Medal - Fantasy Pattern Nickel Restrike

Fantasy restrikes catalogued under Krause's X# series occupy an awkward corner of American numismatics — technically unofficial, yet produced with enough regularity that serious collectors treat them as a distinct category. This piece almost certainly originates from one of the private mints active in the 1990s supplying the commemorative and pattern market, where demand for "what might have been" coinage ran consistently ahead of the U.S. Mint's own offerings.

X#195 is not a government-authorized issue by any definition.