Dollar - Bombardment of Fort Sumter

Reverse

Inscription

Script: Latin

Lettering: Fort Sumter / was evacuated / with all the honors of war / after a most heroic defense by / Maj. R. Anderson / with a garrison of / 75 men / against / a terrific bombardment / of 30 hours duration / by the So. Ca. Rebels / numbering 8,000.

Comment

1861 Fort Sumter, HK-11, This is one of the rarest so-called dollars, listed as "extremely rare" in the 1963 Hibler-Kappen catalog. While the catalog only lists this piece in white metal