1884-85 World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial

New Orleans, Louisiana

One-third of all U.S. Cotton passed through the port of New Orleans in the early 1880s. The main exposition building was the largest exhibition hall constructed up to that point. Every state and all but one U.S. territory participated along with nine foreign countries. The U.S. government building included a mint exhibit where they struck white metal examples of the official medal SH 4–1 and, according to the official guidebook, U.S. silver, dollars, presumably, with an O mint mark. 18 different so-called dollars were struck in various compositions for this exposition. The details are cataloged in my 2023 book So-Called Dollars Volume I: United States Expositions. Click on the “View All” link below to see them.

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So-Called Dollars Category SH 4:

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