1892 HK-177a, World's Columbian Expo Dollar
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Description
Both faces of HK-177a are buildings, with no portrait of Columbus. One side carries the Administration Building with "260 Feet Square Cost $450,000" beneath it, the reverse used on HK-176; the other shows the Fisheries Building, "200 x 1000 Feet. Cost $200,000," which also backs the Columbus-bust pieces HK-193 to HK-195. Pairing two reverses this way gave the maker another souvenir from dies already in hand. Hibler and Kappen list this combination in aluminum, as here, and in brass as HK-177b; they give no diameter for it, though the parent dies belong to the 35 mm Exhibition Palace run. The exposition the buildings stood in covered nearly 700 acres along Lake Michigan, mostly in Jackson Park, and was dedicated on October 21, 1892. The aluminum striking is the one described here.
Cross References
HK-177a; PCGS #642454; NGC #851934
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