SOLD: HK-88 1876 Centennial Horticultural Hall / Free People SCD

VF

Reference HK-88
SH 2-39 WM
Date 1876
Grade VF
Price $85.00
Item # 2080
Metal White Metal
Engraved By William H. Key

The Edifice of the Horticultural Hall is on the obverse. Key’s signature is below the edifice to the left. Reverse legend “1776 Illustrating the Growth and Prosperity of a Free People in a
Hundred Years 1876”. Microscopic on reverse “PAT NOV 3 1874 H&L”. One of many Centennial so-called dollars engraved by William F. Key, who was an Assistant Engraver at the U.S. Mint from 1864-1885.