1933 HK-467, Century of Progress Dollar

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Description

Greenduck Co. of Chicago struck souvenir medals for both seasons of the Century of Progress Exposition, and HK-467 is the 1933 version in bronze, 37 mm. On the obverse a woman sits facing right with a small log cabin held in her left hand and skyscrapers behind her, the scene laid over the spokes of a wheel and flanked by "A Century of" and "Progress"; the maker's name runs in microscopic letters underneath. Its back carries a relief map of the grounds beside the lake, dated 1833 at upper left and 1933 at upper right, with Chicago at the bottom. The 1934 piece, HK-468, changes the second date and uses a thick planchet, and Hibler and Kappen add that the 1933 metal is the darker of the two. Cabin and towers echo the fair's hundred years of Chicago.

Cross References

HK-467; PCGS #644008; NGC #850771