1906 So-Called Dollar HK-336, Pike's Peak Cent. Silver

Coin Details

Description

The official Pike's Peak medal of 1906 came in four finishes, and HK-336, 34 mm, is the gray-oxidized silver. Silver pieces sold for a dollar and bronze for fifty cents through local banks and the Chamber of Commerce, and many were fitted with a loop for wear. A large part of the Mint's delivery came too late to be sold, was put away and forgotten, and resurfaced 49 years later, in 1955, when the old First National Bank Building was torn down and the medals turned up in its basement. The Historical Society of Pike's Peak Region sold them to help pay for the 1956 celebration; no new medals were made for it. Most of the hoard had been looped, and the loops were taken off so skillfully that many repairs are hard to see. The design pairs Pike's bust with the peak.

Cross References

HK-336; PCGS #513234; PCGS #642760; NGC #850575