So-Called Dollars Engraved by William H. Key
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 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 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 / 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 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 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 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 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 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.