1915 HK-404a, Pan-Pac Expo Silver-Plated Bronze Dollar

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For its exhibit at San Francisco's 1915 exposition, Florida turned to the Robbins Co. of Attleboro for a fund-raising medal, and HK-404a is its silver-plated bronze form. The exposition company had been chartered in March 1910 and sold its stock to the public, the city and the state each put up money through bond issues, California's counties added more, and the 62nd Congress endorsed the fair with a federal grant that also covered the government's own displays. States had to find their own exhibit money, and Florida's medal reads "For Florida Exposition Fund" around a modified state seal, with "In God We Trust" on a ribbon. The obverse shows a headless Victory standing in a ship in the canal. 38 mm; the bronze version is HK-404.

Cross References

HK-404a; PCGS #643864; NGC #851754