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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8182007, member: 20201&quot;]<font size="6"><b>1906 Zebulon Pike&#039;s Southwest Expedition</b></font></p><p>So-Called Dollar</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1430547[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Zebulon Montgomery Pike (January 5, 1779 – April 27, 1813) was an American brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado was renamed (from El Capitan).</p><p>As a U.S. Army officer he led two expeditions under authority of third President Thomas Jefferson through the new Louisiana Purchase territory, first in 1805-06 to reconnoiter the upper northern reaches of the Mississippi River, and then in 1806-07 to explore the Southwest to the fringes of the northern Spanish-colonial settlements of New Mexico and Texas.</p><p>Pike&#039;s expeditions coincided with other Jeffersonian expeditions, including the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806) and the Thomas Freeman and Peter Custis expedition up the Red River (1806).</p><p>Pike&#039;s second expedition crossed the Rocky Mountains into what is now southern Colorado, which led to his capture by the Spanish colonial authorities near Santa Fe, who sent Pike and his men to Chihuahua (present-day Mexico), for interrogation.</p><p>Later in 1807, Pike and some of his men were escorted by the Spanish through Texas and released near American territory in Louisiana.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1810, Pike published an account of his expeditions, a book so popular that it was translated into Dutch, French, and German languages, for publication in Europe. He later achieved the rank of brigadier general in the American Army and served during the War of 1812, until he was killed during the Battle of York, in April 1813, outside the then British colonial capital of Upper Canada (later Ontario). </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have acquired this Heroes of History 1912 Zebulon Pike T68 Royal Bengals Little Cigars non sport tobacco card to accompany my medal.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1430548[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Official Medals authorized by 59th Congress. Designed by C. E. Barber and struck at Philadelphia Mint.</p><p>Mint records reveal issue limited to 250 Silver proof, 250 Gold-plate, 4,200 gray-oxidized Silver and 6,250 Bronze. These were sold through local banks and Chamber of Commerce.</p><p>Bronze for 50 cents, Silver for $1; 65% of all were looped.</p><p>Some authorities insist these quantities were ones &quot;ordered,&quot; that issue actually was smaller.</p><p>In any event, of total struck, large portion was delivered by Mint apparently too late for sale; they were stored and forgotten for 49 years.</p><p>In 1955 there were 4,000 pieces were found in a basement of an old First National Bank Building during demolition.</p><p>Historical Society of Pike&#039;s Peak Region, Inc. directed their sale to help finance 1956 Celebration (no new or additional medals struck for latter event).</p><p>Again, most were mounted but loops were expertly removed to make them acceptable to Collectors and many do defy detection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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