1904 HK-305, LA Purchase Expo Souvenir Dollar

Coin Details

Auction Record

Description

The round brass Souvenir Coin of Admission, HK-305, came first and sold for fifty cents, and each buyer could guess the fair's total paid admissions, with fifty thousand dollars in gold promised to the winner. Its issuer, the Louisiana Purchase Souvenir Coin Co., had no connection with the exposition company, though the promoters planned an office at the entrance where the pieces could be turned in for tickets. The obverse is a crowned bust facing left between 1803 and 1903, "Souvenir Coin of Admission" around and "Saint Louis" on the bust. On the reverse two seated women flank an oval seal that holds this piece's serial number; round pieces are numbered under 25,000. Brass, 33 mm, dated 1904 by the "19" and "04" on the reverse.

Cross References

HK-305; PCGS #642704; NGC #850528