1894 California Midwinter Exposition. Lauer's Exposition Palace Dollar--Manufacturer's Building. Aluminum. 35 mm. HK-266. Rarity-6. MS-63 PL (NGC).
THIS EXAMPLE IS ONE OF ONLY FOUR PROOFLIKES LISTED IN THE NGC CENSUS AS OF 6/2023, WITH ONLY (1) MS 64 PL FINER IN PL. THERE ARE ONLY (11) OF THIS TYPE GRADED OVERALL, WITH NO DEEP PROOFLIKES LISTED.
HERITAGE AUCTIONS HAS NOT SOLD ANY OF THIS TYPE (MUST BE RARE!).
JEFF SHEVLIN HAD AN NGC GRADED MS 64 EXAMPLE IN HIS 2014 FIXED PRICE LIST FOR $635.00, AND AN UNGRADED GEM BU EXAMPLE IN HIS 2015 FIXED PRICE LIST FOR $645.00.
OBVERSE FIELD ABRASION LIMITS THE GRADE OF THIS OTHERWISE NEAR PERFECT PROOFLIKE UNCIRCULATED METAL.
FORMERLY FROM THE JEFF SHEVLIN COLLECTION AND THE HENRY EDWARD COLLECTION.
For many years aluminum was more valuable than gold. Several processes developed in the 1850s lowered its price, but when the pyramidal aluminum cap of the Washington Monument was produced in 1884, the cost of aluminum was still about $1 per ounce, similar to the cost of silver.
MY NGC REGISTRY SET "BRUCE THOMAS COLLECTION OF SO-CALLED DOLLARS AND OTHER MEDALS" WAS VOTED AS THE BEST CUSTOM SET FOR 2018 BY THE NGC REGISTRY AWARDS. I AM VERY PROUD OF THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND THANKS TO NGC FOR THIS HONOR.
I WILL BE LISTING MANY MORE EXONUMIA ITEMS IN THE FUTURE, INCLUDING MANY SO-CALLED DOLLARS, DEWITT LISTED POLITICAL CAMPAIGN MEDALS, AND OTHER UNITED STATES HISTORIC MEDALS. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY LISTINGS TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION.