All Engravers

So-Called Dollars Engraved by William H. Key

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…

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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…

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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…

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Centennial Liberty Bell / Children’s HOP

1876 · SH 2-37 WM · White Metal · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition

Authorized to be struck by a church, so an argument could be made that this…

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Centennial Exposition Liberty Bell/Independence Hall

1876 · SH 2-3 S PR · HK-23 · Silver Proof · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition

The Liberty Bell was on display at the Centennial Exposition held in Philadelphia. The dates…

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Centennial Washington Military Bust / Liberty Bell

1876 · SH 2-5 CU · HK-31 · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition

The military bust of Washington is signed Key F. below the bust, made by William…

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Centennial Washington Large Bust / Liberty Bell

1876 · SH 2-11 CU · HK-32A · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition

The Washington bust design engraved by Soley is combined with the Liberty Bell design engraved…

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Centennial Liberty Bell / Siloam M.E. Church

1876 · SH 2-35 WM · 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…

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Centennial Liberty Bell / Cumberland M.E. Church

1876 · SH 2-36 WM · 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…

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Centennial Liberty Bell / Sunday School

1876 · SH 2-34 CU · HK-35 · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition

Authorized to be struck by a church, so an argument could be made that this…

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Centennial Liberty Bell / G.A.R. Badge

1876 · SH 2-9 CU · 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…

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Centennial Washington Military Bust / Independence Hall

1876 · SH 2-6 S · HK-39 · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition

Engraver William H. Key’s signed military bust of Washington is combined with the large Independence…

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Centennial Independence Hall / Chosen Friends

1876 · SH 2-8 CU · 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…

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Centennial Washington Military Bust / Scrolls

1876 · SH 2-7 WM · 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…

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Centennial Main Building / Free People

1876 · SH 2-38 S · 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…

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Centennial Art Gallery / Free People

1876 · SH 2-40 CU · HK-83 · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition

The Edifice of the Art Gallery is on the obverse. It is one of the…

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Centennial Art Gallery / Free People

1876 · SH 2-40 GUP · HK-86 · Gutta-Percha · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition

On the obverse is the Art Gallery Building, constructed for the Centennial Exposition held in…

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Centennial Horticultural Hall / Free People

1876 · SH 2-39 S · HK-87A · Silver · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition

The Horticultural Hall on the obverse, one of the many Centennial So-Called Dollars engraved and…

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Centennial Art Gallery / Horticultural Hall

1876 · SH 2-43 CU · HK-89 · Copper · 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition

Key’s Art Gallery die and his Horticultural Hall die are paired on this example.

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Centennial Main Building / Art Gallery

1876 · SH 2-41 WM · 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.

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Centennial Main Building / Horticultural Hall

1876 · SH 2-42 GP · 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.

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