1933 HK-463, Century of Progress Dollar

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Description

HK-463 is the smallest size of the official medal of A Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago's world's fair of 1933 and 1934, which celebrated the city's hundred years since 1833. Emil Robert Zettler, head of the industrial art section at Chicago's Art Institute, designed it and patented the design in June 1933. Hibler and Kappen record that the Medallic Art Company of New York made the dies, while the Chicago metalworking firm Crowe won the contract to strike the medals. The obverse figure stands with arms and legs spread across two pillars, the years 1833 and 1933 under his feet and the fair's themes, Research and Industry, beneath his hands; the reverse is a relief map of the lakefront grounds. The 1 1/2-inch size, the only one in the dollar range, is known dated 1933 only. Bronze, 38 mm.

Cross References

HK-463; PCGS #643997