1905 HK-331a, Lewis & Clark Expo Dollar

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Description

HK-331a is the gilt bronze striking of the 37 mm, reeded-edge Lewis and Clark piece, the companion of the bronze HK-331 and the aluminum HK-331b. Its obverse carries the paired busts of the two captains facing left under their names, with emblems of their journey, a rifle, an oar and a telescope, crossed below, and "Centennial 1905 Exposition" around. The reverse shows the U. S. Government Building at Portland. Before the fair opened, a monument to Lewis and Clark went up in Washington Park, Portland, and President Roosevelt laid its first stone in May 1903. Oregon's governor had named a preliminary state commission in 1901, and the fair opened its gates in June 1905 and kept them open into mid-October, with attendance put at more than two and a half million, perhaps half of it paid. Gilt bronze, 37 mm.

Cross References

HK-331a; PCGS #642751; NGC #850567