CNG 87, Lot: 2046. Estimate $300. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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UNITED STATES. AR ‘Dollar’ Token (39mm, 26.35 g, 6h). Wells Fargo & Company Semicentennial. Dually-dated 1852 and 1902. WELLS FARGO & COMPANY on banner across central field; above, stage coach being driven right by four horses and two drivers; below, Pony Express carrier on horseback riding left, facing right and shooting toward Native American with bow and arrow / 1852 MARCH 18th 1902 on banner across central field; above, scenes of steam ship on sea right, factory, and locomotive driving left, pulling car inscribed WELLS FARGO/AND/COMPANY/EXPRESS in four lines; below, EXPRESS AND BANKING on banner between two quills and two keys, each crossed in saltire, and left hand clenching thunderbolt; · FIDELITY · in exergue. H&K 296. EF, toned.
From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.