1882 So-Called Dollar HK-139, Pennsylvania Bicentennial
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Description
The officers of the United States Mint in 1882 are named on the reverse of HK-139: superintendent A. Loudon Snowden, assayer Jacob B. Eckfeldt, melter and refiner James C. Booth, coiner Oliver C. Bosbyshell and engraver Chas. E. Barber, twelve lines within a beaded circle under "Bi-Centennial of Pennsylvania" and over "October 24, 1882." The obverse reuses the Penn portrait die of HK-138. October 24 was Landing Day, when Penn's arrival was reenacted while the old Statehouse bell rang two hundred times; the Philadelphia program also had Memorial, Trades, Festival and Military Days. Twentieth-century restrikes in yellow bronze with matte surfaces are known. Brass, 38 mm; Julian CM-41.
Cross References
HK-139; PCGS #642373; NGC #850254
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