Dollar - U.S. Centennial Exposition Independence Hall; George Washington
Features
| Location |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Exhibition, fair and festival medals |
| Year | 1876 |
| Composition | Nickel silver |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Number | N# 122240 |
| References | HK# 41 Harold E. Hibler, Charles V. Kappen; 2008. So-Called Dollars: an Illustrated Standard Catalog with Valuations (2nd Edition). Coin & Currency Institute, Clifton, New Jersey, United States. Medallic Portraits of Washington (3 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
US Centennial Exposition
Obverse
Military bust Washington by Key, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
GEORGE WASHINGTON
BORN FEB 22 1732
DIED DEC 14 1799
Engraver: William Barber
Reverse
Edifice with text around and below: 1776; to r. 1876; below Commenced 1729 / Finished 1734; microscopic Key. F beneath edifice; above around Independence Hall
Script: Latin
Lettering:
INDEPENDENCE HALL
1776 1876
KEY. f
COMMENCED 1729
FINISHED 1734
Engraver: William Barber
Comments
LIBERTY BELL-INDEPENDENCE HALL DOLLARS
Struck and issued by Messrs. Deihl, Philadelphia; designed by Key. Some of pieces with small bell struck as early as 1872; with large bell, 1874, in anticipation of centennial celebration. Liberty Bell, made of bronze, weighs 2,080 pounds, is 3 feet high, measures 12 feet around lip. John Pass and Charles Stow recast bell in 1753, it having cracked year before; in 1835 it cracked beyond repair. It now hangs in Liberty Bell Center, a dedicated museum within Independence National Historical Park near old State House, renamed Independence Hall, where Declaration of Independence was unanimously adopted by Continental Congress, July 4, 1776.
Struck and issued by Messrs. Deihl, Philadelphia; designed by Key. Some of pieces with small bell struck as early as 1872; with large bell, 1874, in anticipation of centennial celebration. Liberty Bell, made of bronze, weighs 2,080 pounds, is 3 feet high, measures 12 feet around lip. John Pass and Charles Stow recast bell in 1753, it having cracked year before; in 1835 it cracked beyond repair. It now hangs in Liberty Bell Center, a dedicated museum within Independence National Historical Park near old State House, renamed Independence Hall, where Declaration of Independence was unanimously adopted by Continental Congress, July 4, 1776.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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