Wyatt Earp Rugged Americans Coin Franklin Mint Sealed uncirculated

Description

Franklin Mint coin issued for Husky Oil. This auction is for a single sealed coin in original packaging.  Picture shows sealed coin and what front and back look like without the packaging.   This coin is slightly larger then a quarter and slightly smaller than a 50 cent piece.   See pic.
Controversial Legendary Frontiersman later a deputy U.S. Marshall.  Gun Slinging peace officer of lawless Tombstone, Arizona.  A rough, tough, yarn spinner.  Took part in the O.K. Corral battle.
Earp moved throughout his life from one boomtown to another. He left Dodge in 1879 and moved with brothers James and
Virgil
to Tombstone, where a silver boom was under way. The Earps clashed with a group of outlaws known as the "
Cowboys
". Wyatt, Virgil, and younger brother
Morgan
held various law-enforcement positions which put them in conflict with
Tom McLaury
,
Frank McLaury
,
Ike Clanton
, and
Billy Clanton
who threatened to kill the Earps on several occasions. The conflict escalated culminating in the shootout at the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881, where the Earps and Doc Holliday killed three Cowboys. During the next five months, Virgil was ambushed and maimed, and Morgan was assassinated. Wyatt,
Warren Earp
, Doc Holliday, and others formed a
federal posse
which killed three more Cowboys whom they thought responsible. Wyatt was never wounded in any of the gunfights, unlike his brothers Virgil and Morgan or Doc Holliday, which only added to his mystique after his death.
Sculptor:  Harold Faulkner
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