1898 So-Called Dollar HK-281a, Trans-Mississippi Expo
Strike Type
Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $230
- Sold
- Grade
- MS-62HK-283
- Auction house
- Goldberg Auctioneers
Description
HK-281a pairs the woman's bust of the official Trans-Mississippi Exposition medal with a reverse of plain lettering: "Souvenir / Floral Parade / August 5th / 1898." The parade belonged to the program of the Omaha fair, which opened on June 1, 1898, and ran until the end of October. The obverse, with "Trans-Mississippi Exposition Omaha" around the left-facing bust and the year below, is shared with the official pieces HK-281 to HK-283a, whose reverse instead shows an Indian hunting buffalo on horseback. The exposition went ahead in hard circumstances: the Spanish-American War broke out in April 1898 and drew the country's attention away, and many would-be exhibitors gave up their space. Even so, the HK account says stockholders got back about nine-tenths of their money. HK-281a is silver, 34 mm.
Cross References
HK-281a; PCGS #642654; NGC #853114
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