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Name or Denominations
1 Cent (0.01)
Issuer
Alaska (United States (pre-federal and private/territorial))
Ruler
Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation
Year of Minting
1935
Currency
Dollar
Shape
Octagonal (8-sided)
Rarity
Ultra rare
Weight
1 g
Diameter
19.9 mm
Thickness
NA
Material
Aluminium
Shape
Octagonal (8-sided)
Edge Type
Plain
Technique
Milled
Front design
Value in center with surrounding legend. Rimless with bead-like frame encircling design. Identical to reverse.
Back design
Value in center with surrounding legend. Rimless with bead-like frame encircling design. Identical to obverse.
Year of Minting
1935
Issuing entity
Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation
Mint location
NA
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Inscriptions
Obverse: GOOD FOR ONE CENT IN TRADE 1 ・ARRC・ Reverse: GOOD FOR ONE CENT IN TRADE 1 ・ARRC・
Context
These tokens were issued in 8 denominations for settlers of the Matanuska Colony Project, a group of 202 midwestern families who relocated to Alaska in 1935 as part of a New Deal program. The Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation (ARRC) provided 30 dollars of “bingles” for each adult and 5 dollars for each child. Most of the original mintage was melted down following the colony's switch to U.S. coinage in 1937. A commemorative set was released in 1985, struck from the newly discovered original dies.
Rarity
Ultra rare
Coin type
Emergency coinage › Official necessity coins
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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