1901 HK-290a, McKinley Assassination Dollar
Strike Type
Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $312
- Sold
- Grade
- MS61
- Auction house
- Stack's Bowers
Description
HK-290a is the aluminum version of a memorial medal made after President William McKinley was shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. The obverse carries his bust with his birth date, January 29, 1843, and the dates of the shooting and his death, September 6 and September 14, 1901. The reverse shows the Temple of Music, the exposition hall where he was greeting visitors on the afternoon of September 6 when Leon Czolgosz fired on him. The fair itself ran from May 1 to November 2, 1901, to promote trade and friendship with the other nations of the Americas. A brass version with a reeded edge is HK-290; Hibler and Kappen give 34 mm for the pair and name no maker. This piece is aluminum, 34 mm.
Cross References
HK-290a; PCGS #642677; NGC #850509
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