So-Called Dollar - World's Columbian Exposition

Reverse

1492 Landing of Columbus in America.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LANDING OF COLUMBUS IN AMERICA // OCTOBER 12th 1492.
PAT'D DEC. 1. 1891.

Edge

Plain

Comment

The 1893 World Columbian Exposition held in Chicago to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World was one of the largest and most popular World’s Fairs in history. Many numismatic items were struck in connection with the Columbian Exposition from the first commemorative coins of the United States to nearly a hundred different so-called dollars. This is the so-called World Globe Dollar from the Columbian Exposition which is listed as HK-174 in the Hibler-Kappen book on So-Called Dollars. The obverse features a overview of the buildings and grounds of the exposition and the reverse is a depiction of the 1492 Landing of Columbus in America. On both sides, a large globe is found in the background of each scene.