1939 HK-484, Bronze Golden Gate Expo, Type II Dollar

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The second petroleum dollar of the Golden Gate International Exposition, HK-484, moves the date onto a line reading "Petroleum Exhibit 1939" under a central oil drill, with "Golden Gate" above and "International Exposition" below, all inside a beaded border. Its reverse repeats the lettered argument of the Type I piece, HK-483: money spent on petroleum keeps moving through the economy as wages, taxes and payments for materials. The pieces were given out by the Petroleum Exhibit on the exposition grounds in San Francisco Bay. The fair, billed as the Pageant of the Pacific, was at heart a travel fair, built around culture and leisure more than scientific progress, and over its two seasons it drew more than seventeen million visitors. Its participants included 26 foreign countries in the first year. Gilt bronze, 35 mm.

Cross References

HK-484; PCGS #644052; NGC #850798