Aluminum Horticultural Columbian Exposition Dollar

Value of 1893 HK-187 Aluminum Horticultural Columbian Exposition Dollar

This So-Called Dollar is given the catalog number HK-187

The obverse text on this So-Called Dollar reads The World’s Colvmdian Exposition Chicago 1893 and the reverse text is The Horticultural Building 250 x 1000 feet Cost $ 300,000. The front side of the coin shows a left facing portrait of Christopher Columbus with a wreath surrounding his head, text and a beaded border to the outer edge of the dollar. The backside of the coin depicts an illustration in the center of the Horticultural Building and three lines of text below, listing size and cost of the building.

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