1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition
San Francisco, California
San Francisco held it's second major exposition in 1915 to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal and to let the world know that The City had recovered from the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire. 35 so-called dollars were struck in various compositions for this exposition. The details are cataloged in my 2023 book So-Called Dollars Volume I: United States Expositions. Click on the “View All” link below to see them.
So-Called Dollars Category SH 18:
Panama Pacific International Exposition Official Medal
1915 · SH 18-1 S · HK-399 · Silver
This official medal celebrates the opening of the Panama Canal. Winged Mercury opens the Canal…
Panama Pacific International Exposition Official Medal
1915 · SH 18-1 BBZ · HK-400 · Bright Bronze
This official medal celebrates the opening of the Panama Canal. Winged Mercury opens the Canal…
Panama Pacific International Exposition Official Medal
1915 · SH 18-1 GPBZ · HK-401 · Gold-Plated Bronze
This official medal celebrates the opening of the Panama Canal. Winged Mercury opens the Canal…
Taft Ground Breaking
1915 · SH 18-2 BZ · Bronze
Joseph Mayer & Bros, a Seattle jewelry manufacturing firm, struck this commemorative medal for the…
Standing Minerva / Battleship No Lower Portholes
1915 · SH 18-3 SP · HK-414 · Silver-Plated
On the obverse is Minerva standing facing left. The exposition grounds stretch out behind her…
Standing Minerva / Battleship Multiple Portholes
1915 · SH 18-4 BZ · Bronze
Standing Minerva with a grizzly bear at her side and the exposition grounds in the…
Standing Minerva / Tower of Jewels
1915 · SH 18-5 GP · HK-415 · Gold-Plated
Standing Minerva with a grizzly bear at her side and the exposition grounds in the…
Standing Minerva with Rays / Tower of Jewels Type C
1915 · SH 18-6 GP · HK-415A · Gold-Plated
Minerva standing with broad bands representing rays of light emanating behind her. The Tower of…
Tower of Jewels / Battleship No Lower Portholes
1915 · SH 18-7 GP · HK-416 · Gold-Plated
The Tower of Jewels, one of the major attractions at the exposition, with thousands of…
Tower of Jewels Gustave Fox Battleship
1915 · SH 18-8 AL · HK-416A · Aluminum
A variation of the Tower of Jewels edifice is on the obverse. The reverse, signed…
Laughing Bear / Water-Nymphs
1915 · SH 18-9 GP · HK-417 · Gold-Plated
A fascinating design with a scantily clad female overlooking the exposition grounds. A grizzly bear…
Glory to America
1915 · SH 18-10 ASP · HK-420 · Antiqued Silver-Plate
Four busts adorn the obverse, Woodrow Wilson, president when the canal was completed in 1914;…
Glory to America
1915 · SH 18-10 BZ · HK-421 · Bronze
Four busts adorn the obverse, Woodrow Wilson, president when the canal was completed in 1914;…
Hensley’s U.S. Expositions
1915 · SH 18-11 GP · HK-422 · Gold-Plated
E.E. Hensley of San Francisco struck this elegant commemorative medal with large golden gates that…
Alabama State
1915 · SH 18-12 BZ · HK-402 · Bronze
Whitehead and Hoag produced several PPIE State Fund so-called dollars which were sold to help…
Alabama State
1915 · SH 18-12 SP · HK-402A · Silver-Plated
Whitehead and Hoag produced several PPIE State Fund so-called dollars which were sold to help…
Arkansas State
1915 · SH 18-13 AL · HK-403 · Aluminum
The Arkansas State Fund so-called dollar, produced by Whitehead & Hoag of Newark, NJ, celebrates…
Florida State
1915 · SH 18-14 SP · HK-404A · Silver-Plated
Headless Winged Victory or Winged Nike standing on the prow of a ship which is…
Georgia State
1915 · SH 18-15 SP · HK-405 · Silver-Plated
A striding female wearing a long gown is carrying a cornucopia overflowing with fruits and…
Kentucky State
1915 · SH 18-16 BZ · HK-410B · Bronze
The Kentucky State seal is on the obverse, microscopic signature Robbins Co Attleboro near the…
Louisiana State
1915 · SH 18-17 GP · HK-406 · Gold-Plated
A view of the Louisiana State Building at the exposition on the obverse, the State…
Maryland State
1915 · SH 18-18 YBZ · HK-407 · Yellow Bronze
Maryland honored two of its native sons who, through their songs, made the state famous.…
Mississippi State
1915 · SH 18-19 BZ · HK-408 · Bronze
Portraits of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States during the Civil War and John…
Montana State
1915 · SH 18-20 GP · HK-409 · Gold-Plated
Winged Victory or Nike stands on the prow of a ship, the exposition buildings can…
Montana State 1915
1915 · SH 18-21 · HK-419A
Two miners with a pick and shovel are gold-panning next to a stream. An Indian…
Nebraska State 1915
1915 · SH 18-22 BZ · HK-419 · Bronze
The State seal of Nebraska is on the obverse featuring a blacksmith with a hammer…
North Carolina State
1915 · SH 18-23 SP · HK-410A · Silver-Plated
The North Carolina State seal with two women, one holding a staff with a cap…
Oregon State
1915 · SH 18-24 YBZ · HK-411 · Yellow Bronze
Built for the exposition the Oregon State Building with gigantic wood columns is on the…
South Carolina State
1915 · SH 18-25 BZ · HK-412 · Bronze
The South Carolina State seal, which was adopted in 1776, adorns the obverse. The common…
Tennessee State
1915 · SH 18-26 BZ · HK-413 · Bronze
The Tennessee State seal with symbols of agriculture above and a ship representing commerce below.…
Uniface Columbia
1915 · SH 18-27 S · Silver
Obverse features Columbia standing on a world globe, behind her are several ships passing through…
Lucky Charm
1915 · SH 18-28 CU · Copper
Two females, one standing and one seated looking at each other are shaking hands, likely…
Official Souvenir Slug
1915 · SH 18-29 GP · Gold-Plated
Official Souvenir Slug legend is centered above within the center beaded circle, PPIE below in…
Souvenir Slug Design.Pat Right
1915 · SH 18-30 BZ · Bronze
Souvenir slug legend, without Official, is centered above within the center beaded circle, PPIE below…
Souvenir Slug Design.Pat Left
1915 · SH 18-31 SP · HK-423 · Silver-Plated
Souvenir slug legend, without Official, is centered above within the center beaded circle, PPIE below…
Souvenir Slug Design.Pat Left
1915 · SH 18-31 GP · HK-424 · Gold-Plated
Souvenir slug legend, without Official, is centered above within the center beaded circle, PPIE below…
Official Souvenir Days of ’49 Slug
1915 · SH 18-32 GP · HK-425 · Gold-Plated
Days of ’49 in legend below Official Souvenir, microscopic Copyrighted at bottom, this variety is…
Columbia Slug
1915 · SH 18-33 GP · Gold-Plated
A slug facsimile with a design very similar to SH 18-27 with Columbia standing on…
Hart’s Gold Coins of the West 1915, Round Minerva
1915 · SH 18-34 G · Gold
From the M.E. Hart Coins of the Golden West, which is a set of 39…
Hart’s Gold Coins of the West 1915, Octagonal Minerva
1915 · SH 18-35 G · Gold
From the M.E. Hart Coins of the Golden West, which is a set of 39…