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Rare Havana Cigar Label

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Tobacciana Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 600.00 USD
Rare Havana Cigar Label
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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite#309
Reno, NV 89511
Thursday April 11, 10am-6pm
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Friday & Saturday
April 12-13, 2012
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Atlantis Casino & Resort
Grand Ballroom #4
3800 S. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89502

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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite #309
Reno, NV 89511
Sunday April 14th, 10am-1pm

1851 It is an outer box label, mint condition, in an octagonal shape. This The Slug Brand Havana label features the graphics of the famous octagonal U.S. territorial fifty dollar gold slug of 1851. After the Gold Rush of 1849 and continuing into the 1850s, several private coin producing firms set up business in California. It was against federal law for states to issue their own money, but there was no law against individuals doing so. The United States Assay Office of Gold was one such coiner, and, beginning in 1851, made impressive, large, eight-sided gold slugs, a convenient way to transport gold from place to place. On this particular label, the obverse of the coin is set into a larger image of the reverse. This cigar label should appeal to both collectors of tobacciana and to numismatists. HKA#62932