1904 So-Called Dollar HK-313a, Cascade Gardens

Coin Details

Description

Cascade Gardens at the St. Louis fair appear on the reverse of HK-313a with a tower and a building rising behind the plantings and "Worlds Fair St. Louis" above. This is the gilt version of the design, and Hibler and Kappen note a plain edge where the brass HK-313 is reeded. The obverse is a busy allegory of the purchase: Uncle Sam receiving the territory from a maiden, apparently France, with "Vive La Republique" on a ribbon, small busts of Bonaparte and Jefferson, and wreathed dates for the original sale and its centennial. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition was the fourth largest the country had held, backed by a state grant of a million dollars and five million from Congress. Gilt, 38 mm, 1904.

Cross References

HK-313a; PCGS #642717; NGC #851995