Replica - ½ Dollar California Gold (Octagonal) ND

Reverse

A bear, California State symbol, in a bouquet of flowers surrounded by legend, value in the middle.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CALIFORNIA GOLD
1/2

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