SOLD: HK-259 1894 Midwinter Grizzly Bear Exposition View – Noble SCD

NGC MS 63 Jeff Shevlin Collection

Reference HK-259
SH 7-13 AL
Date 1894
Grade MS 63
Price $475.00
Item # 4147
Metal Aluminum

Near TOP POP, two graded finer in 64 by NGC. An interesting design with a grizzly bear high on a crag overlooking the fairgrounds. Aluminum new metal tokens and store cards were struck in abundance for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Most of the Midwinter so-called dollars were struck in aluminum. Reverse microscopic signature “Noble Chicago”. The N of Noble appears to be two V’s, one punched upside down to create an N.