1915 So-Called Dollar HK-412a, S.Carolina at Pan-Pacific

Coin Details

Description

HK-412a is South Carolina's Panama-Pacific fund medal in silver-plated bronze, made for the 1915 exposition at San Francisco. Its reverse is simply the state seal with "For South Carolina Exposition Fund" around it; the obverse is a sailing ship framed by the words "The Land Divided" and "The World United," the design South Carolina shared with North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky. President Taft had broken ground for the fair on October 14, 1911, more than three years before it opened, and the exposition company raised much of its capital by selling stock to the public. Hibler and Kappen record that some state medals were silver-plated by the states and others later by private parties. 38 mm; the bronze is HK-412.

Cross References

HK-412a; PCGS #643900; NGC #852333