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Extreme Rare 1881 BIRD & INSECT California - Gold Token - NGC Certified NO HOLE
Extreme Rare 1881 BIRD & INSECT California - Gold Token - NGC Certified NO HOLE

Extreme Rare 1881 BIRD & INSECT California - Gold Token - NGC Certified NO HOLE

$ 971.52

Availability: 43 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
  • Modified Item: No
  • Coin: Fractional, Pioneer
  • Certification: NGC
  • Composition: Gold
  • Strike Type: Business
  • Time Period Manufactured: Pre-1933
  • Mint Location: San Francisco
  • Year: 1881
  • Breen-Gillio Rarity: R8

    Description

    FEAST YOUR EYES! THEY ARE NOT DECEIVING YOU!
    This is the very scarce NOT HOLED and NGC CERTIFIED California Gold BIRD & INSECT Token and is one of the handful of charms produced by prolific jeweler F.H. Noble during the Gold Rush. Among the jewelers who created the privately minted Gold Rush coins. Priced to sell. Comparables on this rarity, when listed, at 00-00 range and ALWAYS HOLED or WITH ISSUES.
    These charms are exceptionally rare today and highly sought after because of their fine work. Full reverse strike.
    Others in the series are:
    The Bird & Insect
    Cupid w/Bow & Arrow
    The Heron
    Indian Head
    The Moon & Stars
    The Lighthouse & Sailboat
    Almost all of them are holed, polished, bent or otherwise because they were made as charms and worn as jewelry during the Gold Rush. To find an example without a hole is even more exceptionally rare. And it is rare to see one numerically graded by NGC, the leading authority of coin certification.
    Another nuance is that this one is dated 1881. It is Round in shape and has beautiful luster and details and is certified as ABOUT UNCIRCULATED AU 58 NGC, the leading authority on coin certification.
    Beautiful, Stunning and rare. You are NOT likely to see another soon.