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Pillar of the Community
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ive recently gained an interest in the columbian exposition after learning that my family heirloom grandfather clock was an award from that event. I got this interesting piece as a christmas gift from my girlfriend. im starting the process of learning about this thing and thought you all might be a great place to start. i dont know much about it so any info you can give me or resources you could direct me to would be appreciated. im not terribly interested in its financial value so please dont give me a price. it was a gift after all. thanks!   |
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This is what is referred to as a "So-Called Dollar." They were popular souvenirs from many of the expositions and fairs during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Your example is (I believe) referred to as the large letters variety. These SCDs were sometimes produced by presses brought onsite by the U.S. Mint - not certain if this one was. The reference for these SCDs is the Hibler-Kappen catalog - they have HK numbers assigned. Here is a reference: http://www.so-calleddollar.com/scd/...rge-letters/"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Bedrock of the Community
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Interesting read, thanks!
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Pillar of the Community
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awesome. thanks for that resource Bump111!
i guess I have a couple more to get to complete my set of expo so called dollars.
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Valued Member
United States
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Nice reading. Didn't know the early versions were brass and latter were plated.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Carrs, you always come up with the most interesting items!
Bump, thanks for the info on these SCDs - excellent read!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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12/28/2022 5:42 pm
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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12/28/2022 6:28 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I have two of these, one my father collected years ago, another one I located some time ago. They are popular with certain collectors like myself...  |
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Pillar of the Community
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thanks Hondo! I think this one is pretty cool too.
thats a great post commems! thank you for the link.
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Pillar of the Community
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They show up on ebay now and then. Probably just a good a place as any to find additional ones to add to your collection. Happy hunting! |
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Very interesting!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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intresting pieces!
what a nice gift.
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Pillar of the Community
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well. thats cool. thanks for thinking of me hondo! now I have some more stuff to learn bout.
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If your specifically interested in collecting tokens and medals from the 1893 Columbian exposition, the Nathan Eglit book on Columbiana is a good guide to give you an overview of the hundreds of tokens that are out there from the columbian expo. I collect all items from the columbian expo but mostly tokens and tickets. That book is a good reference even though its quite old. I have over 100 tokens that aren't even listed in the book and know of many more too that I'm always looking for.
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thank you for telling me about that reference. I didnt see any copies available on any of the easy places. ill dig into that. I was able to find the auction catalog from the nathan eglit collection though. that should be interesting to look through. im not really sure where I'm going with exploring the columbian expo. its a new thing for me to learn about and I'm pretty much a complete novice in that area. i inherited this clock from my grandmother a number of years ago. I had always thought it was beautiful and love clocks and clockwork. some of our relatives lived in the chicago area during the expo.  more recently I found this newspaper article from the sept 8 1966 edition of the Moline Dispatch (Illinois). it was with some of my grandmothers other things. it says the clock was an award for a commissioner of the expo and describes the clock in detail.  so now I'm trying to learn more about this. who was this comissioner. am I related to them? what was the prize for? can I verify that this clock is the clock in the article? is the article accurate? that kind of stuff. in addition to the token my girlfriend also got me this guide book for the expo. its in pretty rough shape so I will need to do some book repair before reading it. it has maps and some interesting images. I'm excited to read it but I have to be patient for now.  |
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