1853 HK-6, Crystal Palace-Type 1 Dollar
Strike Type
Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $1,320
- Sold
- Grade
- MS62PL
- Auction house
- Stack's Bowers
Description
New York's Crystal Palace, put up on Reservoir Square (now Bryant Park) on the model of London's 1851 building, opened on July 14, 1853, as the first international exhibition held in the United States. HK-6 is the white metal striking of the 1853 dollar engraved by Charles Stubenrauch, once a mint engraver at Darmstadt in Germany. The obverse shows Liberty seated facing left, with his small signature and "St Louis Mo." on a ribbon beneath and the year 1853, ringed by a Latin legend that promises science and the arts will flourish in a union of nations. The reverse shows the building, titled "New York Crystal Palace," with a ribbon reading "Desig by Cartsensen & Gildemeister" and the words "For the exhibition of the industry of all nations." Copper (HK-5) and gold-plated copper (HK-5a) share the dies. 45 mm.
Cross References
HK-6; PCGS #642010; NGC #850011
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