1926 So-Called Dollar HK-458, Medal of Honor Dollar

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Description

"Medal / of Honor" reads the center of HK-458, inside a wreath, with "Sesquicentennial-International-Exposition-Philadelphia" around and 1776-1926 at the bottom. On the reverse a large eagle, facing left, stands in its nest, and a building appears in the field near the left border. Hibler and Kappen list it under the 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia but say nothing of who made or awarded it, so the medal's own lettering is the record. That exposition, open from May 31 to November 30, 1926, with a December extension, celebrated the 150th year of the Declaration of Independence; President Coolidge invited the world to show its progress in art, science, industry and trade, and sixteen states and forty-three foreign countries took part. HK-458 is brass, 34 mm.

Cross References

HK-458; PCGS #643986; NGC #850753