1907 So-Called Dollar HK-347, Jamestown Gilt Bronze

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The 1907 Jamestown Exposition was officially opened by President Roosevelt but never quite recovered from going without formal recognition as a world's fair and from deciding late to seek industrial and foreign exhibits. Money troubles slowed construction, the grounds and piers were unfinished on opening day, and a hostile press kept visitors away. Yet in its last two and a half months, by the HK account, it was a place of real beauty, with Raleigh Square as its main plaza and the Government Piers as its loveliest feature. This is a gilt piece of the official medal, HK-347, coined at the Mint's exhibit on the fairgrounds: Pocahontas in profile to the left on one side, ships and the May 13, 1607 landing of John Smith's expedition on the other. Gilt, 34 mm.

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HK-347; PCGS #642777; PCGS #513226; NGC #850590