1926 HK-452, U.S. Sesquicentennial Expo Dollar

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HK-452 is the high-relief version of Albin Polasek's official medal for the 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia, struck in bronze, 35 mm. Both sides follow the regular design but stand up more boldly from the field: Washington's bust within thirteen stars over a Liberty Bell and the date on one side, and Liberty astride a flying Pegasus, torch raised against the sun, on the other. The fair was John Wanamaker's idea, and the HK account calls him its father. It covered about a thousand acres at League Island Park in South Philadelphia from the last day of May to the end of November 1926, then on through December. Its many-colored buildings earned the name "Rainbow City," and a huge lighted Liberty Bell stood at the entrance. The low-relief strikings are HK-451 and HK-453 to HK-454a.

Cross References

HK-452; PCGS #643976; NGC #850747; PCGS #643978; PCGS #643977