1861 HK-11a, Bombardment of Fort Sumter-Type 2 Dollar
Strike Type
Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $2,400
- Sold
- Grade
- MS63
- Auction house
- Stack's Bowers
Description
An eagle inside a ring of 34 stars, with "One Flag and One Union" above and "Now and Forever" below and a circle of leaves around all, is the reverse that makes HK-11a a Type II Fort Sumter medal. It pairs that patriotic die with the bombardment obverse of HK-11: the fort under fire, "Bombardment of Fort Sumter" above it and the dates April 12 and 13, 1861, below. Hibler and Kappen note that the Type II reverse also turns up with other obverses as political or campaign medals. The dies are unsigned but look like George Hampden Lovett's engraving. This one is brass, 34 mm; the type also comes in white metal (HK-11d) and copper (HK-11e). The fort's Federal garrison surrendered on April 14 with no one killed on either side.
Cross References
HK-11a; PCGS #642026; NGC #850020
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