1870 Brass So-Called Dollar HK-15, Pilgrim Jubilee Memorial

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Description

Guests at the 1870 Pilgrim jubilee in Plymouth arrived on two special trains, were met by a procession and led to a memorial service at the Church of the First Parish on Town Square, where U.S. Senator C. Winthrop gave the oration. Dinner was laid out in the new railway station with boards across the tracks to make room, and the evening ended with a ball in Davis Hall. The occasion was the 250th anniversary of the Mayflower landing, kept on December 21, 1870, by the Pilgrim Society, and medals were handed to officials and guests. This one, HK-15, is struck in brass and measures 37 mm, with the landing scene and "Pilgrim Jubilee Memorial" on the obverse and a Bible in a wreath on the reverse. The same design is listed in silver-plated metal, silver, white metal and copper as HK-13, HK-13a, HK-13b and HK-14.

Cross References

HK-15; PCGS #885937; NGC #852391; PCGS #642044; NGC #850123