I never saw this Worlds Columbian Expo item before

tydye

Made of some type of hard plastic. Are these common? It is about the size of a nickel attached to a gold filled watch chain

Dentuck

Neat! First time I've seen one, too.

The turn-of-the-century expos produced all sorts of memorabilia. Much of it was treated as ephemera---here today but not saved for generations. Even the Columbian half dollars (or a fair number of them) ended up in circulation as pocket change. It's great to see such a unique piece in good shape.

SilverEagles92

That's neat.

Louis

bigbadchad777

Never seen one!!

ricko

First one I have seen... nice item. Cheers, RickO

ahooka454

wow thats really cool. i collect pocket watches and have never seen something that coin. WOW wOw WOW

coinsarefun

I haven't seen it before. I like it

tmot99

I've seen the piece before, but not in the bezel. Are you sure it's plastic? I'd think more likely glass. In fact, there was one on ebay not too long ago but it had a chip on it. Very cool, none-the-less.

SpaceMonkey

I thought plastics did not exist until the 1950's?

-sm

tydye

It is translucent - kind of an orange-amber. Does not look, sound or feel ike glass but I agree it is probably to early for plastic. I dont know - here is another shot in front of a light to show the color.
Tmot99 - do you remember what it went for out of curiosity. I picked this up for $10

TomB

Coin glass was popular at the time of the World's Fair and I would bet that this item is made of thick glass, too.

ahooka454

buyer right here if interested?

tydye

I think you guys are right with it being glass. It was hard to tell being in the bezel.

tmot99

Sold for $43.89

Linky

MadMarty

<< <i>It is translucent - kind of an orange-amber. Does not look, sound or feel ike glass but I agree it is probably to early for plastic. I dont know - here is another shot in front of a light to show the color.
Tmot99 - do you remember what it went for out of curiosity. I picked this up for $10
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I was chasing the one on E=Bay. If you got it for $10, you stole it! I got outbid at $35 without the bezal

Type2

Nice pickup.

CaptHenway

Never seen one here in Chi-town.
TD

MRK

The Columbian World's Fair Collectibles book actually labels this as a shirt stud. However many souvenirs were made to be sold as multiple types of items by creative manufacturers. I've seen many painted glass charms with scenes of the fair mounted with this particular chain. This piece is cool!