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Bear #14

Space-alien "bear". Small legs, huge head, small lettering.

5 varieties listed

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Bear #14
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Round 1/4
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1856 13 star Indian #1. Photo of token from the David Showers collection.

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Round 1/2
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1854 13 star Indian #1. Later die state more brassy in appearance with pooling in the feathers and reverse reworked to hide some of the defects in the rim dots as on #2 also seen.

1854 13 star Indian #2. Obverse of #3 and the reverse of #1, but not so high a relief as #3.

1854 13 star Indian #3. Extremely high relief and coppery.

1854 13 star Indian #4. Same dies as #3, but much lower relief and apparently cast. Photo of token from the David Showers collection.