Lusterrules So-Called Dollars
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Item Description: |
SC$1 1853 NY HK-7A INDUSTRY-ALL NATIONS CRYSTAL PALACE JEFF SHEVLIN COLLECTION |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 60 |
| Owner: |
Lusterrules |
Owner Comments:
The Industry of all Nations Exposition was the first international Exposition held in America. The Exposition’s organizers had a copy of London’s Crystal Palace built on a smaller scale for the expo at a cost of more than $600,000. The expo opened in New York city on July 14, 1853, and ran intermittently until the Crystal Palace building was destroyed by a fire on October 5, 1858. This medal was struck for the expo. Its dies were engraved by George Hampden Lovett, and it is made of white medal. It is pedigreed to the Jeff Shevlin collection, and I have confirmed with Jeff that it is the plate medal that was used in his book “So-Called Dollars Volume 1: United States Expositions”. It is one of only two examples that NGC has graded MS-60 (2/0) and is a top pop example. The overall rarity for this medal is listed as R8 (5-10 known).