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Silver 1939 Charbneau So-Called $1 California. San Francisco. 1939 So-Called Dollar. HK-487, J-6. Go

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Silver 1939 Charbneau So-Called $1 California. San Francisco. 1939 So-Called Dollar. HK-487, J-6. Go
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Silver 1939 Charbneau So-Called $1 California. San Francisco. 1939 So-Called Dollar. HK-487, J-6. Golden Gate Exposition, Pacifica Dollar. Silver. Plain Edge. Medal Turn. MS-64 NGC. Obv: head of statue facing, PACIFICA above, tiny raised STERLING below at rim. Rev: tower and Exposition grounds, bridge in background, GOLDEN GATE INT. EXPOSITION around, 1939 at bottom, tiny CMJ at 8 o’clock position. The strike is sharp and the luster is substantial on the frosty silver surfaces of this near-Gem specimen. Another of the so-called dollars designed and issued by Jules Louis Charbneau, a San Francisco fine arts appraiser and dealer, here represented by an outstanding silver specimen. The head on the obverse is taken from the full-length statue of Pacifica, the unofficial “Queen” of the fair. Struck in both 1939 and 1940, and dated as such; gold and copper examples were also produced. Some 500 silver pieces were produced each year, selling at $1 each, but sales were reportedly dismal, and much of the mintage from both years was eventually melted down.