BRUCE THOMAS COLLECTION OF SO-CALLED DOLLARS AND OTHER MEDALS
HK-224 PF 62 ULTRA CAMEO


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Coin Description:
Grade: NGC MS 64
Owner: Bruce Thomas Collection
 
Set Category: Token & Medals
Set Name: BRUCE THOMAS COLLECTION OF SO-CALLED DOLLARS AND OTHER MEDALS
Slot Name: HK-224 PF 62 ULTRA CAMEO
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

THICK PLANCHET (3MM). TIED FOR FINEST GRADED NON-PL. ONE 65 PL AND MY 65 DPL FINER (5/2017). 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.

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