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1916-1917 McKinley Memorial Gold Dollar

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The McKinley Memorial Gold Dollar (Buy on eBay) was authorized in order to defray the costs of completing a memorial for William McKinley in Niles, Ohio. This was the birthplace of the 15th President of the United States, who had been assassinated in 1901. McKinley had previously been depicted on the 1903 Louisiana Purchase McKinley […]