So-Called Dollar - Ferris Wheel Dollar

So-Called Dollar - Ferris Wheel Dollar - obverseSo-Called Dollar - Ferris Wheel Dollar - reverse

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Features

Location United States
Type Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Years 1892-1893
Currency United States - So-called Dollars
Composition Aluminium
Weight 5.55 g
Diameter 44 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
224712
References HK# 170
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.

Commemorative issue

Souvenir medal of the World's Columbian Exposition

Obverse

Edifice; above Worlds Columbian Exposition; below edifice Administration Building; beaded border.

Reverse

Within circle, Ferris wheel, above which, on ribbon Ferris Wheel; outside, above around Greatest Mechanical Achievement of the Age; below, around Height 264 Feet Weight 4300 Tons / Capacity 2160 Persons Engines 2000 Horsepower; beaded border.

Comments

HK-170 Aluminum. 44mm. Eglit 157.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1892-1893) 

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