1883 So-Called Dollar HK-597, German-American Bicentennial

Coin Details

Description

Two female heads, side by side and facing right, fill the obverse of this 1883 medal, one headband lettered "Columbia" and the other "German," with "German American Bi-Centennial" above and "Oct. 6." beneath. The occasion was the two-hundredth anniversary of Germantown, a settlement of emigrants from Germany that was once its own municipality and later became part of Philadelphia. The celebration committee designed and issued two official medals, both struck in Philadelphia by William H. Warner & Bro.; the other was a 32 mm pewter piece outside the HK listing. HK-597 is the white metal striking of this one, also catalogued as Rulau Pa-Ph 108, in the 35 mm size of the silver proof HK-596. A bronzed copper version is HK-597a.

Cross References

HK-597; PCGS #643028