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U.S. CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION 1876 PHILADELPHIA, PA, LIBERTY BELL-INDEPENDENCE HALL DOLLAR HK-25 COPPER, ROUNDED 6 VARIETY.
ONLY (7) MS 65 BN'S AND (4) MS 66 BN'S LISTED FINER OF THE ROUNDED 6 VARIETY IN THE NGC CENSUS AS OF 8/2023.
JEFF SHEVLIN HAD A MS 64 BN ROUNDED 6 VARIETY FOR SALE ON HIS WEBSITE FOR $395.00.
Purpose: To commemorate 100th anniversary of signing of United States Declaration of Independence.
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.