Medal - World's Columbian Expo (Committee of One Hundred Citizens Medal) 1892 front Medal - World's Columbian Expo (Committee of One Hundred Citizens Medal) 1892 back
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Medal - World's Columbian Expo Committee of One Hundred Citizens Medal

1892 year
Bronze 71.24 g 57 mm
Description
Location
United States
Type
Commemorative medals › Exhibition, fair and festival medals
Year
1892
Composition
Bronze
Weight
71.24 g
Diameter
57 mm
Thickness
4.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-13
References
Numista
N#186813
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Legend between U.S. and Spanish shields.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
OCTOBER.XIII. / M.C.C.C.C.XCII.
TO . COMMEMORATE . THE . FOVR // HVNDRETH . ANNIVERSARY . OF // THE . DISCOVERY . OF . AMERICA . BY // CHRISTOPHER.COLVMBVS
BY . AUTHORITY . OF . THE // COMMITTEE . OF . ONE // HVNDRED . CITIZENS // OF . NEW . YORK
OCTOBER.XII. / M.D.C.C.C.XCII.
PAT'D 1893

Engraver: Charles Frederick Naegele

Edge

Plain

Comment

Eglit 92B, Storer-77