E-auction 610-588028 - fwo_699627 - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1/2 Dollar Exposition Colombienne de Chicago 1893 Philadelphie

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1/2 Dollar Exposition Colombienne de Chicago 1893 Philadelphie XF

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Estimate :	45 €
Price :	31 €
Maximum bid :	37 €
End of the sale :	23 December 2024 17:08:00
bidders :	9 bidders

Type : 1/2 Dollar Exposition Colombienne de Chicago

Date: 1893

Mint name / Town : Philadelphie

Quantity minted : 1550405

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 30,6 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 12,44 g.

Edge : cannelée

Catalogue references :

KM.19/117 - Y.

Obverse

Obverse legend : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / * COLUMBIAN HALF DOLLAR *.

Obverse description : portrait à droite de Christophe Colomb.

Reverse

Reverse legend : WORLD’D COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CHICAGO / * 1893 *.

Reverse description : le voilier Santa Maria et deux hémisphères avec date 14-92.

Commentary

Cette monnaie a été émise à l’occasion de la World's Columbian Exposition, une exposition universelle qui se tient du 1er mai 1893 au 3 octobre 1893 à Chicago dans l'Illinois. Elle a lieu pour le 400e anniversaire de l’arrivée de l’explorateur Christophe Colomb dans le Nouveau Monde
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This coin was issued for the World's Columbian Exposition, a world's fair held from May 1, 1893, to October 3, 1893, in Chicago, Illinois. It marked the 400th anniversary of the arrival of explorer Christopher Columbus in the New World.