1893 So-Called Dollar HK-244b, D.C. U.S. Capitol Centennial

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William Thornton of Tortola, in the West Indies, drew the original plan for the Capitol, accepted on April 5, 1793, and Washington laid its foundation stone that September 18. The British burned its interiors in 1814, and rebuilding took five years; the bronze Statue of Freedom went up on the dome in 1863, nearly 300 feet above the ground. HK-244b belongs to the 1893 centennial of that stone-laying. Its obverse is the Capitol view of HK-244, dated Sep. 18, 1893, but the reverse is a George Washington design taken from another medal, which the HK listing identifies only by cross-reference. It is white metal, 35 mm, with bronze (HK-244a) and silver (HK-244c) also listed. The maker is unknown; the pieces were probably private souvenirs sold around Washington.

Cross References

HK-244b; PCGS #642598; NGC #851973