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UNITED STATES: Imitation Fifty Dollar Gold Slug brass medal. ICG MS62

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:60.00 - 80.00 USD
UNITED STATES: Imitation Fifty Dollar Gold Slug brass medal. ICG MS62
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UNITED STATES: Imitation Fifty Dollar Gold Slug brass medal, J-140, ICG graded MS62, 40mm, THE DAYS OF OLD THE DAYS OF GOLD THE DAYS OF FORTY NINE / CALIFORNIA, prospector facing left standing in creek panning for gold // IMITATION OF FAMOUS CALIFORNIA FIFTY DOLLAR GOLD SLUG, USED BY THE PIONEERS / 1850 in outer margin, at center an imitation of U.S. Assay Office fifty dollar gold piece with eagle, shield and ribbon, 000 THOU. above, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / FIFTY DOLLARS around inner circle. Scarce facsimile type manufactured by Irvine & Jachens (Daly City, CA) and unpublished by Hibler and Kappen although they do publish a type with same reverse. Holabird's Americana Auction 13, Lot 1205 mentions that this piece was struck before 1912.