California Midwinter, Cotton States & Tennessee Expositions (1894-1897)
Base
About This Coin
Three expositions held between the Chicago fair of 1893 and the Omaha fair of 1898 are filed together here. The California Midwinter Exposition filled the center of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco from February 28 to July 9, 1894; M. H. de Young of the San Francisco Chronicle proposed it after visiting the Columbian Exposition, and many of its aluminum medals were struck in the Mechanics Building on the fairgrounds. The Cotton States and International Exposition ran in Atlanta's Piedmont Park from September 18 to December 31, 1895, and its official medal was designed and struck at the Philadelphia Mint. The Tennessee Centennial Exposition marked a hundred years of statehood in Nashville's Centennial Park from May 1 to October 30, 1897, a year later than first planned, and its official medal came from the Mint exhibit set up on the grounds.
Specifications
Strike Types & Varieties(35)
1894 HK-245, Brass, Type I California Midwinter Expo Dollar
1894 HK-245a, T-2 California Midwinter Expo Dollar
1894 HK-247, Ferris Wheel Dollar
1894 HK-248, De Young Dollar
1894 HK-248a, Gilt-White Metal De Young Dollar
1894 HK-249, Aluminum, Electric Tower CA Midwinter Expo Dollar
1894 HK-250, 38mm California Midwinter Expo Dollar
1894 HK-252, California Midwinter Expo Dollar
1894 HK-253, California Midwinter Expo Dollar
1894 HK-254, 45mm California Midwinter Expo Dollar
1894 HK-255, California Midwinter Expo Dollar
1894 HK-258, California Midwinter Expo Dollar
1894 So-Called Dollar HK-246, Admin Bld. Electric Tower
1894 So-Called Dollar HK-251, Mechanics Art Building
1894 So-Called Dollar HK-256, State Seal
1894 So-Called Dollar HK-257, State Seal
1894 So-Called Dollar HK-259, Midwinter - Dollar
1894 So-Called Dollar HK-260, State Seal - 5 Edifices
1894 So-Called Dollar HK-261, State Seal - Expo View
1894 So-Called Dollar HK-262, Lauer'S Expo View
1894 So-Called Dollar HK-263, Lauer'S Fine Arts Bld
1894 So-Called Dollar HK-264, Lauer'S Mechanics Bld
1894 So-Called Dollar HK-265, Lauer'S Agriculture Bld
1894 So-Called Dollar HK-266, Lauer'S Manufacturers Bld
1894 So-Called Dollar HK-267, Lauer'S Admin. Building
1895 Brass So-Called Dollar HK-269a, Cotton States Exposition
1895 Gilt So-Called Dollar HK-268, Bronze, Official Dollar Cotton States Expo
1895 So-Called Dollar HK-269, Administration Building
1895 So-Called Dollar HK-270, Fine Arts Building
1895 So-Called Dollar HK-270a, Fine Arts Building
1895 So-Called Dollar HK-271, Woman'S Building
1895 So-Called Dollar HK-271a, Woman's Building
1896 White Metal So-Called Dollar HK-275a, Andrew Jackson Dollar
1896-1897 Bronze So-Called Dollar HK-275, Andrew Jackson Dollar
1897 HK-274, Tennessee Centennial Expo Dollar
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24 strike types
Later Expositions & World's Fairs (1916-1939)
161 strike types
Louisiana Purchase & Lewis and Clark (1904-1905)
55 strike types
Panama-California Exposition (1915-1916)
9 strike types
Panama-Pacific Exposition (1915)
40 strike types
Revolutionary War Commemoratives (1877-1903)
33 strike types
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