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1897 HK-837, Bickford Dollar Aluminum, Bronze Center Dollar

Strike Type

Coin Details

Year

1897

Denomination

So-Called Dollars

Strike Type

Regular Strike

Series

Monetary & Miscellaneous So-Called Dollars

Composition

N/A

Auction Record

Price realized: $391
Sold: 2 February 2010
Grade: MS-66
Auction house: Goldberg Auctioneers

Description

Grant's Tomb in New York was dedicated on April 27, 1897, and Dana Bickford tied his second design for an international coinage to that day. The obverse shows a bust of General U. S. Grant in the sunken center of the tomb, a half circle of 13 stars above, "Honored" and "by All" either side of the dome, and the legend "Warrior Citizen Statesman" with the date and "Dana Bickford Des." The reverse announces "The International / Bi-Metal / Dollar," with seven oval links giving its equivalents: 5 francs 18 centimes in France, 3 florins 47 kreuzer in Austria, 1 yen, 1 rouble 29 kopecks, 4 marks 20 pfennig and 4 shillings 1 penny. HK-837 is aluminum with bronze center, 28 mm; HK-836 has a brass center and HK-1007 reverses the metals.