SOLD: HK-853A 1961 Bashlow Continental Dollar Restrike Bronze SCD

NGC MS 67 RD PL Jeff Shevlin Collection

Reference HK-853A
Date 1962
Grade MS 67 RD PL
Price $395.00
Item # 3036
Metal Bronze

TOP POP, no other RED graded finer and this is the only “PL”. This is a Continental Dollar restrike using Dickeson’s 1860’s dies by Robert Bashlow in 1961. Dickeson’s die is a replica of the original 1776 Continental Dollar which is attributed to Benjamin Franklin. The obverse features a sundial in the center with the sun and rays above. The reverse features a chain of thirteen circles, on each the name of one of the thirteen original States. Struck in Bronze. Stacks sold an NGC 65 for $646.