Columbian Exposition? What Is This? | Lead Souvenir

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Jaymon74 Pillar of the Community United States 844 Posts	Posted 01/23/2011 5:14 pm Hi all! Anyone know what this may be? It looks kind of crude and fake to me. Because I'm not sure, I would like to get some input before it goes into the junk bin. Identified - Moved to Tokens & Medals forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

Jaymon74 Pillar of the Community United States 844 Posts	Posted 01/23/2011 5:24 pm I forgot that I was going to post a reference to the size of it. Report this Post to the Staff
DCH Pillar of the Community United States 645 Posts	Posted 01/23/2011 5:31 pm http://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDeta...id=9439448#0 Report this Post to the Staff
Jaymon74 Pillar of the Community United States 844 Posts	Posted 01/23/2011 5:37 pm Thanks DCH. Mine looks to be in a lot better shape than the one sold. Yikes! Report this Post to the Staff
specksynder Pillar of the Community United States 1080 Posts	Posted 01/23/2011 5:41 pm The 1893 World's Fair! Where Pabst Blue Ribbon beer won it's blue ribbon! Where the first Ferris Wheel was built! The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry is one of the surviving buildings of an amazing, historic event. This looks like some token from the fair. Says "Columbian Exhibition" and "Chicago" I guess the other digits are dates? 1492 & 1892? The fair marked the 400 year anniversary of Columbus' trip over to this part of the world. By the way, my vote is not to "junk bin" it. Edited by specksynder 01/23/2011 5:42 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Thomcollects Valued Member United States 240 Posts	Posted 01/23/2011 10:15 pm I checked the Rulau token book under Chicago Gay Nineties. No help there. Sorry. Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 01/24/2011 08:49 am I don't believe I have ever seen one like that so not sure its its real or not but it very well could be. These kind of memorabilia from the Columbian Expo is very popular and hard to find, I would wait for someone that can actually give you a concrete answer about if its real or not before you throw it in a junk bin Edit: I just found one in better shape on this site, if you scroll down to E-8 you will see it https://goccf.com/t/79430 it doesn't have any information about it though Report this Post to the Staff
Jaymon74 Pillar of the Community United States 844 Posts	Posted 01/24/2011 12:15 pm Byan1315. The link takes me right back to here. Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 01/24/2011 12:21 pm Yet it looks in better shape than yours, Jaymon! Report this Post to the Staff
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