1876 Bronze So-Called Dollar GW-889, HK-106, White Plains

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Description

HK-106 is the bronze White Plains medal, Baker 445A, sixth in the run of eight battle pieces George Hampden Lovett produced for the Centennial of 1876. Its reverse is laid out like the rest of the set: the battle name and its date, October 28, curving across the top, a center of beads and rays holding 1776, and below it the number 6 and "New York," the whole within oak leaves and a beaded border. Lovett's obverse shows a bare-shouldered Washington facing right in a field of thirty-four stars, the outer legend proclaiming the centennial year, with 1876 at the base. The battle was fought in Westchester County as the British followed Washington north from Manhattan. Bronze sets cost four dollars. Silver is HK-105, white metal HK-107. Bronze, 34 mm.

Cross References

HK-106; PCGS #642260; NGC #850198