Owner Comments:
GREEN CORROSION UNDER BELL IS THE "ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE". OTHER THAN THAT, THIS IS A FANTASTIC UNCIRULATED EXAMPLE OF THIS SOMEWHAT RARE SCD TYPE IN BRONZE.
U.S. CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION 1876 PHILADELPHIA, PA. POINTED 6 VARIETY. THE POINTED 6 VARIETY IS THOUGHT TO BE RARER THAN THE ROUNDED 6 VARIETY.
JEFF SHEVLIN HAD AN UNGRADED "CH BU" ROUNDED 6 VARIETY AND SAME IN POINTED 6 VARIETY ON HIS WEBSITE THAT BOTH SOLD FOR $245.00 EACH..
Purpose: To commemorate 100th anniversary of signing of United States Declaration of Independence.
LIBERTY BELL-INDEPENDENCE HALL DOLLARS
he Centennial Exposition held in Philadelphia had the Liberty Bell on display. William H. Key engraved two different dies with the Liberty Bell design. Careful inspection reveals numerous differences, most noticeably the digit 6 in the date. This variety has a pointed 6 on both the obverse and reverse; the other die variety (SH 2-4) has a rounded 6. William H. Key was the assistant engraver to William Barber, 1864-1885, his signature is below Independence Hall.
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.