1904 HK-305a, Louisiana Purchase Expo Dollar
Strike Type
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Description
The oval seal on the reverse of HK-305a is empty: this is the round brass Souvenir Coin of Admission without the serial number that most pieces carry. Its reverse is busy, with a relief map of the country showing the Louisiana Territory, a spread eagle standing on two draped flags above it, two seated women below, and the date split as 19 and 04, all ringed by "Louisiana Purchase Souvenir Coin Co. Saint Louis." The scheme began just as the exposition's own Official Souvenir Coin Department got under way, and for a long time the public assumed the two were one; press releases eventually set the record straight. Some writers called these the handsomest metal products of the 1904 fair. Brass, 33 mm.
Cross References
HK-305a; PCGS #642705; NGC #851990
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Other Strike Types in This Series
(1904) So-Called Dollar HK-315, LA Purchase Expo Gardens & Government Brass
(1904) So-Called Dollar HK-316, LA Purchase Expo Gardens & Government Aluminum
(1904) So-Called Dollar HK-317, Palace of Liberal Arts
(1904) So-Called Dollar HK-318, Palace of Liberal Arts
(1904) So-Called Dollar HK-319, LA Purchase Expo Electricity & Fraternity Aluminum
(1904) So-Called Dollar HK-319a, LA Purchase Expo Electricity & Fraternity Brass
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