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HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION 1909, NEW YORK CITY, NY HUDSON-FULTON (COMBINED) DOLLAR.
FINEST GRADED PROOFLIKE OF THIS TYPE. ONLY (2) MS 65 DPL'S FINER OVERALL PER THE NGC CENSUS AS OF 3/2024, MY MS 65 DPL OSTHEIMER COLLECTION EXAMPLE WAS SOLD FOR $1,518.00 IN THE 2011 OSTHEIMER COLLECTION AUCTION.
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