SOLD: 1893 Columbian Leif Erickson SCD – Plate Coin
NGC MS 61 Jeff Shevlin Collection
| Reference | SH 6-113 AL |
|---|---|
| Date | 1893 |
| Grade | MS 61 |
| Price | $975.00 |
| Item # | 5714 |
| Metal | Aluminum |
TOP POP, this is the only one certified by NGC. This is the “Plate Coin” photographed in the new standard reference book “So-Called Dollars Volume I: United States Expositions”. This So-Called Dollar is unlisted in Hibler & Kappen. Leif Eriksen, also known as Leif the Lucky, was a Norse explorer who is believed to be the first European to have set foot on continental North America, approximately 500 years before Christopher Columbus.