HK-419, SH 18-22 CU Long Tail. Baroque Shield Dollar as per H-K, from the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. More properly this should be called the Nebraska State Fund Dollar, as the State Seal is the design used on the Reverse; this has been corrected in Shevlin's new reference. Choice Uncirculated, certified as NGC MS-64BN, listed in the NGC Census as the Top Pop in BN. However, it is my considered opinion as a 30 year collector (as well as a certifier of SCD for almost as long) of PPIE tokens & medals that this should have come back Red Brown (RB). I have had other experts in this area agree with this opinion. MS-64RB would make it tied for the absolute finest certified, with one other piece. NGC has recent changed it's grader of tokens & medals and I believe this reflects the relative lack of experience with SCD compared to the prior staff. Probably worthy of a resubmission in future. You can compare this example to the NGC MS-63BN I also have listed, to compare color. Either way, difficult and at present "impossible" to find better. The total Uncirculated Pop is 11 in BN, 4 in RB, one of the MS-63BN being a duplicate as I resubmitted a piece and never bothered to have the cert# deleted. Rated R-6 in Shevlin, which might describe the overall availability, however more like R-7 as an Unc. Certainly you can't easily find one when you want one, and few are as "fresh" and original as this piece - and I have seen a fair number of them as this has been one of my "unicorns" in the HK series over the years. Out of a very old collection where it sat undisturbed for a half century or more. Given ebay, the price listed will be considered "stupid" by some, but as the saying goes, "go find another" (or something better, in this case.) Due to value this will require Insured shipping with Signature Confirmation, hence the S&H shown.
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