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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 26707351, member: 10461"]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>United States: 1915-S gold commemorative dollar, Panama-Pacific Exposition</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">PCGS MS63. <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/18703633" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/18703633" rel="nofollow">Cert. #18703633</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://en.numista.com/24936" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/24936" rel="nofollow">Numista-24936</a>, Krause-Mishler-136.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Mintage: 15,000.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-Dennis Semisalov ("<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/ddddd.22377/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/ddddd.22377/">ddddd</a>" on CoinTalk), 15 January 2025. Prior provenance to Great Collections, <a href="https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1587511" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1587511" rel="nofollow">Item #1587511</a>, 27 October, 2024.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">The specially issued <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama%E2%80%93Pacific_commemorative_coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama%E2%80%93Pacific_commemorative_coins" rel="nofollow">commemorative coins</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama%E2%80%93Pacific_International_Exposition" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama%E2%80%93Pacific_International_Exposition" rel="nofollow">Panama-Pacific International Exposition</a> of 1915 were all handsomely designed. My particular favorite (and my United States "dream coin") is the <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1915-s-50-panama-pacific-octagonal/7452" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1915-s-50-panama-pacific-octagonal/7452" rel="nofollow">octagonal $50 gold piece</a>, but since I will never be able to afford one of those, I shall content myself with its little sister: the gold dollar. This design was produced by the sculptor </font></font><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Keck" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Keck" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Charles Keck</font></font></a><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">. It portrays the capped head of a Panama Canal worker, since the Exposition was a celebration of the opening of the Panama Canal. The pair of dolphins on the reverse represent the joining of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by the canal.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This is a pleasing example with nice color, and I think it looks good for the grade.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1704921[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1704922[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1704923[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1704924[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1704925[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><span style="color: #ffffff">067500</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 26707351, member: 10461"][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]United States: 1915-S gold commemorative dollar, Panama-Pacific Exposition[/B] PCGS MS63. [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/cert/18703633']Cert. #18703633[/URL]. [URL='https://en.numista.com/24936']Numista-24936[/URL], Krause-Mishler-136. Mintage: 15,000. Ex-Dennis Semisalov ("[URL='https://www.cointalk.com/members/ddddd.22377/']ddddd[/URL]" on CoinTalk), 15 January 2025. Prior provenance to Great Collections, [URL='https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1587511']Item #1587511[/URL], 27 October, 2024. The specially issued [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama%E2%80%93Pacific_commemorative_coins']commemorative coins[/URL] of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama%E2%80%93Pacific_International_Exposition']Panama-Pacific International Exposition[/URL] of 1915 were all handsomely designed. My particular favorite (and my United States "dream coin") is the [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1915-s-50-panama-pacific-octagonal/7452']octagonal $50 gold piece[/URL], but since I will never be able to afford one of those, I shall content myself with its little sister: the gold dollar. This design was produced by the sculptor [/SIZE][/FONT][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Keck'][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]Charles Keck[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]. It portrays the capped head of a Panama Canal worker, since the Exposition was a celebration of the opening of the Panama Canal. The pair of dolphins on the reverse represent the joining of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by the canal. This is a pleasing example with nice color, and I think it looks good for the grade. [ATTACH=full]1704921[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1704922[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1704923[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1704924[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1704925[/ATTACH] [COLOR=#ffffff]067500[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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