1926 So-Called Dollar HK-453, Sesquicentennial

Coin Details

Auction Record

Description

HK-453 is the brass striking of Albin Polasek's official medal for the Sesquicentennial International Exposition, which ran from May 31 to November 30, 1926, on League Island Park in South Philadelphia to mark 150 years of American independence. Washington's bust, ringed by thirteen stars, fills the upper obverse with a Liberty Bell and the date below it; the reverse is Polasek's winged horse carrying Liberty, whose torch is held up between the sun and its rays. Two features of the fair connect to the medal, according to Hibler and Kappen: a huge lighted Liberty Bell stood at the entrance, and the Mint ran a working exhibit on the grounds, where these official medals were struck. The copper version is HK-451 and a gold-plated copper one HK-453a. Brass, 35 mm.

Cross References

HK-453; PCGS #643979; NGC #850748