1884-1885 So-Called Dollar HK-144, 5 La Globe Dollar

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Description

Three women picking cotton fill the reverse of HK-144, the Cotton Centennial globe dollar, under "New Orleans La." On a narrow ribbon beneath the scene the designer signed in microscopic letters, Alf. Vester, with Prov. R I at the right, and 1884 is below. The obverse is a world globe flanked by 1884 and 1885, with "The World's Industrial and" above and "Cotton Centennial Exposition" below, inside a beaded border. HK-144 is white metal and larger than the other New Orleans pieces, 43 mm. The exposition it commemorates opened on December 16, 1884, on nearly 200 acres of city parkland, to honor a hundred years of cotton exports from the United States to England. Numerous Federal displays were mounted there, among them a Mint exhibit, where the official medal of the fair was struck.

Cross References

HK-144; PCGS #642392; NGC #850261