All Metals

So-Called Dollars Made of Aluminum (AL)







Corn Belt Exposition Official Medal

1892 · SH 5-101 AL · Aluminum · 1892 Corn Belt Exposition

On the obverse is the main exposition building. The reverse states “South Dakota’s Invitation to…

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World’s Columbian Exposition Standing Female/Manufacturers Building

1893 · HK-206 · Aluminum · 1893 World's Columbian Exposition

On the obverse is a standing female, perhaps inviting everyone to come to Chicago and…

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Early Electric Tower / State Seal – Hanson

1894 · SH 7-27 AL · HK-249 · Aluminum · 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition

Chicago die engraver C. H. Hanson created a medal based on an artist’s conception of…

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California Midwinter Exposition Grizzly Bear/Exposition View

1894 · SH 7-13 AL · HK-259 · Aluminum · 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition

Obverse shows a California Grizzly Bear on a crag high atop a mountain looking down…

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Hudson-Fulton Celebration Large Hendrik Hudson Daalder

1909 · HK-370 · Aluminum · 1900

Struck by New York City coin dealer Thomas L. Elder as part of the Hudson–Fulton…

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Arkansas State

1915 · SH 18-13 AL · HK-403 · Aluminum · 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition

The Arkansas State Fund so-called dollar, produced by Whitehead & Hoag of Newark, NJ, celebrates…

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Tower of Jewels Gustave Fox Battleship

1915 · SH 18-8 AL · HK-416A · Aluminum · 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition

A variation of the Tower of Jewels edifice is on the obverse. The reverse, signed…

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