New York artist Robert Aitken was selected to design both the round and octagonal fifty-dollar coins. Aitken was an accomplished sculptor, but the Panama-Pacific commemoratives were his first attempt at coin designs.
Octagonal 25¢ - Period One
2501 A trio of octagonal quarters, all of the Liberty Head style: I 1853 BG-101. Rarity-6-. VF-35. Nine stars obverse with "broken nose" details from polishing of the dies I 1853 BG-102. Rarity-4. AU-50.
Short for octagonal (Pan-Pac octagonal commemorative fifty-dollar coin).
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Octagonal Medal
In addition to honoring the members of the Society, medals were also issued to honor events. The first recorded medal was struck to commemorate the new rooms to be occupied by the Society in the Masonic Temple.
Synonym for octagonal - the Pan-Pac octagonal commemorative fifty-dollar coin.
Off center
A coin struck on a blank that was not properly centered over the anvil, or lower, die.
1975: An octagonal 25c denomination in brass was introduced in December.
1986/1987: A new set of seven definitive coins in denominations of Lm1, 50c, 25c, 10c, 5c, 2c and 1c was issued.
Slang for the octagonal and round fifty-dollar gold coins struck during the California gold rush.
The unique $50 octagonal shape soon became a symbol of California coinage and was known as a “slug.' Their reverse is an example of what machinists call engine-turning - a design of several concentric circles used on watches of that period.
oct Short for octagonal (Pan-Pac octagonal commemorative fifty-dollar coin).
50 and $50 gold octagonal and round. The $50 gold round, the rarest of the group with 483 mintage trades wholesale for $38,000 in Mint State 64 condition as of 4/93. Papers As in Authenticating Papers, or Grading Certificates.
Pan-Pac slug Slang for either of the 1915-dated Panama-Pacific fifty-dollar commemorative coins, the octagonal or the round.
slug A term applied to the $50 gold coin issued by various private Mints in California from 1851 to 1855 occurring in both round and octagonal shapes, or to tokens manufactured expressly for use in certain coin-operated machines.
In 1851, the management team of Moffat and Humbert struck the impressive octagonal fifty-dollar gold pieces with their "engine turned" reverses.
The countermark is an octagonal bust of George III, centrally stamped on dollars and aligned with the Spanish monarch's bust, mostly on coins minted in Mexico City, Lima, Peru, and Potosi.
:AU+/MS60 Slider, in other words, if the person was grading loosely the coin might pass for an MS60 slug A term applied to the $50 gold coin issued by various private Mints in California from 1851 to 1855 occurring in both round and octagonal ...
Shown above is a fine example of coin issued by him which is octagonal in shape. It was beleived that Assam Kingdom is octagonal in shape which inspired King to issue coins depicting octagonal geography of this Kingdom.
For example: an inconsequential 1876 California fractional gold quarter dollar (octagonal format), catalog number BG-797 in the official guide, sold in raw Gem Uncirculated condition in October 1989 at the height of the 1985-1989 coin boom.
Hong Kong's 1976 to 1979 $5 copper-nickel coin is 10-sided, Argentina has also issued several octagonal and 12-sided coins, ...
Although most examples were round some were octagonal while others were square and a few were even heart shaped. These tokens were local hammer struck products of a much larger size than the patent farthings.
Oct - Synonym for octagonal - the Pan-Pac octagonal commemorative fifty-dollar coin.
Off center - An error caused by incorrectly centering the planchet during the striking process, which results in part of the design missing from the coin.
Slang term for the round or octagonal California private issue $50 gold pieces from the 1851-1855 gold rush period. Also, occasionally used in conjunction with the $50 PAN-PAC's.
Twenty-one is a Fibonacci number, a Harshad number, a Motzkin number, a triangular number and an octagonal number, as well as a composite number, its proper divisors being 1, 3 and 7.
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In California during the Gold Rush the United States Assay Office of Gold, an agency (but not an official mint) of the government, produced coins valued from $10 up to the large and impressive $50 octagonal gold "slugs.
slug: A term applied to the gold $50 coin or ingot issued by various private mints in California from 1851 to 1855 occurring in both round and octagonal shapes.
Carlisle, Siege Issues - Carlisle, a town on the borders of England and Scotland, was besieged during the Civil War. From October 1644 to June 1645, octagonal shaped coins were struck there from dinner plates made of silver.
Macrianus Æ 23mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust of Macrianus right / City-view of Nicaea surrounded by a octagonal wall with two gates.
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In coin collecting terms a term applied to the $50 gold coin issued by various private Mints in California from 1851 to 1855 occurring in both round and octagonal shapes, or to tokens manufactured expressly for use in certain coin-operated machines.
*22466 Morocco. Tangiers. ND. 25 Centimes . Health club token, Brass. 23mm, Octagonal, clip as made.. Gad-unlisted. Nice VF. $140 [image]
49737 Morocco. Moulay al-Hassan I. 1309-Pa (1891). 1/2 Dirham .Y4. EF. $18 ...
The sale will feature the very first set of five commemorative gold coins and medal made for the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco including both round and octagonal $50 gold coins along with a "First Set Struck" plaque originally ...
very evident, so the decision was made to stamp the Spanish coins with an oval stamp bearing the head of George III. These coins were valued at 4s9d, thus bringing comments such as 'Two Kings' heads are not worth a Crown'. Later an octagonal ...
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