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UNITED STATES:EF, pair of obverse & reverse dies for 1850 Imitation Fifty Dollar Gold Slug 40mm medal size; obverse - eagle with shield and ribbon, 000 THOU. above, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / FIFTY DOLLARS. around inner border, with peripheral legend: IMITATION OF FAMOUS CALIFORNIA FIFTY DOLLAR GOLD SLUG, USED BY THE PIONEERS / 1850, reverse - prospector panning for gold, with peripheral legend THE DAYS OF OLD THE DAYS OF GOLD THE DAYS OF FORTY NINE / CALIFORNIA, R. Very rare set of dies for uncommon Irvine & Jachens (Daly City, CA) facsimile unpublished by Hibler and Kappen although they do publish a type with same reverse. Auctions sold an example of the token itself in brass 41mm in their Tokens & Medals Signature Auction 1100 lot 29621. Holabird's Americana Auction 13 lot 1205 mentions that this piece was struck before 1912.

Estimate: 280- 340 USD