Reference | HK-245 SH 7-1 GP |
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Date | 1893 |
Grade | CH BU |
Price | $490.00 |
Item # | 4406 |
Metal | Gold-Plated |
This is not the common brass variety, this is the Gold-Plated version issued only on opening day. Exposition official medal struck in the Mechanics Building by U.S. Interior Department contractor J.W. Ewing. The dies were designed and engraved by Charles E. Barber and produced by the Philadelphia Mint. Gold-plated medals were struck on opening day.