1859 So-Called Dollar HK-589c, Nassau Water Works
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Brooklyn began receiving water from the Nassau Water Works in December 1858 and celebrated the achievement in April 1859, both dates appearing on the reverse of HK-589c beneath a view of the engine house and its tall smokestack. The firm of F.B. Smith & Hartmann signed that building in microscopic letters, and their initials appear again on the obverse, where a seated Neptune pumps a lever and hugs a gushing pipe above the words "Commcd. July / 1856," marking the start of construction. HK-589c is the silver striking, 33 mm, Rulau NY 2007. Hibler and Kappen also list bronze (HK-589a) and white metal (HK-589b) versions from the same dies, the bronze first at 33 mm.
Cross References
HK-589A; PCGS #643006
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Other Strike Types in This Series
1857 White Metal So-Called Dollar HK-757, Dr. Elisha Kent Kane
1859 So-Called Dollar HK-589b, Nassau Water Works
1872 Gilt Bronze So-Called Dollar HK-729, Truckee Ice Carnival
1876 So-Called Dollar HK-590, Bridgeport Board of Trade
1880 White Metal So-Called Dollar HK-591, Nashville Centennial Exposition
1882 So-Called Dollar HK-592, Baltimore Festival
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