United States
Dollar - Tennessee Centennial Expo (Official Medal) 1897 front Dollar - Tennessee Centennial Expo (Official Medal) 1897 back
Dollar - Tennessee Centennial Expo (Official Medal) 1897 photo
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Dollar - Tennessee Centennial Expo (Official Medal) 1897 front Dollar - Tennessee Centennial Expo (Official Medal) 1897 back
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Dollar - Tennessee Centennial Expo Official Medal

1897 year
Brass - 33 mm
Description
Location
 United States
Type
 Commemorative medals › Exhibition, fair and festival medals
Year
 1897
Currency
 United States - So-called Dollars
Composition
 Brass
Diameter
 33 mm
Shape
 Round
Technique
 Milled
Updated
 2024-11-12
References
Numista
 N#123455
Rarity index
 97%

Reverse

United States Mint Philadelphia

Script: Latin

Lettering: United States Mint Philadelphia

Comment

1897 Tennessee Centennial Expo, HK-274, Brass, 33.3 mm, "very scarce" (HK, 1963). Electric lighting, then a novelty, was used lavishly in Nashville's Centennial Park at this exposition, which emphasized the state's principal industries of agriculture, lumber, and mining.

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So-Called Dollar - Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition front So-Called Dollar - Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition back So-Called Dollar - Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition 1898 year
Extremely rare exhibition, fair and festival medal, round shape, thickness measures 2.5 mm Belongs to period Federal republic (1776-date).
Plated brass 16.9 g 34 mm