1890 Bronze So-Called Dollar HK-617, Allegheny City Semi Centennial
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Description
A large wreath fills the obverse of HK-617, and inside it three short lines record when the celebration took place: "Held / July 17, / 1890." Around the wreath runs "Semi-Centennial of Allegheny City," with three stars below, so the medal marks the city's fiftieth year. Allegheny City stood on the north side of the river from Pittsburgh and was later joined to it. The reverse reproduces the city's seal, a log cabin with a man paddling a canoe, headed "First Log Cabin" and encircled by "Seal of the City of Allegheny, Pa." Hibler and Kappen list the design in three metals: this bronze striking, which heads the group at 38 mm, a silver one (HK-617b) and a white metal one (HK-617c). They name no maker.
Cross References
HK-617; PCGS #643082
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