1826 HK-1, Erie Canal, White Metal Dollar

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New York City's Common Council issued this medal for its celebration of the Erie Canal's completion early in 1826, after the boat Seneca Chief carried Governor DeWitt Clinton from Buffalo, leaving on October 26, 1825, and arriving in the city on November 4. Archibald Robertson designed it, Charles Cushing Wright engraved it, Richard Trested cut the lettering on dies made by William Williams, and Maltby Pelletreau struck it. The obverse seats Pan and Neptune side by side, a cornucopia beside Pan and a lighthouse and sea behind, under the legend "Union of Erie with the Atlantic." The reverse centers the New York arms beside a stretch of canal, with a ship and the city beyond. HK-1 is the white metal (pewter) version, given with the silver to guests and officials. A silver piece with a different reverse, found by Vicken Yegparian in 2017, is HK-1000a. 45 mm.

Cross References

HK-1; PCGS #642001; NGC #850001