Owner Comments:
THIS EXAMPLE IS STRUCK ON A THICK PLANCHET (3MM), THEREFORE IT IS HOUSED IN AN NGC THICK HOLDER.
THIS EXAMPLE IS ALSO STRUCK WITH THE MUCH RARER "POINTED 6" OBVERSE DIE. NGC HAS ONLY DESIGNATED THREE EXAMPLES OF THE POINTED 6 VARIETY. ALL OF THEM ARE GRADED MS 62, SO THIS WOULD BE A TOP POP FOR THE VARIETY IF SENT BACK IN FOR REDESIGNATION, WHICH I INTEND TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
ONLY (1) MS 65, (1) MS 65 PL, AND MY MS 65 DPL LISTED FINER IN THE NGC CENSUS AS OF 8/2023. MY MS 65 DPL EXAMPLE WAS A ROUNDED 6 VARIETY. DO NOT KNOW WHICH VARIETY THE MS 65 OR THE MS 65 PL EXAMPLES ARE.
AN PCGS GRADED MS 65 ROUNDED 6 VARIETY WAS SOLD BY STACKS BOWERS AUCTIONS FOR $408.00.
U.S. CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION 1876 PHILADELPHIA, PA
Purpose: To commemorate 100th anniversary of signing of United States Declaration of Independence.
LIBERTY BELL-INDEPENDENCE HALL DOLLARS
Struck and issued by Messrs. Deihl, Philadelphia; designed by Key. Some of pieces with small bell struck as early as 1872; with large bell, 1874, in anticipation of centennial celebration. Liberty Bell, made of bronze, weighs 2,080 pounds, is 3 feet high, measures 12 feet around lip. John Pass and Charles Stow recast bell in 1753, it having cracked year before; in 1835 it cracked beyond repair. It now hangs in Liberty Bell Center, a dedicated museum within Independence National Historical Park near old State House, renamed Independence Hall, where Declaration of Independence was unanimously adopted by Continental Congress, July 4, 1776.