Medal - U.S. Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia Adam Pietz
Features
| Location |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Exhibition, fair and festival medals |
| Year | 1926 |
| Composition | Gold plated (gilt) |
| Diameter | 35 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Number | N# 123175 |
| References | HK# 457 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.PCGS CoinFacts (https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts) |
Commemorative issue
U.S. Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia
Obverse
Female head facing to left at lower left, 1926; below date, interlaced AP [Adam Pietz, designer]; around, Sesqui-Centennial-International-Exposition-Philadelphia
Script: Latin
Lettering:
SEQUI - CENTENNIAL - INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION - PHILADELPHIA
1926
Reverse
Large spread eagle covers almost entire area, swastika over leaf on breast behind eagle, sun and rays; above around, Lucky Token
Script: Latin
Lettering: LUCKY TOKEN
Comments
1926 Adam Pietz Dollar, HK-457, Gilt, 34.9 mm. A fascinating piece that was issued specifically for the 1926 U.S. Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Adam Pietz, the designer, became assistant engraver at the Philadelphia Mint in 1927. Hibler-Kappen (1963) list this issue as "very scarce."
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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