(1876) White Metal So-Called Dollar GW-885, HK-95, Sullivan's Island

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Description

HK-95 is the white metal version of medal number 2 in George Hampden Lovett's set of eight battles of 1776: the Battle of Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, fought June 28, when the island's defenders turned back a British naval attack on Charleston. Baker lists it as 441B. In white metal the whole set cost two dollars, against four for bronze and fourteen for silver. The reverse places the date 1776 in a rayed beaded circle, with the battle name above and the number and state below, all ringed by oak leaves. Washington's portrait on the obverse, the same for all eight, sits inside thirty-four stars with the centennial-year legend and 1876. The silver striking is HK-93 and the bronze HK-94. White metal, 34 mm.

Cross References

HK-95; PCGS #642243; NGC #850185