1892-93 Aluminum So-Called Dollar HK-192, World's Columbian Expo
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Auction Record
- Price realized
- $597
- Sold
- Grade
- MS64
- Auction house
- eBay
Description
Machinery Hall on one side and the Woman's Building on the other, HK-192 brings together two building faces of the Exhibition Palace series without the Columbus portrait. The hall is lettered "850 Ft. Long. 500 Ft. Wide" with its cost of 1,200,000 dollars; the Woman's Building, from HK-198, is "200 x 400 Feet" and cost 120,000, a tenth as much. Hibler and Kappen list this aluminum striking with a reeded edge at 35 mm, Eglit 536, and a brass version with a plain edge as HK-192a. The Woman's Building was the province of the fair's Board of Lady Managers, whose president, Mrs. Potter Palmer, has her own medal in the listing (HK-243a). Its halls stood from the 1892 dedication until the fair closed in November 1893; the aluminum striking is shown here.
Cross References
HK-192; PCGS #642479; NGC #850331
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