1876 HK-19, U.S. Centennial Expo Dollar

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Description

Nevada sent its silver to the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in the form of this medal. The ore was crushed at a Nevada quartz mill set up on the exposition grounds, refined at the United States Mint and struck there into pieces engraved by William Barber, which were sold at the Nevada Building for a dollar and a quarter. Each came with a certificate from the Mint's Coiner's Department, dated June 20, 1876, and signed by the coiner A. Loudon Snowden, stating that the medals delivered to C. C. Stevenson of the Nevada State Board were pure Nevada silver. The obverse shows the Liberty Bell between a Minute Man and a soldier, dated 1776 and 1876; the reverse, a mining scene under "Nevada." HK-19 is the silver striking, Julian CM-36, 38 mm; copper is HK-19a.

Cross References

HK-19; PCGS #642050; NGC #850044