1920 Manila Mint Opening Medal - Silver
Strike Type
Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $4,465
- Sold
- Grade
- MS65
- Auction house
- Heritage Auctions
Description
The 1920 Manila Mint Opening Medal - Silver is the silver striking of the medal made for the Manila Mint's opening day, July 6, 1920, which collectors call the Wilson dollar. The obverse carries Woodrow Wilson's bust with PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; the reverse shows a kneeling goddess holding up a pair of scales while she guides a boy at a coining press, with TO COMMEMORATE THE OPENING OF THE MINT, MANILA P.I. and 1920. George T. Morgan cut the dies and signed both sides, reworking his design for the Assay Commission medals; the attribution to Clifford Hewitt found in older books is doubted by NGC. The mint's records give 2,200 medals in silver, 3,700 in copper and 5 in gold. Unsold medals were dumped in the sea off Corregidor in 1942, and many recovered pieces are corroded. The silver medals were sold at one dollar each. Hibler and Kappen list the silver medal as HK-449 among the so-called dollars. Catalogue numbers: HK-449, KM-X11. PCGS number 643969.
Cross References
HK-449; KM-X11
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