Medal - Landing of Columbus, Columbian Fair
Features
| Location |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Exhibition, fair and festival medals |
| Year | 1893 |
| Composition | Aluminium |
| Weight | 5.8 g |
| Diameter | 39.4 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 577701 |
| References | HK# 158 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
Landing of Columbus
Obverse
Scene showing the explorer Columbus and his men in the new world
Script: Latin
Lettering:
C. REINSCH
LANDING OF COLUMBUS
Designer: Charles Reinsch
Reverse
Script: Latin
Lettering:
DISCOVERY
OF
AMERICA 1492
COLUMBIAN FAIR
CHICAGO ILLINOIS.
U.S.A., 1893
Designer: Charles Reinsch
Edge
Plain
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1893 | |||||||||||||||
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