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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;leeg, post: 3499308, member: 17073&quot;]<img src="https://oi11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/leeg1957/Book%20Project%20Images/Medals/LongIslandTercObv_Rev_09.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Long Island SCD. Bears a passing resemblance to John Mercanti’s 2007 Jamestown gold five dollar obverse.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The 300th anniversary of the first European settlement on present day Long Island (derived from the Dutch Lange Eylandt) was cause for a large local celebration, held from May 30th to September 7th, 1936.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Long Island Tercentenary Commemoration so-called dollar (HK694-694a) is struck on gilt copper and features the busts of a European settler and a Native American on the obverse. Unlike the coin, where the portraits are conjoined and face to the right, on the so-called dollar they face each other. The reverse features a federal eagle with a one star shield, fasces on both sides, and the inscriptions LONG ISLAND’S FIRST WHITE SETTLEMENT and 1636.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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