1916 HK-431, Pan-Cal Expo Official Dollar

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Description

The Panama-California Exposition was proposed by the San Diego Chamber of Commerce in July 1909, when the city had fewer than 40,000 people. San Diego bid for the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition, gave way to San Francisco on the promise of a second fair of its own, and broke ground on July 19, 1911. The grounds filled City Park, now Balboa Park, in a Spanish style that afterward spread across the Southwest, and the California Building was the only permanent structure. HK-431 is the gilt striking of the official medal dated 1916, the second year: Uncle Sam with pick and shovel over the canal, and on the reverse the ship of the canal's opening voyage, with "Aug. 15. 1914." Like the 1915 pieces, it came from the Mint's working exhibit at the fair. Gilt, 34 mm; the 1915 gilt piece is HK-428.

Cross References

HK-431; PCGS #643940; NGC #850711