1883 Copper So-Called Dollar HK-597a, German-American Bicentennial
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Description
The reverse of HK-597a tells Germantown's story in symbols. Beneath a curved ribbon lettered "German-Town" is the seal, with shields dated 1683 and 1883, and below it a three-leaved clover holding a vine in its left lobe, flax in the upper lobe and what Hibler and Kappen take to be an old loom in the right. A ribbon at the bottom reads "Vinum Linum Et Textrinum," Latin for wine, linen and weaving, the trades of the first German settlers; this side has no beaded border. The obverse joins the heads of Columbia and Germania for the German American bicentennial of October 6, 1883, in Philadelphia. William H. Warner & Bro. struck the medal for the celebration committee. This is the bronzed copper striking, 35 mm, alongside silver (HK-596) and white metal (HK-597).
Cross References
HK-597A; PCGS #643029
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