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1871 Token TC-506174 Bronze 35mm K-8 California Counter Gold Double Eagle

Strike Type
1871 Territorial coin

Coin Details

Year
1871
Denomination
Territorial
Strike Type
Regular Strike
Series
California Gold (1849-1855)
Composition
Bronze

Auction Record

Price realized
$48
Sold
Grade
UNC Details
Auction house
Stack's Bowers

Description

This is a bronze California counter of 1871 in the form of a twenty-dollar gold piece. PCGS lists this bronze piece as a token, TC-506174, a 35 mm California counter in the form of a twenty-dollar gold piece. It is not a coin of the California private mints; Adams describes counters as large as ten- and twenty-dollar pieces that served as gambling markers in early California. Catalogue numbers: K-8, TC-506174. PCGS number 933891.

Cross References

K-8; TC-506174

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