1893 So-Called Dollar HK-128, Baker-B-324A Aluminum Holed Trenton Battle Monument

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Description

Of the four metals used in 1893 for the medal of the new Trenton monument, aluminum is catalogued as HK-128, listed by Baker as 324A and measuring 38 mm. The design honors the American victory at Trenton on December 26, 1776, when Washington's army surprised the garrison there after crossing the Delaware. Washington's bust, facing left, fills the reverse with a legend naming the battle and its date, and the signature Bechtel Trenton appears in minute letters below. On the obverse the new monument stands in the center, ringed by its name and by a legend dating its first stone to December 26, 1891, and its dedication to October 19, 1893. The bronze is HK-127, the white metal HK-127a and the brass HK-128a. Hibler and Kappen give the medal no separate history beyond its dies.

Cross References

HK-128; PCGS #642342; NGC #850233