SC$1 (c.1960) Colorado HK-718 EAST TINCUP Medal So-Called Dollar 

NGC MS64 DPL (Deep Proof Like)

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SO-CALLED DOLLAR APPEARANCE/CONDITION:
“East Tincup” Type I: Choice Uncirculated+ — Designated DPL (Deep Proof-Like) by NGC
*Handsome blazing white untoned example of this rare issue. Brilliant, deep proof-like mirrored fields enhance the devices; Extraordinary specimen, one of the finest known graded examples.*

SO-CALLED DOLLAR BACKGROUND:
Commemorates Windsor Hotel, first plush hotel in Denver, demolished circa 1960; owned by H. A. W. Tabor, ‘silver king’ of state. Tabor Hotel in East Tincup was replica; contained many items owned originally by Tabor and wife, ‘Baby Doe’.
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DESIGNER: W. M. Webber Jr.

CATALOG NUMBER: HK-718

RARITY: 1,000 (Total Struck)
(NGC DPL Pop = 10; 7 Finer - NGC Combined Total Pop [MS/PL/DPL] = 46): [02/2024]
Rarity Level 5 = ~76-200 Known - Designated "Rare"

SO-CALLED DOLLAR DESCRIPTION:
(Struck by Wendell-Northwestern, Nickel-Silver, 33mm, Round, Plain Edge)
OBVERSE: Edifice; to l. is female bust facing r., within circle; above Baby Doe, below Tabor; to r. is male bust, facing l., within circle; above H. A. W., below Tabor; above edifice Silver Tradition; below edifice The Windsor
REVERSE: Miner or prospector proceeding r. leading pack donkey; above Re-Live the Old West / With Us; below all East Tincup. Colo.