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1876 Nevada Dollar Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1876 So-Called Dollar. Nevada Silver. HK-19. Silver.

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1876 Nevada Dollar Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1876 So-Called Dollar. Nevada Silver. HK-19. Silver.
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1876 Nevada Dollar Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1876 So-Called Dollar. Nevada Silver. HK-19. Silver. Plain Edge. Medal Turn. MS-64 NGC. Obv: small Liberty Bell divides Minuteman and Civil War-era soldier, 1776 left, 1876 right, CENTENNIAL on ribbon above, all within circle, LET GOD BE WITH US AS HE WAS WITH OUR FATHERS around. Rev: NEVADA above a mining mill scene within inner circle, MADE FROM NEVADA ORE AT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION ALL FOR OUR COUNTRY around periphery. Dies by William Barber. This beautiful silver so-called dollar is afire with bold neon blue, sunset orange, and fiery crimson iridescence throughout both sides. The strike is sharp in every tiny detail, bar none, and the eye appeal alone would easily win over nearly all would-be bidders.


Sold in 1876 at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia; 2,526 pieces were struck at the Mint and sold at the Nevada Building for $1.25 each. A certificate accompanied each sold piece, and read: “Mint of the United States. Philadelphia. Coiner's Department. June 20, 1876. I certify that the Nevada Exposition Medals, prepared in this department, and this day delivered to Mr. C. C. Stevenson, Chairman of the Nevada State Board, are made of pure silver, crushed from Nevada ores, at the Nevada quartz mill located in the Centennial Exposition grounds and subsequently refined at the United States Mint. (Signed) A. Loudon Snowden, Coiner.”