Medal - World's Columbian Exposition
Features
| Location |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Exhibition, fair and festival medals |
| Year | 1893 |
| Composition | Gold (.999) plated nickel brass |
| Weight | 25 g |
| Diameter | 37.75 mm |
| Thickness | 3 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 86270 |
| References | PCGS# 642418 PCGS CoinFacts (https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts) , HK# 154, 154a, etc. 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. Russell Alphonse Rulau; 1989. Discovering America: The Coin Collecting Connection. Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States. Nathan N. Eglit; 1965. Columbiana: The Medallic History of Christopher Columbus and the Colombian Exposition of 1893. Self-published. Malcolm Storer; 1923. Numismatics of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |
Commemorative issue
Columbian Exposition
Obverse
US Government building at the Columbian Exposition
Script: Latin
Lettering:
U.S. GOVT. BULDING
WIDTH 351 FT
LENGTH 421 FT
AREA 3.3. ACRES
Reverse
Script: Latin
Lettering:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WORLD'S
COLUMBIAN
EXPOSITION
CHICAGO
1893
UNITED STATES MINT EXHIBIT
Edge
Plain
Comments
The "World's Columbian Exposition" was held in Chicago, IL between 1892-1893. It's purpose was to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America. All US states and territories plus 50 other countries participated in showing advancements in the subsequent 400 years.
HK-154a - Aluminum
HK-154 Large Letters & HK-155 Small Letters Comparison
HK-154 Can have 1 or 2 Pearls on obverse.
Main photo is 2 Pearls located above LENGTH 421 FT and AREA 3.3. ACRES
PCGS-642418 is 1 Pearl
Some varieties of other composition of the Small Letters are available with a High and Low Flag. HK-155 is only known to exist with the High flag
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | Frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1893 | HK# 154aHarold 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. |
0% | |||||||||||||
| 1893 | $ 15 | $ 15 | $ 15 | Eglit# 23Nathan N. Eglit; 1965. Columbiana: The Medallic History of Christopher Columbus and the Colombian Exposition of 1893. Self-published.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. |
79% | ||||||||||
| 1893 | Eglit# 23Nathan N. Eglit; 1965. Columbiana: The Medallic History of Christopher Columbus and the Colombian Exposition of 1893. Self-published.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. |
0% | |||||||||||||
| 1893 | Eglit# 23ANathan N. Eglit; 1965. Columbiana: The Medallic History of Christopher Columbus and the Colombian Exposition of 1893. Self-published.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. |
36% | |||||||||||||
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