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Panama-Pacific Exposition coins and medals

1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition Coins and Medals From the U.S. Mint

By Vic Bozarth for PCGS ...... The Panama-Pacific Exposition ranked among the largest and most popular world fairs, drawing millions of visitors over several months....
(1893) Chester H. Harrison Memorial Statue Medal. HK-765. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

Spotlight on So-Called Dollars 3: America’s Forgotten History

Mass murder... domestic terrorism... swastikas... are they really on American medals and tokens? By CoinWeek ..... In the first and second installments of "Spotlight on So-Called...
Image: Whitman Publishing.

Whitman Acquires Rights to Influential Friedberg Numismatic Books

Whitman, a leading publisher of numismatic literature, is proud to announce the acquisition of worldwide intellectual property rights to several iconic coin and currency...
HK-696. The half dollar features the same badger on the reverse. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

Spotlight on So-Called Dollars 2: The Commemorative Coin Connection

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek .....   In the first part of our story, we discussed a number of So-Called Dollars and commemorative...
The official souvenir medal (HK-299-304). Confusion reigned when limited edition medals struck by a fly-by-night firm calling itself the Louisiana Purchase Souvenir Coin Co. began selling round and octagonal medals featuring the crowned head of French monarch Saint Louis done in the style of the Isabella Quarter. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

Spotlight on So-Called Dollars

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek .....   It is said that New York coin dealer Thomas Elder first coined the term “So-Called Dollar”...
A photograph of the Liberty Bell. Image: Adobe Stock.

1926 Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exposition Coins and Medals From the U.S. Mint

By Vic Bozarth for PCGS ......   The year was 1926, and the United States was celebrating its 150th anniversary, more widely known at the time...
Lewis and Clark Centennial. Image: CoinWeek / PCGS.

1905 Lewis and Clark Expo Coins and Medals From the U.S. Mint

By Vic Bozarth for PCGS ......   We wind our way to 1905 in this series covering the coins, medals, and tokens produced in conjunction with...
1904 World's Fair Collecting.

1904 St. Louis World’s Fair Coins and Medals Struck by the U.S. Mint

By Vic Bozarth for PCGS ......   In part four of this series, we arrive at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, for which...
Coins and medals from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Image: CoinWeek / PCGS.

Columbian Exposition Coins and Medals Struck by the U.S. Mint

By Vic Bozarth for PCGS ......   Continuing my series on the World's Fair expositions held between 1876 and 1926, we move to the year 1893...
An 1876 Nevada So-Called Dollar struck for the 1876 U.S. World’s Fair in Philadelphia. Courtesy of PCGS TrueView.

1876 Centennial Exposition Medals Struck by the U.S. Mint

By Vic Bozarth for PCGS ...... Regardless of what you like to collect, knowing the particulars about your collectibles is often beneficial in terms of...

The 1920 Wilson Dollar: A Counterfeited Rarity

An elusive Wilson Dollar medal represents a challenge for collectors of higher grades   The Wilson Dollar by Numismatic Guaranty Company ...... The Wilson dollar was struck...

New Book on So-Called Dollars From US Expos Now Available

So-Called Dollars by Jeff Shevlin - So-CalledDollar.com ......   A new standard reference book for So-Called Dollars, which are a type of historical U.S. medal, has...
The Ferris Wheel on So-Called Dollars

The Ferris Wheel on So-Called Dollars

Souvenir So-Called Dollars by Jay Turner for PCGS ......   It had been four years since the Exposition Universelle in Paris, France, where the world had...
Highlights From Robert Adam Collection of U.S. Tokens and Medals in Stack's Bowers June CCO Auction

Highlights From Robert Adam Collection of U.S. Tokens and Medals in Stack’s Bowers June...

The Robert Adam Collection of U.S. Tokens and Medals comprises more than 450 lots with nearly 600 individual items, making it one of the...

The 1933 Santa Monica Breakwater So-Called Dollar

By Jay Turner for PCGS ...... 1933 SC$1 HK-687 Aluminum Santa Monica Breakwater PCGS MS62 A trip to the beach, the smell of the ocean air,...

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