Owner Comments:
HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION 1909, NEW YORK CITY, NY HUDSON-FULTON (COMBINED) DOLLAR.
THERE ARE ONLY (10) OF THIS TYPE GIVEN A NUMBER GRADE BY NGC, AND ONLY (3) OF THOSE ARE IN UNCIRCULATED GRADES AS OF 1/2022. THESE MUST HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED "POCKET PIECES" WHEN SOLD, AS THERE ARE VERY FEW KNOWN IN DECENT CONDITION.
Purpose: To commemorate 300th anniversary of discovery of Hudson River and centenary of successful steamboat navigation.
In addition to tributes paid Hendrik Hudson and Robert Fulton, Commission sought "to re-stimulate interest in the important roles New York City and New York State played in American history, to inculcate in the vast immigrant population of the state a pride in their new Homeland and to promote international friendship."
Designed and modeled by sculptor Chester Beach; struck by Medallic Art Co.