{"product_id":"1939-elder-ny-worlds-fair-lincoln-dollar-hk-493e-brass-pcgs-ms-63-a-true-rarity","title":"1939 Elder NY World's Fair Lincoln Dollar - HK-493e Brass - PCGS MS 63 - A True Rarity","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"710\" data-end=\"897\"\u003eOffered here is a remarkably elusive \u003cstrong data-start=\"747\" data-end=\"802\"\u003e1939 New York World’s Fair Lincoln “A Token” Dollar\u003c\/strong\u003e, struck by \u003cstrong data-start=\"814\" data-end=\"833\"\u003eThomas L. Elder\u003c\/strong\u003e, catalogued as \u003cstrong data-start=\"849\" data-end=\"867\"\u003eHK-493e, Brass\u003c\/strong\u003e, and certified \u003cstrong data-start=\"883\" data-end=\"896\"\u003ePCGS MS63\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"899\" data-end=\"1278\"\u003eTo the best of my research, the brass variety is recorded in the major reference trail — including \u003cstrong data-start=\"998\" data-end=\"1012\"\u003eDeLorey 49\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1014\" data-end=\"1035\"\u003eSo-Called Dollars\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1037\" data-end=\"1065\"\u003eNewman Numismatic Portal\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1071\" data-end=\"1089\"\u003ePCGS CoinFacts\u003c\/strong\u003e — but I have located \u003cstrong data-start=\"1111\" data-end=\"1257\"\u003eno prior public auction sale, no published plate or publicly identifiable image of another HK-493e brass specimen, and no known mintage figure\u003c\/strong\u003e for the brass issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1280\" data-end=\"1702\"\u003eThomas L. Elder, a prominent early 20th-century numismatist, coin dealer, auctioneer, and producer of medals and tokens, issued this small Lincoln token for the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1441\" data-end=\"1471\"\u003e1939 New York World’s Fair\u003c\/strong\u003e. Elder was deeply involved with tokens, store cards, medals, and related exonumia throughout his career, and his privately produced issues have long been collected as part of the broader So-Called Dollar and American token fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1704\" data-end=\"1842\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1704\" data-end=\"1716\"\u003eObverse:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bust of Abraham Lincoln, with legend \u003cstrong data-start=\"1754\" data-end=\"1775\"\u003eABRAHAM \/ LINCOLN\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1776\" data-end=\"1779\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1779\" data-end=\"1791\"\u003eReverse:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"1792\" data-end=\"1805\"\u003eA \/ TOKEN\u003c\/strong\u003e, surrounded by stars, within wreath.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yesterday's Change, LLC.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48467744129283,"sku":null,"price":3995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0230\/6397\/files\/1939-Elder-Lincoln-HK493e-PCGS63-O.jpg?v=1782241870","url":"https:\/\/shop.yesterdayschange.com\/products\/1939-elder-ny-worlds-fair-lincoln-dollar-hk-493e-brass-pcgs-ms-63-a-true-rarity","provider":"Yesterday's Change, LLC.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}