SOLD: HK-844 1898 GOLD Alaska Octagonal Souvenir SDC – M.E. Hart

NGC MS 63

Reference HK-844
Date 1898
Grade MS 63
Price $675.00
Item # 2287
Metal Gold

This is one of the Gold pieces from the M. E. Hart Coins of the Golden West series, sold at the 1915 PPIE by Farren Zerbe. The Obverse features the bust of an Indian wearing a war bonnet. There are 16 stars along the perimeter, it is dated 1898 below. On the reverse is a large wreath with the legend “ALASKA GOLD ONE PINCH” in the center. Struck in GOLD. Almost $1,000 below Red Book value of $1,600 in MS 63.