Question about 1915 HK-422 U.S. Expositions So-Called Dollar

SG58 · June 11, 2019 1:42PM

These HK-422's are usually seen in gilt bronze. I don't see this one listed in Jeff Shevlin's book. Is this a different variety or has the gilt been removed and somebody silver plated it?

dcarr · June 12, 2019 2:54AM

IF the piece was at one time gilt (gold plated), then it would be possible to silver plate over the gold without having to remove the gold. In fact, the gold plating would make a good substrate for silver plating over it.

However, somehow the piece shown doesn't necessarily look plated to me.

ricko · June 12, 2019 4:04AM

Nice SC... does not have the look of a plated item...Is it an item you own? What does the edge look like? Cheers, RickO

Treashunt · June 12, 2019 4:14AM

agreed, check the edge.

SG58 · June 15, 2019 12:27PM

Here is the reverse. The reverse is rotated 90 degrees (or so) to a medal turn. The edge is a completely plain silver/gray color. No embossing or numerals of any kind. Weighs in at 20.5 grams, 35.6 mm. Could be a white metal counterfeit.

keets · June 15, 2019 12:39PM

weigh it but I think it is Silver.

SG58 · June 15, 2019 12:43PM

20.5 grams

keets · June 15, 2019 1:09PM

at 36mm. that may mean it is bronze, but you can check the weight of a known metal medal.

jonathanb · June 15, 2019 1:12PM

Intriguing piece. I also considered whether it might be a counterfeit. Based on the pictures, I think it isn't a counterfeit.. but that doesn't get me any closer to saying what it is.

RogerB · June 15, 2019 1:43PM

Unusually ugly and cluttered - what committee designed it?

Zoins · June 15, 2019 1:59PM

I like the design. The golden gate motif is nice and it provides and insight into what was important back then.

It's not a single, strong allegorical design, but then I appreciate differences in design. Not every era needs to value the same designs.

THOMAS655 · June 18, 2019 1:42PM

To my eye, the lettering and numbering on the reverse appears to be different. Especially the year and city names for Chicago, St Louis, Nashville, Atlanta and Omaha appear to be thicker than my example. The 8's and the 9's in the date appear to be filled in round areas of the numbers like the medal might have been plated.

SG58 · July 4, 2019 12:58PM

These pictures appear to be the same medal. It now appears to me that it was gilt bronze that was silver plated. The medal was dipped to remove dark toning and spots to lighten it up. The original pictures appear to show some slight evidence of the gilt layer, which is not apparent now. John Raymond's 2018 tally of SCD population on his website shows an entry for "HK-422 silver plate", but there are no items indicated there. This observation seems to be in line with what others have indicated.

CaptHenway · July 4, 2019 1:18PM

Looks silver plated to me. Do a specific gravity test.

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