Dollar - U.S. Centennial Exposition Building

Features

Location United States
Type Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Year 1876
Currency United States - So-called Dollars
Composition Copper
Diameter 43 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Number
N#
122248
References HK# 81
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.

Commemorative issue

US Centennial Exposition

Obverse

Edifice (Main Building),microscopic W. H. Key. F [William H. Key, engraver] at lower r.; above Centennial / Exposition; below Philadelphia / 1876 (date and 13 stars within broad shield)

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Centennial
Exposition
Philadelphia
1876

Engraver: William Barber

Reverse

Inscription

Script: Latin

Lettering: 1776 / Illustrating / the growth and prosperity / of a free people / in a hundred years / 1876; at bottom edge, microscopic Pat Nov. 3, 1874 H&L [Hartell & Letchworth, manufacturers];

Engraver: William Barber

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1876 

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