1876 Silver So-Called Dollar GW-884, HK-90, Moore's Creek Bridge

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Description

George Hampden Lovett of New York City issued a set of eight medals in 1876 for the battles of 1776, and HK-90 is the silver striking of the first, the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina on February 27. Sets sold for fourteen dollars in silver, four in bronze and two in white metal, with a case at one dollar more. Every medal in the set shares one obverse, a bare-shouldered Washington facing right inside a ring of thirty-four stars, with "The centennial year of our national independence" around and 1876 below. The reverse puts 1776 in a rayed, beaded center, the battle and date above, the number 1 and the state below, inside an oak wreath. Baker 440. Bronze (HK-91) and white metal (HK-92) versions exist. Silver, 34 mm.

Cross References

HK-90; PCGS #642234; NGC #850180