Coin: souvenir

Museum number:
2-34035
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020034035
Alternate number:
7-937 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.369
Description:
Silver medal from Chicago, minted 1893. Obverse side: a re-stamped Liberty Head Nickel of 1893 with “Columbian 1893 Exposition” stamped on the coin’s original reverse which is now the medal’s obverse. On the reverse the original Liberty Head shows through smooth surface.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
World’s Columbian Exposition (1893), Chicago, Illinois
Production place:
Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1893
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Place depicted:
World’s Columbian Exposition (1893), Chicago, Illinois
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office, 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions, and 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1893
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 30 millimeters, width 22 millimeters, and weight 5.05 grams
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: souvenir, accession number 2-34035, described as Silver medal from Chicago, minted 1893. Obverse side: a re-stamped Liberty Head Nickel of 1893 with “Columbian 1893 Exposition” stamped on the coin’s original reverse which is now the medal’s obverse. On the reverse the original Liberty Head shows through smooth surface.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: souvenir, accession number 2-34035, described as Silver medal from Chicago, minted 1893. Obverse side: a re-stamped Liberty Head Nickel of 1893 with “Columbian 1893 Exposition” stamped on the coin’s original reverse which is now the medal’s obverse. On the reverse the original Liberty Head shows through smooth surface.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: souvenir, accession number 2-34035, described as Silver medal from Chicago, minted 1893. Obverse side: a re-stamped Liberty Head Nickel of 1893 with “Columbian 1893 Exposition” stamped on the coin’s original reverse which is now the medal’s obverse. On the reverse the original Liberty Head shows through smooth surface.

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