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Cordova Alaska Token

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Cordova Alaska Token
Obverse: E.A. Hegg/ Cordova/ Alaska. Reverse: Good For/ 5c/ In Trade. Round, brass, 21mm, R7. Almost uncirculated, some minor toning. Eric A. Hegg was apurveyor of photography and cigars. The town of Cordova was established about 1906, as a terminus for the Copper River & Northwestern Railway. It is situated at the mouth of the Orca inlet, on the east side of Prince William Sound. Principally a fishing community, it gained notoriety as the site of the Exxon Valdez oil disaster, and the oldest working ski lift in north America on Mt. Eyak.City: CordovaCounty: Valdez-CordovaState: AKDate: c1909-1920