"California Gold" Half Dollar 1856 - Octagonal Token Indian & Bear

Country * Tokens * (United States - Replicas)
Type: Token
Year: "1856" (XXe)
Currency: California Half Dollar Replicas
Composition: Gilt Metal
Weight: 0.4 g.
Diameter: 11 mm
Thickness: 0.5 mm 
Shape: Octagonal
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑

Obverse:
Indian head facing to left, date below, 13 stars around.

Lettering:
1856

Reverse: 
A bear, California State symbol, in a bouquet of flowers surrounded by legend and value in the middle.

Lettering:
CALIFORNIA  GOLD
1/2

Edge:
Plain.

Comments:
Many of the 20th century tokens feature a design that does not resemble either circulating United States coinage (many of the Period One and Two issues were designed to blend in). For example, some have a bear on the reverse and others have a crudely engraved portrait of an Indian or Liberty. Most of these are made of gilt base metals although a few are struck on low fineness gold planchets. While a handful of these, such as Hart’s “Coins of the Golden West” are quite collectible, the vast majority have little numismatic value.  ~ NGCCOIN.COM

Fuente : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2...

Colección : US Colonial Issues, Tokens USA & North America (1616-date)