Medal - World's Columbian Expo Christopher Columbus
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Features
| Location |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Exhibition, fair and festival medals |
| Year | 1892 |
| Composition | Pewter |
| Diameter | 50.5 mm |
| Thickness | 3 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 579407 |
| References | Rulau Columbus# B6 Russell Alphonse Rulau; 1989. Discovering America: The Coin Collecting Connection. Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States. Bernd Kaiser; 2013. Ausstellungs-Medaillen Medailleure / Volume 2 = Exhibition Medals, Medallists. Self-published, Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Nathan N. Eglit; 1965. Columbiana: The Medallic History of Christopher Columbus and the Colombian Exposition of 1893. Self-published. |
Commemorative issue
World's Columbian Exposition
Obverse
Bust of Christopher Columbus left, encircled by wreath. Lettering at outer edge.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
🟌 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 🟌
BORN 1456 🟌 DIED 1506
Reverse
Liberty in foreground. Trading scene of Chicago in background. Eagle on top.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
SOUVENIR WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, CHICAGO, U.S.A. 1892-1893.
1492-1892
IV. CENTENNIAL
Edge
Plain with inscription
Script: Latin
Lettering: 0220
Mint
Stuttgarter Metallwarenfabrik Wilhelm Mayer & Franz Wilhelm e.K., Germany (1861-date)See also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1892 | |||||||||||||||
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