1888 So-Called Dollar HK-146, Ohio Valley Centennial

Coin Details

Description

George Washington's bust, facing right, takes the obverse of HK-146, with his birth and death dates around it and, in microscopic letters below the bust, the name Murdock. The edge confirms the maker: "Jas. Murdock Jr die sinker Cincinnati." The reverse shows a building flanked by the years 1788 and 1888, naming the Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States at Cincinnati. That exposition marked a century since settlement of the Northwest Territory, created in 1787, and ran a hundred days from July 4 to October 27, 1888, in Music Hall and two large temporary halls along the Miami-Erie Canal and in Washington Park. Hibler and Kappen could not establish whether the medal was official. White metal, 38 mm, Baker G-378.

Cross References

HK-146; PCGS #642402; NGC #850263