(1876) White Metal So-Called Dollar GW-887, HK-101, Holed Harlem Plains

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Description

Battle number 4 on Lovett's list was Harlem Plains, New York, fought September 16, 1776, and HK-101 is the white metal medal for it, Baker 443B. Its reverse shows "Battle of Harlem Plains" and the date in an arc over a rayed center with 1776, then the numeral 4 and the state, within oak leaves. The common obverse has Washington's portrait facing right inside thirty-four stars and the inscription "The centennial year of our national independence," with 1876. Lovett, a New York medalist, sold the eight medals together, at two dollars a set in white metal. At Harlem Plains the Continental troops pushed back a British advance on upper Manhattan, the day after New York City fell. Silver (HK-99) and bronze (HK-100) strikings exist. White metal, 34 mm.

Cross References

HK-101; PCGS #642253; NGC #850193