So-Called Dollars Minted in 1876
Centennial Liberty Bell Rounded 6 / Independence Hall
1876 · SH 2-4 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
William H. Key engraved two different dies with the Liberty Bell design. Careful inspection reveals…
Centennial Liberty Bell / Garland
1876 · SH 2-10 · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Key’s Liberty Bell is paired with a plain reverse that has a circle of garland…
Centennial Washington Large Bust / Independence Hall
1876 · SH 2-12 · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Washington bust design engraved by Soley is combined with the Independence Hall Bell design…
Centennial Washington Large Bust / American Colonies
1876 · SH 2-15 · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Auction catalogs from 1878 & 1879 name the reverse die the “American Colonies,” representing the…
Centennial Washington Large Bust / Scrolls
1876 · SH 2-17 · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Obverse die by Soley, reverse die with arabesque scrolls likely done by Soley as well.…
Centennial Washington Large Bust / Star
1876 · SH 2-18 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Soley’s white metal variety reverse die has a “No” for “number” engraved into the die…
Centennial Seated Liberty / Star
1876 · SH 2-20.1 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Scott Stamp & Coin Company, in their October 27, 1879 auction, lot #689, sold a…
Centennial Fountain / Star
1876 · SH 2-22 · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Centennial Fountain die is found paired with Soley’s Washington Large Bust, this star reverse,…
Total Abstinence / Scrolls
1876 · SH 2-25 · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The H.W. Holland list of Centennial Medals published in the January 1876 American Journal of…
Centennial Small Independence Hall / Scrolls
1876 · SH 2-27 · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Soley’s Small Independence Hall paired with the Scrolls reverse. Only known struck in copper and…
Centennial Seated Liberty / Scrolls
1876 · SH 2-29 · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Soley’s Seated Liberty design is paired with his scrolls reverse. The scrolls reverse is found…
Centennial American Colonies / Scrolls
1876 · SH 2-30 · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The H.W. Holland list of Centennial medals published in the January 1876 American Journal of…
Centennial Washington Large Bust / Crossing the Delaware
1876 · SH 2-31 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Soley’s obverse of Washington’s bust is paired with a die by an unknown engraver. The…
Centennial Washington Large Bust / New Jersey Seal
1876 · SH 2-32 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Soley’s obverse of Washington’s bust is paired with a die by an unknown engraver. The…
Centennial General George Washington / Crossing the Delaware
1876 · SH 2-33 · Bronze · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The authors struggled with this medal as it was possibly engraved by George Morgan, and…
Centennial Liberty Bell / Children’s HOP
1876 · SH 2-37 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Authorized to be struck by a church, so an argument could be made that this…
Centennial Grand Entrance
1876 · SH 2-44 · Gold-Plated · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
This is the only exposition building die not engraved by Key; it is a George…
Centennial Declaration of Independence Demarest / John Hancock Signature
1876 · SH 2-48 · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Declaration of Independence die engraved by Demarest has four people seated and two standing…
Centennial Declaration of Independence Three Seated One Standing / John Hancock Signature
1876 · SH 2-49 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Declaration of Independence obverse has three different varieties that are found paired with the…
Centennial Declaration of Independence Demarest / Declaration of Independence four seated
1876 · SH 2-50 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Two Declatation of Independence dies muled together, one is signed by Demarest, the other is…
Centennial Declaration of Independence three seated one standing / Washington Ornamental Bust
1876 · SH 2-52 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Declaration of Independence obverse has three different varieties that are found paired with the…
Centennial Washington Ornamental Bust / John Hancock Signature
1876 · SH 2-54 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Washington die, engraved by George Hampden Lovett, features a naked bust of George Washington…
Centennial Washington Ornamental Bust / Commemoration
1876 · SH 2-55 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The obverse, engraved by George Hampden Lovett, features a naked bust of George Washington with…
Centennial Union Forever
1876 · SH 2-56 · Brass · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Microscopic “Lovett” for George H. Lovett on Washington’s bust truncation. Shaking hands are in the…
Centennial Lovett Small Bust Battle of Moores Creek
1876 · SH 2-65 · Bronze · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The first in a series of eight medals with a smaller bust of Washington, engraved…
Centennial Lovett Small Bust Battle of Sullivan’s Island
1876 · SH 2-66 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The second in a series of eight medals with a smaller bust of Washington, engraved…
Centennial Lovett Small Bust Battle of Long Island
1876 · SH 2-67 · Bronze · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The third in a series of eight medals with a smaller bust of Washington, engraved…
Centennial Lovett Small Bust Battle of Harlem Plains
1876 · SH 2-68 · Bronze · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The fourth in a series of eight medals with a smaller bust of Washington, engraved…
Centennial Lovett Small Bust Battle of Lake Champlain
1876 · SH 2-69 · Bronze · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The fifth in a series of eight medals with a smaller bust of Washington, engraved…
Centennial Lovett Small Bust Battle of White Plains
1876 · SH 2-70 · Bronze · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The sixth in a series of eight medals with a smaller bust of Washington, engraved…
Centennial Lovett Small Bust Battle of Fort Washington
1876 · SH 2-71 · Bronze · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The seventh in a series of eight medals with a smaller bust of Washington, engraved…
Centennial Lovett Small Bust Battle of Trenton
1876 · SH 2-72 · Bronze · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The eighth in a series of eight medals with a smaller bust of Washington, engraved…
Centennial Lovett Large & Small Bust
1876 · SH 2-73 · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Lovett Battle Series with large and small busts combined. Reportedly one struck in silver…
Centennial Delphos School
1876 · SH 2-75 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Another Lovett design using the same central device with a bust of Washington as on…
Centennial Washington First in War
1876 · SH 2-76 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
This original Washington bust design was engraved by Mathias Nicole Marie Vivier around 1818 for…
Centennial Washington / Memorial Building
1876 · SH 2-77 · Brass · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
George Washington’s bust on the obverse with the Memorial Building on the reverse. Neither die…
Centennial Washington / Memorial Building Copyright
1876 · SH 2-78 · Brass · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The obverse is similar to the preceeding (SH 2-77) without the cinquefoils on either side…
Centennial Washington Independence Hall
1876 · SH 2-79 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Obverse features the bust of Washington in civilian dress, three quarters facing left. Independence Hall…
Centennial Washington with Sword Memorial Hall
1876 · SH 2-80 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Obverse features a half length view of Washington in civilian dress facing three quarters to…
Centennial Seventh Regiment Visit
1876 · SH 2-82 · Bronze · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Signed by engraver Demarest SC. N.Y. for Abraham Demarest Sr. New York, signature below monument.…
Centennial Eternal Vigilance
1876 · SH 2-83 · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Scene of Liberty holding a wreath over the head of Vigilance, dies engraved by Charles…
Centennial Abraham Lincoln
1876 · SH 2-84 · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Abraham Lincoln bust on the obverse. Reverse legend states “Our Nations Freedom Achieved by Washington…
Centennial Ulysses S. Grant
1876 · SH 2-85 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Ulysses S. Grant bust on the obverse. An angle with wings flys above the exposition…
Centennial Washington See How We Prosper
1876 · SH 2-86 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Obverse bust of Washington, engraved by German-American engraver Rudolf Laubenheimer. One of five different obverse…
Centennial Catholic See How We Prosper
1876 · SH 2-87 · Bronze · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Catholic version, “In Honor of the Catholic Visitors to the International Exposition.” Designed by German-American…
Centennial England See How We Prosper
1876 · SH 2-88 · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
English version, “In Honor of the English Visitors to the International Exposition.” Designed by German-American…
Centennial German See How We Prosper
1876 · SH 2-89 · Bronze · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
German version, in German the legend states “In Honor of the German Visitors to the…
Centennial France See How We Prosper
1876 · SH 2-90 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
French version, in French the legend states “In Honor of the French Visitors to the…
Centennial Washington and Liberty Bell on Shields
1876 · SH 2-91 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The bust of Washington is on a shield with the date 1776 above, on the…
Centennial Washington Grand Entrance SCD
1876 · SH 2-92 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
George H. Lovett’s bust of George Washington First in War SH-76 is paired with Lovett’s…
Centennial Exposition Nevada
1876 · SH 2-2 · HK-19 · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Made of pure silver crushed from Nevada ores at the Nevada quartz mill located in…
Centennial Exposition Official Medal
1876 · SH 2-1 · HK-20 · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
This medal depicts a female (Liberty) as a symbol of the United States rising up…
Centennial Exposition Liberty Bell/Independence Hall
1876 · SH 2-3 · HK-23 · Silver Proof · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Liberty Bell was on display at the Centennial Exposition held in Philadelphia. The dates…
Centennial Small Liberty Bell No Star / Independence Hall With Trees
1876 · SH 2-46 · HK-27 · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The smaller Liberty Bell no star variety is considerably scarcer than the star variety. Struck…
Centennial Small Liberty Bell With Star / Independence Hall With Trees
1876 · SH 2-45 · HK-27B · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The smaller Liberty Bell design is found with and without a star at 6:00 in…
Centennial Washington Military Bust / Liberty Bell
1876 · SH 2-5 · HK-31 · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The military bust of Washington is signed Key F. below the bust, made by William…
Centennial Washington Large Bust / Liberty Bell
1876 · SH 2-11 · HK-32A · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Washington bust design engraved by Soley is combined with the Liberty Bell design engraved…
Centennial Liberty Bell / Siloam M.E. Church
1876 · SH 2-35 · HK-33B · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
As with the prior cataloged so-called dollar, the authors could have opted to exclude this…
Centennial Liberty Bell / Cumberland M.E. Church
1876 · SH 2-36 · HK-34B · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
As with the two prior cataloged so-called dollars, the authors could have opted to exclude…
Centennial Liberty Bell / Sunday School
1876 · SH 2-34 · HK-35 · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Authorized to be struck by a church, so an argument could be made that this…
Centennial Liberty Bell / G.A.R. Badge
1876 · SH 2-9 · HK-37 · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
An argument could be made that since the reverse die has a G.A.R Grand Army…
Centennial Washington Military Bust / Independence Hall
1876 · SH 2-6 · HK-39 · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Engraver William H. Key’s signed military bust of Washington is combined with the large Independence…
Centennial Washington Large Bust / Small Independence Hall
1876 · SH 2-13 · HK-42 · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Both dies were engraved by George B. Soley. Soley’s Washington Large Bust die is also…
Centennial Independence Hall / Chosen Friends
1876 · SH 2-8 · HK-46A · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
A medal authorized by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a non-political and non-sectarian international…
Centennial Small Independence Hall / Star
1876 · SH 2-19 · HK-47A · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Soley’s Independence Hall obverse die and his Star reverse die with legend stating it was…
Centennial Seated Liberty / Small Independence Hall
1876 · SH 2-26 · HK-51 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Engraved by George B. Soley, who was a diesinker and worked at the U.S. Mint…
Centennial Washington Large Bust / Seated Liberty
1876 · SH 2-14 · HK-53 · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Soley’s Seated Liberty design with Liberty sitting on a keystone symbolizes the strength of America…
Centennial Seated Liberty / American Colonies
1876 · SH 2-28 · HK-56 · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
A seated woman, similar to that on William Barber’s 1873-1885 U.S. Trade Dollars, represents America.…
Centennial Seated Liberty / American Colonies
1876 · SH 2-28 · HK-58 · Gold-Plated · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
A seated woman, similar to James Longacre’s one-dollar patterns, represents America. The reverse depicts an…
Centennial Fountain / Scrolls
1876 · SH 2-24 · HK-62 · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
In the January 1876 issue of the American Journal of Numismatics Henry W. Holland began…
Centennial Washington Large Bust / Centennial Fountain
1876 · SH 2-16 · HK-68 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Centennial Fountain was funded and built under the direction of the Catholic Church to…
Centennial Fountain / Total Abstinence
1876 · SH 2-23 · HK-69A · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Centennial Fountain design is found in two varieties, with and without a comma following…
Centennial Washington Military Bust / Scrolls
1876 · SH 2-7 · HK-70B · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Key’s signed military bust of Washington with an unsigned arabesque scrolls reverse die. Apparently not…
Centennial American Colonies / Star
1876 · SH 2-21 · HK-72C · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Soley’s star reverse was struck in five different metals and is found paired with five…
Centennial Declaration of Independence three seated one standing / Commemoration
1876 · SH 2-53 · HK-74 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The obverse, likely engraved by Lovett, features a copy of John Trumbulls painting of the…
Centennial Declaration of Independence Demarest / Washington Ornamental Bust
1876 · SH 2-47 · HK-75A · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Declaration of Independence die has three different varieties that are found paired with the…
Centennial Declaration of Independence four seated / Washington Ornamental Bust
1876 · SH 2-51 · HK-79A · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Declaration of Independence die has three different varieties that are found paired with the…
Centennial Main Building / Free People
1876 · SH 2-38 · HK-81A · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Main Exposition Building adorns the obverse, with microscopic “W.H. Key F” (William H. Key’s…
Centennial Art Gallery / Free People
1876 · SH 2-40 · HK-83 · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Edifice of the Art Gallery is on the obverse. It is one of the…
Centennial Art Gallery / Free People
1876 · SH 2-40 · HK-86 · Gutta-Percha · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
On the obverse is the Art Gallery Building, constructed for the Centennial Exposition held in…
Centennial Horticultural Hall / Free People
1876 · SH 2-39 · HK-87A · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The Horticultural Hall on the obverse, one of the many Centennial So-Called Dollars engraved and…
Centennial Art Gallery / Horticultural Hall
1876 · SH 2-43 · HK-89 · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Key’s Art Gallery die and his Horticultural Hall die are paired on this example.
Centennial Main Building / Art Gallery
1876 · SH 2-41 · HK-89A · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Key’s Main Exposition Building die and his Art Gallery die are paired on this example.
Centennial Main Building / Horticultural Hall
1876 · SH 2-42 · HK-89F · Gold-Plated · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Key’s Main Exposition Building die and his Horticultural Hall die are paired on this example.
Centennial Exposition Lovett Battle of Moores Creek Bridge
1876 · SH 2-57 · HK-91 · Bronze · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The first in a series of eight medals engraved and issued by George Hampden Lovett…
Centennial Lovett Battle of Moores Creek
1876 · SH 2-57 · HK-92 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The first in a series of eight medals with a large bust of Washington, engraved…
Centennial Lovett Battle of Sullivan’s Island
1876 · SH 2-58 · HK-93 · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The second in a series of eight medals with a large bust of Washington, engraved…
Centennial Lovett Battle of Long Island
1876 · SH 2-59 · HK-96 · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The third in a series of eight medals with a large bust of Washington, engraved…
Centennial Lovett Battle of Harlem Plains
1876 · SH 2-60 · HK-100 · Bronze · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The fourth in a series of eight medals with a large bust of Washington, engraved…
Centennial Lovett Battle of Lake Champlain
1876 · SH 2-61 · HK-102 · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The fifth in a series of eight medals with a large bust of Washington, engraved…
Centennial Lovett Battle of White Plains
1876 · SH 2-62 · HK-107 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The sixth in a series of eight medals with a large bust of Washington, engraved…
Centennial Lovett Battle of Fort Washington
1876 · SH 2-63 · HK-108 · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The seventh in a series of eight medals with a large bust of Washington, engraved…
Centennial Lovett Battle of Trenton
1876 · SH 2-64 · HK-112 · Bronze · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The eight in a series of eight medals with a large bust of Washington, engraved…
Centennial Children of America
1876 · SH 2-74 · HK-115 · Bronze · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Another Lovett design using the same central device with a small bust of Washington as…
Centennial Washington and Grant
1876 · SH 2-81 · HK-118 · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
Standing figures of Washington, who was 6’3’’ tall, and Grant, each with their hand on…