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1917 McKinley Gold Dollar PCGS MS67

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:3,500.00 USD Estimated At:7,000.00 - 8,500.00 USD
1917 McKinley Gold Dollar PCGS MS67
Heart-stopping quality. Each side has a beaming yellow-gold aspect that is enfolded in a nice metallic orange-gold color.

On September 6, 1901 President William McKinley was shot dead in Buffalo, New York while attending the Pan American Exposition. McKinley had just reached out to shake hands with a well wisher in the Exposition's Temple of Music at a few minutes past four p.m. when two shots rang throughout the auditorium. The first bullet struck the President in the chest while the second slammed into his abdomen. The assassin, a Polish anarchist by the name of Leon Czolgosz, was taken into custody immediately. A week later, McKinley died. On October 29, 1901, Leon Czolgosz was put to death for his crime. Seconds before he was electrocuted by 1,700 volts of electricity, he cried out, "I killed the President because he was the enemy of the good people. I did it for the help of the good people, the working men of all countries." Sixteen years later, a memorial to McKinley's memory was proposed by supporters of the martyred President to be erected at this birthplace in Niles, Ohio.
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