All So-Called Dollars
Inter-State Industrial Exposition Official Medal
1873 · SH 1-11 WM · White Metal · 1873 Inter-State Industrial Exposition of Chicago
The Inter-State Exposition Building, modeled after the London and New York Crystal Palaces adorns the…
Centennial Liberty Bell Rounded 6 / Independence Hall
1876 · SH 2-4 WM · 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 CU · 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 CU · 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 CU · 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 S · 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 WM · 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 WM · 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 CU · 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 S · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition
The H.W. Holland list of Centennial Medals published in the January 1876 American Journal of…