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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HULLCOINS, post: 1088901, member: 25197&quot;]Hey everybody! I have what I thought was a California $1 Gold Piece when I bought it but after some research and grading I found it is a piece of &quot;Hart&#039;s Coins of the West&quot; which is some souvenir coin made in the early 1900&#039;s. Not quite sure if you can call it a fake because it still commands value for what it is even though it is dated 1849. That&#039;s where the question starts with this coin/souvenir/oddball token. The NGC Label reads &quot;1849 Dated Cal Gold $1 Minerva Bear Token MS 65 Hart&#039;s Coins of the West&quot;. It is round, not octagonal. The red book has the same Minerva Bear but it is dated 1915 opposed to 1849. Farther down I find the California Round series but that doesn&#039;t have the Minerva Bear. I have been told by dealers that the Bear meant the coin was fake. So is this a pattern coin combo of the Minerva Bear design with the date of 1849 instead of 1915? Your thoughts???[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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