1915-1916 So-Called Dollar HK-434, Home Economy Building

Coin Details

Description

The U. S. Grant Hotel of San Diego offered this medal as a compliment: its reverse shows the hotel building within a circle, with "Compliments of U. S. Grant Hotel" above and "San Diego, Cal." below, inside a beaded border. The obverse, shared with the Don't Worry Club piece HK-433, is the Home Economy Building of the Panama-California Exposition with an airplane overhead and "San Diego 1915" below. The exposition, which ran through 1915 and 1916, drew about three and a half million visitors over its two years; exhibitors came mainly from the western and southwestern states and from Central and South America, and the federal displays included a Mint exhibit. An outdoor organ given by Spreckels was a feature of the grounds. HK-434 is gilt, 36 mm.

Cross References

HK-434; PCGS #643948; NGC #850718