Owner Comments:
ONLY (19) TOTAL LISTED FOR THIS TYPE IN THE NGC CENSUS AS OF 8/2023. THIS TYPE IS RARITY R-7 IN JEFF SHEVLIN'S AND BILL HYDER'S NEW SO-CALLED DOLLARS BOOK.
AN NGC GRADED MS 64 BN EXAMPLE SOLD FOR $408 54 ON EBAY IN FEBRUARY 2022.
AN NGC GRADED MS 63 BN EXAMPLE WAS SOLD BY HERITAGE AUCTIONS FOR $305.50.
NO STAR BETWEEN "THEREOF" AND "PROCLAIM" VERSION, HK-27 HAS A STAR IN THAT LOCATION.
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.