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UNC DETAILS FOR THE SMALL RIM DAMAGE AT 1 O'CLOCK ON THE OBVERSE. OTHER THAN THAT, PROBABLY A MID GRADE UNC FOR THIS COPPER US CENTENNIAL. NGC WAS VERY HARSH CALLING THIS DETAILS FOR THE VERY SLIGHT RIM DAMAGE.
U.S. CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION 1876 PHILADELPHIA, PA
JEFF SHEVLIN HAS AN NGC MS 64 BN ROUNDED 6 VARIETY FOR SALE ON HIS WEBSITE FOR $395.00.
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.