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Two new medals courtesy of GreenDuck.
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I'm a big fan of the 1933-34 Century of Progress International Exposition held in Chicago and this week I managed to come into ownership of two nice medals from the fair, both struck by the Greenduck Company. What I like about this exposition is the forward thin king art-deco theme that many of the medals have plus the fact that despite being held during the Great Depression, it was the first World's Fair held in America which turned a profit!!!
The first picture is a reverse shot of the medals together, displaying an ariel view of the exposition grounds along Lake Michigan.
This next picture is of HK-468, The Greenduck Dollar which is common enough with the reverse date 1833-1933 but quite scarce/rare with the date 1833-1934. This is only the second example I've found in close to 10 years of looking despite the assertion of HK2 that it's an R-5. Ironically, both came from eBay.
The medal itself is a little lighter in color than the 1933 version.
This next one is a half-dollar size little gem that I found at a show in the Pittsburgh area. It has what might be a familiar obverse to some, but the reverse is entirely different than any I've seen and the the size is smaller. That is an intriguing fact of collecting these Exposition medals: no matter how well researched they may be and how many varieties are recorded, the record keeping was so lax that noone really knows what exists. Perhaps that why it's a good thing that there's about 50 years between the Hibler-Kappen reference and the second edition, and why it might be wise to wait quite awhile for the third version. There's no telling what's out there to be found.
Al H.
The first picture is a reverse shot of the medals together, displaying an ariel view of the exposition grounds along Lake Michigan.
This next picture is of HK-468, The Greenduck Dollar which is common enough with the reverse date 1833-1933 but quite scarce/rare with the date 1833-1934. This is only the second example I've found in close to 10 years of looking despite the assertion of HK2 that it's an R-5. Ironically, both came from eBay.
The medal itself is a little lighter in color than the 1933 version.This next one is a half-dollar size little gem that I found at a show in the Pittsburgh area. It has what might be a familiar obverse to some, but the reverse is entirely different than any I've seen and the the size is smaller. That is an intriguing fact of collecting these Exposition medals: no matter how well researched they may be and how many varieties are recorded, the record keeping was so lax that noone really knows what exists. Perhaps that why it's a good thing that there's about 50 years between the Hibler-Kappen reference and the second edition, and why it might be wise to wait quite awhile for the third version. There's no telling what's out there to be found.
Al H.
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Camelot
Sharp!
This is one of my favorite fairs too.
Camelot