World's Fair Still Louis 1904

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Ahhh . . . took some thinking here from that picture but I believe you probably have an Indian Head cent that is now called an elongated cent. Your elongated cent was put through a one sided die rolling machine. If you look closely it could be 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, "Palace of Electricity" elongated cent and could be worth probably between $10 and $20 by my estimation if it hasn't been cleaned or scratched up or corroded.


Now there are very common elongated cents, there are some made for all sorts of souvenirs and good luck charms recent as last year. There are also older ones like yours.
Some are scarce, some are rare. Not all are worth the same amount. So I would suggest you look for completed sales and use those key words I used up above for the value. Look up elongated cents too.

It says adminstration bld'6 below the building in the front side and world's fair still Louis 1904 above it it looks to be in original condition and no defects

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Here's a doctored pic of the OP's elongated or rolled cent ...



This form of creating souvenir coins appears to have commenced at the 1892-3 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. It was largely popular into the late 1930's. Cents were the most commonly used coins, so they tend to be the easiest to find and are the least expensive denomination. These "rolled cents" were put through a wringer of sorts to impress a die that typically displays some pictorial.

These coin souvenirs have cross-collector appeal. Antique dealers who see more historical value in these less often encountered pieces will often value them higher than do dealers in exonumia or "coin-related stuff." Any collector who focuses on a particular fair or event will likely value commonly seen pieces higher than a collector of exonumia. The inverse is true for genuinely scarce pieces though.

Having seen prior examples of our OP's piece, my guess (I don't collect these) is that it's relatively common and would be valued in the $10-$15 range. I recently watched an ebay auction wherein a rare, rolled 1911 dime sold for about $180. It pictured a Mississippi paddle-wheel steamer.
The silver host coin added to the desirability of this rare pictorial piece.

An interesting type set of rolled or elongated coins could be assembled at a modest cost. In addition to the St. Louis fair, I've seen others from the Columbian Expo, Pan-Am, Yukon, Chicago and 1939 NY world fairs.

A dealer-collector friend of mine put together a booklet about the 1901 Buffalo Pan-Am pieces. I was surprised at how many different types he recorded for this single event!