1890 So-Called Dollar HK-732, San Francisco Chronicle
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The San Francisco Chronicle turned twenty-five in 1890 and moved into its new building, and this white metal medal, HK-732, marks both. The obverse shows M. H. de Young facing left, his name at one side of the bust and "Proprietor." at the other, with the tiny signature of the Meriden Britannia Co. under the bust and an anniversary legend around. The reverse pictures the building with 1890 beneath and the words "Inauguration of the New San Francisco Chronicle Building" around. Charles and M. H. de Young, aged 19 and 17, started the paper, at first a theatrical daily, on January 16, 1865, sharing a small office with Mark Twain, then writing for a Carson City paper. By 1890 the Chronicle had its own tall building at Market, Geary and Kearny Streets. The bronze is HK-732a. White metal, 43 mm.
Cross References
HK-732; PCGS #643368
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