RARE “Spanish Reverse” Taft-Diaz 1909 Hk-388 MS63 NGC, RARITY-6. Copper, 38.1 mm, “Rare” HK, 2ND ED. The HK-388 Spanish Reverse pieces are rarer than the HK-386 English reverse, because they were taken outside the United States after the historic 1909 border meeting between presidents Taft and Diaz, presumably never to return. A very engaging, somewhat prooflike piece, conservatively graded, lovely, and rare. RARITY-6 ONLY (21-75) KNOWN (THIS IS THE OFFICIAL FULD RARITY SCALE ADOPTED BY H&K’S “SO-CALLED DOLLARS” 2ND EDITION, AS STATED ON PAGE #8). THE SPECIMEN OFFERED HERE ” IS ” THE VERY PIECE PLATED IN HIBBLER & KAPPEN’S “SO-CALLED DOLLARS” 2ND EDITION PAGE #71! BEAUTIFUL MULTI-HUED ANTIQUE TONING OF COPPERY GOLDEN REDS, BLUES & LUSTROUS SILKY SMOOTH MILK CHOCALATE BROWNS. FRESH TO THE MARKET AFTER MANY YEARS OF ENJOYING A SPECIAL PLACE IN AN EXOTIC NUMISMATIC COLLECTION! IF RARE, UNIQUELY SPECIAL, & BEAUTIFUL SCD’s ARE SOUGHT FOR YOUR COLLECTION, THIS PIECE MAY BE A PERFECT FIT! OBVERSE; Twin busts partly facing, within open wreath. Clasped hands below wreath. REVERSE; Spanish inscription EN CONMEMORACIÓN/ –/ DE LA REUNION/ DE LOS/ SRES. PRESIDENTES/ PORFIRIO DIAZ/ -Y-/ WM. Below around EN JUAREZ, MÉXICO, Y EL PASO, TEXAS. The following, adapted from the. Chicago Manual of Style. The meeting of presidents William Howard Taft and Porfirio Diaz in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez on October 16, 1909, the first in history between a president of the United States and a president of Mexico, was described by the local press as the Most Eventful Diplomatic Event in the History of the Two Nations. ” An El Paso historian has added that it was a ” veritable pageant of military splendor, social brilliance, courtly formality, official protocol, and patriotic fervor. In June 1909 President Taft, desiring an expression from the Diaz government of its continued support of American investments in Mexico, wrote that he was planning a trip to the Southwest and suggested a meeting with the Mexican president at El Paso or some other convenient place on the border. President Diaz readily accepted Taft’s invitation to meet in El Paso in October 1909, since he was convinced that his personal appearance in the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez area, where there had been significant opposition to his regime, would restore his lost popularity and remind his countrymen that in spite of his years he was still in firm control. The proceedings for the meeting were planned in the greatest detail by the United States Department of State and the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In addition to matters of protocol, the two governments made the most elaborate arrangements for the protection and safety of the two presidents. Significantly, the area in dispute in south El Paso known as the Chamizal was declared neutral territory, the flags of neither nation to be displayed during the meeting. President Taft arrived in El Paso on the morning of October 16 and, after attending a presidential breakfast at the St. Regis Hotel, was driven to the Chamber of Commerce Building. There the El Paso Committee, taking the fullest advantage of the opportunity of the moment, presented El Paso’s case regarding the Elephant Butte dam project (in New Mexico), which had been dormant for several years, and obtained from the president a commitment that he would give the matter his personal attention-a hopeful sign that the project was still alive. President Díaz arrived at 11:00 A. And after formal introductions, spent about twenty minutes alone with the American president. Because both presidents were bilingual there was no need for interpreters. No one else attended the meeting. Whether the Chamizal dispute was discussed is not known. Although official reports of the meeting stated that nothing of political or diplomatic significance was discussed, some have suggested that the basis was laid there for the treaty of arbitration that the two nations signed a year later. There, after a brief interview, they stepped outside to the front of the building under a scarlet canopy and posed for a cameraman. The resulting photograph effectively dramatized the contrast between Taft’s plain appearance and Díaz’s military bearing and chest full of medals. The banquet at the Ciudad Juárez customhouse dwarfed all other events of that historic occasion. The entire building had been transformed into a reproduction of one of the famous salons of Versailles. There was soft music, conversation in two languages, and mutual toasts by the two presidents. With the presentation of gold goblets to the presidents as gifts from the city of El Paso, the evening came to an end. At length he let El Pasoans know that construction of the Elephant Butte dam project would begin in 1910. Nineteen months later Porfirio Díaz was overthrown with the capture of Ciudad Juárez by revolutionary forces. Bibliography;James Morton Callahan. American Foreign Policy in Mexican Relations. (New York: Macmillan, 1932). Charlotte Crawford, “The Border Meeting of Presidents Taft and Díaz, “. Robert Bruce Crippen, “Celebration on the Border-The Taft-Díaz Meeting, 1909, “. Citation: The following, adapted from the. 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article. Handbook of Texas Online. Published by the Texas State Historical Association. The item “RARE R-6 H&K 388 SC$1 1909 TAFT-DIAZ SO-CALLED-DOLLAR NGC MS63 SPANISH REVERSE” is in sale since Sunday, March 05, 2017. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ World\North & Central America\Mexico\Mexico (1905-Now)”. The seller is “boonebark” and is located in California. 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• Year: 1909
• Certification: NGC
• Certification Number: 1854148-004
• Grade: MS 63
• Composition: Copper
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Denomination: SO-CALLED DOLLAR
• Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated