1876 Silver So-Called Dollar GW-888, HK-102, Lake Champlain

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Description

HK-102 recalls a battle fought on water: the Battle of Lake Champlain on October 11 and 12, 1776, when Benedict Arnold's small American fleet met a British flotilla, losing the fight but slowing the British advance from Canada. It is the silver striking of the fifth medal in George Hampden Lovett's 1876 set, Baker 444. The reverse lettering is "Battle of Lake Champlain / October 11 & 12" above the rayed 1776, with "5 / New York" below, all within oak leaves. Washington's bare bust, facing right, fills the obverse inside a circle of thirty-four stars, with the centennial legend and 1876. A silver set of eight sold for fourteen dollars, a case one dollar more. Bronze is HK-103 and white metal HK-104. Silver, 34 mm.

Cross References

HK-102; PCGS #642254; NGC #850194