1892-1893 So-Called Dollar HK-187, Horticultural Building

Coin Details

Description

HK-187 is the aluminum member of the Horticultural Building trio, after the brass HK-186 and the silver-plated brass HK-186a, and like them it is numbered Eglit 124 and listed at 35 mm. Its building side is the one the maker later used as an obverse, pairing it with the Forestry and Transportation reverse to make HK-181a and HK-181b. The hall it shows is lettered at 250 by 1,000 feet and 300,000 dollars. On the other side Columbus, wreathed and facing left, sits inside the legend "The World's Colvmbian Exposition" and "* Chicago 1893 *." The fair was organized to mark four centuries since 1492, with a dedication day in October 1892 timed to the anniversary of the landfall. Aluminum, the metal of this striking, was itself promoted as a wonder on several other Chicago souvenirs.

Cross References

HK-187; PCGS #642473; NGC #850326