Pan-Am Expo SoCalled Dollar Discovery.

coindeuce

Just purchased in a lot of Pan-Am Expo souvenirs, this carries the cameo prooflike obverse of HK-291, but paired with a never before seen reverse. The reverse depicts a panoramic view of the Buffalo, N.Y. fairgrounds, Pan-American Exposition above and framed by stylized scrolls, 1901 Buffalo below, also framed by stylized scrolls. Plain edge, unlike reeded edge of HK-291.

MedalCollector

It appears unrelated to HK-291, as the obverse was struck from a completely different die.

CaptHenway

Nice find.

johnny9434

Cool

Zoins

Awesome! What a find

keets

'duece, you need to post more often so we can keep track of you. are you retired/reassigned yet?? oh yeah, nice discovery!!

Namvet69

Wonder which vendor produced that piece? Very nice. Peace Roy

jonathanb

Check the edges carefully. I believe this variety was normally produced with one or two integral loops. I don't think I've ever seen an example that was produced without loops, only with the loops removed afterwards.

coindeuce

@GoldenEgg said:
It appears unrelated to HK-291, as the obverse was struck from a completely different die.

After locating my examples of HK-291and comparing, I must agree. I've been inactive with exonumia for a while, so just brushing off the rust on my brain.

coindeuce

@jonathanb said:
Check the edges carefully. I believe this variety was normally produced with one or two integral loops. I don't think I've ever seen an example that was produced without loops, only with the loops removed afterwards.

Have you handled this obverse / reverse design before ? I searched high and low for another reported example with no success.

tokenpro

@jonathanb said:
Check the edges carefully. I believe this variety was normally produced with one or two integral loops. I don't think I've ever seen an example that was produced without loops, only with the loops removed afterwards.

Agreed - I've only seen it as the drop of a badge. Here's one from Worth Point:

https://worthpoint.com/worthopedia/pan-american-exposition-1901-buffalo-499745581

jonathanb

@coindeuce said:

@jonathanb said:
Check the edges carefully. I believe this variety was normally produced with one or two integral loops. I don't think I've ever seen an example that was produced without loops, only with the loops removed afterwards.

Have you handled this obverse / reverse design before ? I searched high and low for another reported example with no success.

Yes, they show up from time to time. Rarity is similar to HK-291.