Replica - ½ Dollar California Gold ND

Reverse

CALIFORNIA GOLD Bear walking right, 1/2 above.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CALIFORNIA GOLD
1/2

Engraver: Daniel Hurkett

Edge

Plain

Comment

Many of the 20th century tokens feature a design that does not resemble either circulating United States coinage (many of the Period One and Two issues were designed to blend in). For example, some have a bear on the reverse and others have a crudely engraved portrait of an Indian or Liberty. Most of these are made of gilt base metals although a few are struck on low fineness gold planchets. While a handful of these, such as Hart’s “Coins of the Golden West” are quite collectible, the vast majority have little numismatic value. ~ NGCCOIN.COM