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Stephen Album Rare Coins
Auction 31  17-19 May 2018
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Lot 1989

Starting price: 240 USD
Price realized: 240 USD
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UNITED STATES:1904, gilt bronze medal, H&K-304, NGC graded MS67, "So-Called Dollar", Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Official Souvenir Medal, conjoined busts of Napoleon and Jefferson left, LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION / OFFICIAL SOUVENIR around // high-relief map of USA, Louisiana Purchase outlined, five-pointed star for the City of St. Louis with rays projecting outward, LOUISIANA TERRITORY / 1803 / 1,000,000 SQUARE MILES / $15,000,000. above, ST. LOUIS 1904 below, R, ex Jeff Shevlin Collection. Official Souvenir medals were struck at the United States Mint Exhibit on the fair grounds. They were designed by George Morgan and his initial M appears at the base of Jefferson's shoulder. Morgan was later the Chief Engraver of the U.S. Mint, and is most famous for designing the Morgan dollar.

Estimate: 250-350 USD
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