The World Columbian Exposition Agriculture Building

Value of 1893 HK-197 The World Columbian Exposition Agriculture Building

This So-Called Dollar is given the catalog number HK-197

The obverse text on this So-Called Dollar reads The World’s Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 and the reverse text is The Agricultural Building 500 x 800 feet, Cost $618,000. The front side of the coin shows an image in the center depicting Christopher Columbus facing the left side of the dollar, a wreath and text surrounding with a beaded border on the coin. The backside of the coin depicts the Agricultural Building in the lower center with three lines of text below the architectural drawing of the building, building is shown from a side perspective and has the specification for the value and size of the building listed below.

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