin celebrating the starting of construction of one of mans greatest modern day construction projects the Hoover Dam. (The source of all the neon lights in Las Vegas and obvious everything else in the area, a real boon to the local economy.

Obverse shows wonderful front elevation view looking straight at what the finished dam, locks and spillways would eventually look like.

Obverse reads above and below the artwork:
HOOVER DAM / (Artwork of project) / LAS VEGAS / NEVADA

Reverse reads:

TO COMMEMORATE / (Shooting Star) / THE STARTING / OF THE / $165,000,000.00 / BOULDER CANYON / PROJECT

(Vignette of Pick, handle pointing straight up, with old style wooden handled round point shovels on either side, 19 on left, 31 on right, with wheat sheaves on either side.

"Whitehead - Hoag" maker's mark on very bottom rim. It is round, brass and 32 mm in diameter, plus shows much of the original mint luster.