Medal - World's Columbian Exposition Horticultural Building
Features
| Location |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Exhibition, fair and festival medals |
| Year | 1893 |
| Composition | Aluminium |
| Weight | 3.79 g |
| Diameter | 35.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 550035 |
| References | HK# 187 Harold E. Hibler, Charles V. Kappen; 2008. So-Called Dollars: an Illustrated Standard Catalog with Valuations (2nd Edition). Coin & Currency Institute, Clifton, New Jersey, United States. Nathan N. Eglit; 1965. Columbiana: The Medallic History of Christopher Columbus and the Colombian Exposition of 1893. Self-published. |
Commemorative issue
Souvenir medal of the World's Columbian Exposition
Obverse
Within open wreath, bust of Columbus looking left all within circle, surrounded by the legend and a beaded border.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
THE • WORLD'S • COLVMBIAN • EXPOSITION
* CHICAGO • 1893 *
Reverse
Image of the the Horticultural Building, description in exergue, surrounded by a beaded border.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
THE HORTICULTURAL
BUILDING
250 x 1000 FEET
COST $300,000
Edge
Reeded
Comments
The 1893 World Columbian Exposition held in Chicago to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World was one of the largest and most popular World’s Fairs in history. Many numismatic items were struck in connection with the Columbian Exposition from the first commemorative coins of the United States to nearly a hundred different so-called dollars.
Many of the “So-Called Dollars” from the WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION 1892-1893 CHICAGO, IL, are described here.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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