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Live auction - fme_965790 - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Médaille, Souvenir de la Columbian Exposition

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Médaille, Souvenir de la Columbian Exposition AU
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Estimate : 120 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 14 January 2025 18:30:39
Type : Médaille, Souvenir de la Columbian Exposition
Date: 1893
Mint name / Town : États-Unis, Chicago
Metal : tin
Diameter : 50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 15,44 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène présentant du brillant de frappe dans les champs. Légère usure sur certains hauts reliefs. Présence de quelques coups

Obverse


Obverse legend : CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS - *BORN 1456*DIED 1506*.
Obverse description : Buste habillé et coiffé, de face, tenant une carte des Amériques, dans un médaillon entouré d’une couronne de feuilles de laurier.

Reverse


Reverse legend : * - SOUVENIR WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, CHICAGO, U. S. A. 1892-1893. // E PLURIBUS - UNUM // À L’EXERGUE : 1492-1892 / IV. CENTENNIAL.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et en 2 lignes sous une vue sur le site d’exposition à Chicago. Deux allégories féminines à droite symbolisant les Amériques. Soleil levant à l’arrière plan. Aigle tenant un ruban.

Historical background


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(since 1776)

Under McKinley's presidency (1897-1901), the United States confronted Spain and took Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines from it. Theodore Roosevelt succeeded the assassinated president (1901/1909) and undertook an interventionist policy in America and posed as a mediator in regional conflicts. To Taft succeeded in 1913 Wilson who was to bring the United States into the war in 1917.

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