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1939 HK-482, Golden Gate Expo White Metal Treasure Island Dollar

Strike Type

Coin Details

Year

1939

Denomination

So-Called Dollars

Strike Type

Regular Strike

Series

National Commemorative & Expo So-Called Dollars

Composition

N/A

Auction Record

Price realized: $456
Sold: 22 August 2021
Grade: MS65
Auction house: Heritage Auctions

Description

HK-482 is the white metal version of the island dollar lettered "Treasure Island," a 33 mm piece from San Francisco's Golden Gate International Exposition. The fair's first season ran from February 18 to October 29, 1939; a second, organized largely afresh by a new company, followed from May 25 to September 29, 1940. Its stated purpose was to celebrate two new bridges, the Golden Gate and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. On this medal the reverse views the island from the water, with an airplane flying at the left, the bridge and sun in the distance and "Treasure Island" overhead. The obverse repeats the exposition's official seal, a tower and bridge with the sun going down behind them, "San Francisco Bay" and 1939 inside a circle, and the full name of the fair around the edge. The gilt bronze striking of the same designs is HK-481.