1826 HK-1000, Erie Canal Dollar

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Description

HK-1000 is the silver striking of the medal the City of New York issued for the completion of the Erie Canal, presented to guests and officials of the city's celebration. Archibald Robertson drew the design and Charles Cushing Wright cut it, Richard Trested adding the lettering to dies that William Williams had prepared; Maltby Pelletreau did the striking. The obverse seats Pan and Neptune side by side, a lighthouse and sea behind them, under "Union of Erie with the Atlantic." The reverse shows the state arms, a stretch of canal and a ship with the city in the distance, and dates the work from its start on July 4, 1817, to its completion on October 26, 1825, the day the boat Seneca Chief left Buffalo with Governor DeWitt Clinton aboard. The same dies served for white metal (HK-1) and gold (HK-1001). Silver, about 45 mm.

Cross References

HK-1000; PCGS #643756