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

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Description

Dow metal, the light magnesium alloy of Michigan's Dow Chemical Company, gives HK-473b a home-state material for a medal that sold Michigan as a playground. It is one of four metals Hibler and Kappen list for the design: reddish gilt (HK-473), aluminum (HK-473a), this Dow metal piece and German silver (HK-473c). The map of the state in relief fills the reverse inside a beaded circle, with "The Nation's Playground" and "Come to Michigan to Play" around it; the obverse is the state seal with "Michigan" and "A Century of Progress Exposition." The piece belongs to Chicago's 1933 fair, where the federal government, though asked for no subsidy, put up its own Federal Building and a Mint exhibit. Dow metal, 33 mm.

Cross References

HK-473b; PCGS #644029; NGC #851691