1861 HK-11b, Bombardment of Fort Sumter-Type 1 Dollar
Strike Type
Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $3,120
- Sold
- Grade
- MS63
- Auction house
- Stack's Bowers
Description
South Carolina left the Union on December 20, 1860, the first state to secede after Abraham Lincoln's election, and within four months its forces opened fire on Fort Sumter. HK-11b, in brass, is the Type I medal of that bombardment. Its reverse is a dense inscription crediting Major R. Anderson with "a most heroic defense," a garrison of 75 against 8,000, and a 30-hour cannonade "by the So. Ca. Rebels." The obverse pictures the beleaguered fort with the event named above and April 12 & 13, 1861, below. Major Robert Anderson's Federal force faced Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard's Confederates from April 12 to 14 before giving up the fort. HK-11b is brass and 34 mm, matching the white metal HK-11; Hibler and Kappen think Lovett cut the dies.
Cross References
HK-11b; PCGS #642027; NGC #851588
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