Owner Comments:
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