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So where are they? I know Remington (typewriter company) bought coin #1 for $10,000, and it sits in a museum, but what happened to the other three?
Q. David Bowers' book; Commemorative Coins of the United States: A Complete Encyclopedia, tells about the unveiling of the coins, and how these 4 were handled differently, but he only tells us what happened to coin #1.
Anyone know where 400, 1492, and 1892 are?
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Honest question ...I do not have the answer. Bump in case someone does.  |
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Said the frog, not dog.  Commems might have the answer. I hope anyway. |
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Ok, to assist the uninitiated, I had to scratch my head for a bit to figure out the significance of these #'s.
1... obviously, first coin pressed
1492... the year Columbus sailed the ocean blue
1892... the year of the World's Fair (Columbian Exposition) (duh)
400.... signifies the quadricentennial of Columbus' voyage
Sorry if this was obvious to everyone.
If anyone has the answer to where these coins might be, it would have to be commems.
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Anyone know where 400, 1492, and 1892 are? Sorry for the delay in responding, I meant to get back to this one earlier but a bit of "life" has kept me occupied of late. The 400th, 1492nd and 1892nd coins are all in the collection of the Chicago History Museum and have been since 1942. Prior to that, the coins were held either by Harlow Higinbotham, the president of the World's Columbian Exposition Company, or his descendants. Mr. Higinbotham took possession of the coins on the day they were delivered to the Exposition Company by the US Mint (Philadelphia) on Monday, December 19, 1892; he held them until his death on April 18, 1919. Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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I knew you would know the answer.
Good job.
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Thanks Commems! I knew Higinbotham 'took' them initially, but I didn't know he held them. If I ever get back to Chicago, I'll have to go check them out. Cool.
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Commems!  |
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Were these coins engraved or counterstamped in any way to indicate what they were or just in a box with a letter of some sort?
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@jack_jeckel: The coins were originally placed in numbered envelopes and were accompanied by a letter confirming the strike order. The coins were not stamped or engraved.
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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