For the 100th anniversary of driving the Golden Spike into the Alaska Railroad I created 1/10-ounce silver octagonal tokens. I would like to give a special thanks to Dick Hanscom of Minœr Mint for providing time, experience, and equipment.

First, I made the dies. For the obverse I stamped a train on a track with the words: ALASKA RAILROAD. The train was a premade punch, but I made the track with the letter I. For the reverse I created a spike going diagonally across the die. I stamped on it: 1923- 2023 100 YEARS. I made the token do a coin turn (flipping a coin up or down to see the other side.)