1898 HK-282, Trans-Miss. Int'l Expo Dollar

Coin Details

Description

Omaha's exposition of 1898 laid out its buildings on a plateau of about 184 acres in the northeast part of the city, now built over except for little Kountze Park. All of them followed a plain classical Ionic style with a French Renaissance touch, painted ivory white with matching gray-green roofs, and the fair made the first bold use of incandescent bulbs in place of the arc lights of earlier shows. HK-282 is the bronze version of its official medal, struck in the Mint's exhibit on the grounds: a woman's bust facing left with "Trans-Mississippi Exposition Omaha" and 1898, backed by a mounted Indian spearing a buffalo over the date 1848. It measures 34 mm, the size of the silver HK-281; brass and copper versions are HK-283 and HK-283a.

Cross References

HK-282; PCGS #642655; NGC #850493