1875 Proof HK-16, Battle of Lexington Centennial Dollar

Coin Details

Description

HK-16 is the silver striking of the official medal for the hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Lexington, fought April 19, 1775, at the opening of the Revolutionary War. A Centennial Committee formed early in 1873 planned the 1875 observance and also worked with the Lexington Monument Association, whose Memorial Hall was to receive marble statues of Samuel Adams and John Hancock carved in Italy by Martin Milmore and Thomas R. Gould. The medal was authorized by the 43rd Congress and struck at the Philadelphia Mint from dies by Henry Mitchell of Boston, after a design by the Rev. Edward Griffin Porter of Lexington. Silver pieces were sold for three dollars each. The same dies were used for bronze (HK-17), white metal (HK-18) and gold (HK-1004). Proof, Julian CM-24, silver, 38 mm.

Cross References

HK-16; PCGS #642045; NGC #850032