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Spencer Collection of So Called Dollars
HK-705 BR, Northampton Tercentenniary
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Coin Description:
SC$1 1895 GA HK-269 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING COTTON STATES EXPOSITION
Grade:
NGC MS 62
Owner:
Spencer Collection
Set Category:
Token & Medals
Set Name:
Spencer Collection of So Called Dollars
Slot Name:
HK-705 BR, Northampton Tercentenniary
Research:
See NGC's Census Report for this Coin
Owner's Description
Medal, 1895, AL, COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, PALACE DOLLAR, Atlanta, GA, So Called Dollar, HK-269 Aluminum, NGC MS62, Cert# 2605989-011 (This is the finest by far, of only 2 graded, Extremely Rare H&K Rarety-7. Exposition Palace Dollar: Obv. In center, phoenix, wings outstretched, rises from flames; rays and 1895 above, 1865 in flames below; microscopic Childs below l. and Chi below r. of date--all within circle; within outer rope-like circle and inner circle, at top Resurgens, at bottom Atlanta, Ga., two dots on each side between; wing tips of phoenix extend through second circle; border legend Cotton States and International Exposition Sept 18th to Dec. 31st; Rv. Edifice; below Administration / Building; above, around Cotton States and International Exposition. HK-269 Aluminum. 38mm. RARE, EX Robert Nurin Collection. COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, 1895, ATLANTA, GA Purpose: To exhibit "resources and possibilities of the Cotton States"; to emphasize revival of cotton industry following Civil War; "to stimulate trade with Spanish-American countries" and to show an Atlanta which had "risen from its fires and ashes" of 1864. Organization: W. A. Hemphill, founder of Atlanta Constitution, originated idea; planning committee formed Dec. 28, 1893
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