Columbian Expo In Case

While you can only believe 5% of what ebay sellers have to say in there listings what about his Colombian Expo tie in?


1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition Medals/SAINT-GAUDENS






SAINT GAUDENS' COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION OFFICIAL AWARD MEDAL,1892- 1893. Eglit 90; Baxter 87; Marqusee 348. 76.3mm. Bronze. Augustus Saint Gaudens (Obv.) & Charles Barber (Rev.),Sc. Choice Uncirculated. Obverse with a full length figure of Columbus stepping ashore on the soil of the New World. Barber's reverse design features a large central cartouche with a six line commemorative inscription. Above is a globe flanked by two semi-nude females, and at bottom, a view of a sailing ship,. The cartouche is flanked by torches to either side.

SAINT-GAUDENS DOLLAR

Obverse, $2500 prize-winning design by Augustus Saint Gaudens, reverse, $2500 prize-winning design by Charles E. Barber. Struck by U.S. Mint, Philadelphia.

Obverse: Columbus, arms outstretched, facing to l.; behind, three men, over whose heads Plvs Vltra / Christopher / Colvmbvs / Oct. Xli / MCCCCXCII
Reverse: On center rectangle World's Columbian Exposition / in Commemoration of · the / Four Hundredth Anniversary / of the / Landing of Columbus / MDCCCXCIII / torch at each side of rectangle; globe, between seated angels, above; below rectangle, ship.

HK-223 - Copper. Size 24.

Diameter/size: 3 inches...(7.6 cms)

@CBerthold: It's hard to say with 100% certainty if your piece is an original from the Columbian Exposition or a piece that was issued later. A variety of round leather holders were issued by banks (and other companies) at the time of the Exposition for the half-dollar â€" none of these holders was officially issued by the Exposition Commission, however. There was no strict control on who could issue such pouches or how many they could produce.

I've also heard, however, that some pouches were made well after the Exposition and were distributed, with a coin, as promotional pieces. Considering that Columbian half-dollars could be found in circulation for years after the Exposition, such stories are not implausible.