A new gold token has been created by Alaska Rare Coins in Fairbanks, made completely from metal mined by the Alaska-based Quasar Gold Corp.
According to Dick Hanscom, editor of the Alaskan Token Collector & Polar Numismatist newsletter, the metal for the token is from Quasar Gold Corp.'s Shirley Bar Mine in the Hot Springs Mining District.
General Refining Corp., headquartered in Hempstead, New York, assayed this gold at .7868 fine, with 20% silver content and the balance unknown.
The obverse of the gold token features an ore cart as the central design device, with
QUASAR GOLD CORP.as the inscription.
Author's summary: Alaska Rare Coins issues new gold token made from Quasar Gold Corp.'s metal.