1933-1934 So-Called Dollar HK-473a, Michigan Dollar

Coin Details

Description

Struck in aluminum, HK-473a carries the Michigan design made for Chicago's Century of Progress: on one side the state seal circled by "Michigan" and "A Century of Progress Exposition," on the other a relief map of the state with the slogans "The Nation's Playground" and "Come to Michigan to Play." Hibler and Kappen list it after the reddish gilt HK-473, and also record Dow metal (HK-473b) and German silver (HK-473c) pieces. The exposition behind it marked a hundred years of Chicago as an incorporated city and the advances of that century in science, engineering and technology. It ran from May 27 to November 12 in 1933 and again in 1934 on over 400 acres of Lake Michigan shoreline. Aluminum, 33 mm.

Cross References

HK-473a; PCGS #644028; NGC #852240