World’s Columbian Exposition Chicago Dollar

Value of 1893 HK-169 World’s Columbian Exposition Chicago Dollar

This So-Called Dollar is given the catalog number HK-169

The obverse text on this So-Called Dollar reads Landing of Columbus and the reverse text is Souvenir of the World’s Columbian Exposition 1893 Fact About Chicago, population 1500,000. Length of city 26 Miles, Greatest width 15 miles, Total Area 190 square miles, 2210 Miles of Streets, Churches number over 500. The front side of the coin shows an image of men standing in the center, some of the men hold spears, Columbus holds the flag, and a few men hold crosses. In the background are mountains and trees, below is text. The backside of the coin depicts nine lines of text in the center with one lines of descriptive text surrounding it all.

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