Reeded Edge Brass Dollar with Machinery Building

Value of 1893 HK-190 Reeded Edge Brass Dollar with Machinery Building

This So-Called Dollar is given the catalog number HK-190

The obverse text on this So-Called Dollar reads The World’s Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 and the reverse text is The Machinery Hall 850 ft. long 500 ft. wide, Cost $1,200,000. The front side of the coin shows a portrait of Christopher Columbus facing the left side of the coin with an open wreath surrounding his bust and text to the outer edge, a beaded border surrounds the entire design. The backside of the coin depicts an illustration of the Machinery Hall taking up 2/3 of the back side of the coin, 3 lines of text are below.

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