1885 White Metal So-Called Dollar HK-143b, Worlds Expo, New Orleans

Coin Details

Description

Louisiana's pelican feeding on its nest, with the motto "Union Confidence and Justice" around it in a beaded circle, takes the obverse of HK-143b, ringed by "Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition New Orleans." The reverse is the globe-and-building die signed E A K for Edward A. Kretschman, captioned "The Worlds Exposition" over the years 1884 and 1885. HK-143b is white metal, 33 mm. The exposition, open from December 1884 into 1885, grew out of the National Cotton Planters Association; Congress set up a national commission in May 1883, local business leaders chartered a company and raised stock, and New Orleans was chosen with no rival city in the running. The city and the state gave equal sums and Congress a larger one. Southern cotton states took the leading place, many with buildings of their own, and 22 foreign countries took part.

Cross References

HK-143b; PCGS #642389; NGC #851909