BRUCE THOMAS COLLECTION OF SO-CALLED DOLLARS AND OTHER MEDALS
HK-428 MS 62
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
United States SAN DIEGO, CA 1915 |
| Design Description: |
PANAMA-CALIFORNIA EXPO |
| Item Description: |
GILT SC$1 1915 CA HK-428 PANAMA-CALIFORNIA EXPO OFFICIAL MEDAL HK-428 THOMAS COLLECTION |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 62 |
| Owner: |
Bruce Thomas Collection |
Owner Comments:
PANAMA-CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION 1915-1916 SAN DIEGO, CA.
AN NGC GRADED MS 63 EXAMPLE WAS SOLD BY HERITAGE AUCTIONS FOR $207.00.
AN NGC GRADED MS 62 EXAMPLE WAS SOLD BY MICHAEL KITTLE ON HIS WEBSITE FOR $200.00.
Official Medals designed by C. K. Berryman, Cartoonist for Washington Star; engraved by C. E. Barber; struck in Mint Exhibit on grounds. This was first and only official exposition medal with Uncle Sam as main design (1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition gold dollars were not official medals); also striking of this issue for both years of exposition represented first occasion "where medal of this character had been minted and dated for different years."
With North and Central America in the background, Uncle Sam is depicted on the obverse holding a shovel – the handle of the shovel overlaying Central America where the Panama Canal was dug. Designed by Washington Star Cartoonist C.K. Berryman, engraved by Charles E. Barber and struck in the U.S. Mint Exhibit at the Exposition.