SOLD: HK-629 1892 Pittsburgh Exposition Official SCD

NGC AU 55

Reference HK-629
SH 5-121 AL
Date 1892
Grade AU 55
Price $65.00
Item # 3564
Metal Aluminum

The Columbus bust on the obverse identifies the piece as a Columbian centenary commemorative. Microscopic CR on the bust truncation for Charles Reinsch, an engraver in Waterbury, Connecticut, who cut the dies for S. D. Childs & Company. The reverse inscription establishes its tie to the Pittsburgh Exposition.