For Sale: HK-21 VARIETY 1876 Centennial Exposition Official SCD – Large Variety

At 57.5mm, this official U.S. Mint issued medal is too large to be a So-Called Dollar. It shares the same obverse design as HK-21. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Authorized by Congress and struck in the Mint Exhibit at the Exposition. The obverse features liberty in a reclining position rising up, reaching for the stars, symbolizing that the United States will be recognized as a world power. At that time most of Europe considered the United States to be a third world country. This medal was designed and engraved by William Barber, struck at the Philadelphia Mint, and sold at the 1876 Centennial Exposition. Struck in Bronze.