Elongated Coins/Pennies

I believe that's the case, certainly each pavilion could've easily done so, and it appears many in fact did.

The 1933 Chicago World's Fair, also known as "A Century of Progress International Exposition", was actually in some respects a pretty bizarre affair.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_of_Progress

Here's a less critical account of the event: http://americasbesthistory.com/wfchicago1933.html

With regard specifically to the participation of the Republic of China, this consisted of what was referred to at the time as "The Chinese Village".

See: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG00/3o...newpage3.htm

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n54a24.html is info on the restrikes.
It is a probably a new rolled Aluminum disk, If the die wasn't cancelled or closed and it was sold with somebodies press the new owners can press new rolled one. It may have been sold first with a notation that it wqs a restrike. Which is what TEC and most collectors would like.



Short answer is yes some collectors paint the reverses Color may signify something to the party that painted it. I have gotten a number of answers as to what it is supposed to mean. But one or all may right or all wrong

(Note: weight is 1.6g and it feels like it's aluminum.)

The theme with this trio is dolphins....

The Ten Commandments are popular as well.

Love the prayer pennies! I only have one - a Lord's prayer one (on a US cent).

Here's an error elongate from London. Every Londoner knows that this bridge is called "Tower Bridge", so the die was definitely not designed by a Londoner:



London Bridge is a rather nondescript 1960s road bridge a few hundred yards west of Tower Bridge - it replaces an elegant 19th-century stone bridge that is now at Lake Havasu City in Arizona!



The Lake Havasu City bridge replaced the original medieval London Bridge that for centuries was the only fixed crossing over the Thames in London.