A Continuing Thread ~ Post Your Tokens, Medals, Exonumia Acquisitions

I will look at that link this evening and use it as a pointer as well to see where I can take it through my methods and resources. I do not like mysteries or unanswered questions so at some point the answer will be found

1926 US Sesquicentennial Exposition So-Called Dollar HK-452

This 35 mm official medal was designed by Albin Polasek. It was struck in the Mint Exhibit on the exposition grounds. They were made in copper, bronze, brass or nickel.
1926 U.S. SESQUICENTENNIAL EXPOSITION
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of Declaration of Independence.


Held at the League Island Park and adjacent area, about 1,000 acres in South Philadelphia.
The Swedish-American Memorial House remains as a museum.
Municipal Stadium, built for exposition, later renamed JFK stadium, was demolished in 1992.
The exposition opened May 31 until Nov. 30, 1926. There was also "post-exhibition" period, Dec. 1-31, 1926.
Attendance was disappointing at 6,500,000 of which 4,600,000 paid. (25,000,000 were expected!).
President Coolidge extended broad foreign invitation for the purpose of exhibiting the progress of United States and other nations in art, science and industry, trade and commerce etc.
Sixteen states and 43 foreign countries were represented, 7 of each erecting their own buildings.
Federal displays included Mint Exhibit.
Five exhibition palaces and 72 other major buildings which were mostly multi-colored, created a spectacular "Rainbow City."
A huge lighted Liberty Bell at the entrance was called the "largest electrical structure ever."

The first exposition to use sound amplification; first comprehensive display of diesel engines, radios, electric refrigeration, "talking" motion pictures and multiple message telegraphy.
The sports program climaxed by Dempsey-Tunney bout for heavyweight championship.

Precedent was established by first appearance upon U.S. coin of likeness of a living U.S. President--commemorative half dollar.
Exposition's financial failure attributed to local skepticism, Sunday closing, no midway and incompleteness at opening.

Nice write up and great item

Bielefeld Goldmark 1923. My favourite piece of Notgeld.
This describes it excellently:

http://www.cachecoins.org/bielefeld02.htm

Thanks 1c5d7n5m for the compliment on my write up but most of the time, I pretty much find info and tweak it a little from someplace on the internet unless I know something myself which is certainly much less than half the time.

Like this:
le, la and les are the french equivalents for the.
As French makes a distinction between "masculine and feminine objects", people use le for masculine things/persons and la for feminine things/persons.
However, in the plural, only les is used whatever the gender is.

You guys and gals from France and those countries who speak some French would know the genders of nouns. I did take a little French in school. A lot of us in the US and other places might not know the difference.




la Saône is the woman and le Rhône is the man. Neat jeton and nice write up yourself!


alganbagerap excellent Notgeld! Thanks for the posts.

scopru, I got your message today and replied about BTsilver India. Good chance you're right but I can't locate them yet. Thanks

Beautiful medals TNG