1883 So-Called Dollar HK-594b, Exhibit-Foreign Products

Coin Details

Description

Silver strikings of the Boston exhibition medal of 1883 are catalogued as HK-594b, the third metal after white metal (HK-594) and bronze (HK-594a). One side names the show in full, "American Exhibition of Foreign Products, Arts and Manufactures," above a view of its hall, with "Boston, Mass. U. S. A." and a scroll below and the small signature W. M. St. tucked at the lower right of the building. The other side is patriotic: a large eagle with spread wings under a ribbon reading "E Pluribus Unum," headed "American Exhibition," with the promise "Opens in Sept. 1883" beneath it, which places the medal's making before the exhibition began. The HK listing says nothing more about the show. The silver piece shares the 41 mm size of the white metal one.

Cross References

HK-594b; PCGS #643021