Dollar - Battle of Manila Bay Admiral George Dewey

Reverse

Battleship, below U. S. S. Olympia--all within beaded circle resembling ship's rope, looped at top and tied in loose knot at bottom

Script: Latin

Lettering:
outside around Manila Bay May 1, 1898.
NOTE: Two varieties known, with and without loop at top of rope on reverse; both varieties have similar rarity.

Comment

1898 Battle of Manila Bay, HK-280, White metal, 35 mm, "rare" (Hibler-Kappen, 1963). The HK reference says that evidence points to metal for this issue coming from the defeat of the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay on May 1, 1898