Owner Comments:
TIED FOR TOP POP FOR THIS TYPE IN THE NGC CENSUS. AS OF 1/2024, THERE ARE (2) MS 66'S WITH THE POINTED 6 VARIETY, AND (4) MS 66'S WITH THE ROUNDED 6 VARIETY LISTED AS THE TOP POPS.
THIS MEDAL IS THE ROUNDED 6, PERIOD AFTER XXV, KEY SIGNED VARIETY.
SH 2-4 CU NEW VARIETY AS LISTED IN JEFF SHEVLIN'S AND BILL HYDER'S NEW SO-CALLED DOLLAR BOOK
JEFF SHEVLIN HAS A POINTED 6 VARIETY NGC GRADED MS 66 EXAMPLE THAT HE SOLD ON HIS WEBSITE FOR $575.00.
ANOTHER NGC GRADED MS 66 BN ROUNDED 6 VARIETY WAS SOLD BY HERITAGE AUCTIONS IN 2023 FOR $588.00.
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.