Columbus & WCE Admin. Building Pewter
Features
| Location |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Exhibition, fair and festival medals |
| Year | 1893 |
| Composition | Pewter |
| Weight | 192.22 g |
| Diameter | 69 mm |
| Thickness | 10 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled (high relief) |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 449418 |
| References | Rulau Columbus# B12 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. |
Commemorative issue
Worlds Columbian Exposition - Chicago
Obverse
High relief, high detail portrait of Columbus facing right.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
COLUMBUS
A.O. AMEIS.
Engraver: A. O. Ameis
Reverse
High relief, high detail image of the Chicago (WCE) 1893 Administration Building, with legends.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
CHICAGO
1893
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
Engraver: A. O. Ameis
Edge
Plain
Comments
American Numismatic Society Listing 0000.999.26439
Medal Artist Listing for A. O. AMEIS
Medal was struck by; George H. Benedict Company in “type metal” lead composition.
Metal composition is referred to as pewter, “type metal” and/or “pot metal”.
Heavier (~205.5 grams), brass (AE) versions seem to exist as well.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (1893) | |||||||||||||||
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