1915-1916 So-Called Dollar HK-429, Pan-Cal Expo, Silvered

Coin Details

Description

HK-429 is the official Panama-California Exposition medal of San Diego in its 1916-dated form, listed by Hibler and Kappen as silver or silver-plated because they doubted it was ever struck in solid silver: every piece they saw was plated, and each weighed the same as the bronze HK-430. The exposition opened in 1915 and was carried into a second year, and its medals were the first of their kind to be struck and dated for two different years. Designed by C. K. Berryman, cartoonist for the Washington Evening Star, and engraved by C. E. Barber, they were struck in the Mint exhibit on the grounds. Uncle Sam strides across the obverse with a pick on his shoulder and a shovel whose handle lies across the canal; the reverse shows a ship in the canal with "Panama Canal Opened by S.S. Ancon" and "Aug. 15. 1914." 34 mm.

Cross References

HK-429; PCGS #643936; NGC #850709