Impulse purchase! Chicago Expo Medal

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• tokenpro Posts: 900 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 27, 2022 6:45PM

  That's the official medal which features a strong Art Deco design. You can see Soldier Field & the Adler Planetarium on the map on the reverse. Which size is it - 1 1/2" diameter, 2 1/4" or 2 3/4"?

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• Zoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 27, 2022 11:38PM edited February 27, 2022 11:38PM

  Great medal designed by Emil Robert Zettler.

  There's only a bit of information for him on Wikipedia:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Zettler

  Private Mint News | 2010 Lincoln Reverse Finalists

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• Meltdown Posts: 9,009 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 28, 2022 5:16AM edited February 28, 2022 5:19AM

  @tokenpro said:
  That's the official medal which features a strong Art Deco design. You can see Soldier Field & the Adler Planetarium on the map on the reverse. Which size is it - 1 1/2" diameter, 2 1/4" or 2 3/4"?

  It's quite striking in person. It's 1 1/2" in diameter...

  Thanks for the Wiki link @Zoins

  One description of the Chicago fair noted that the world, "then still mired in the malaise of the Great Depression, could glimpse a happier not-too-distant future, all driven by innovation in science and technology." Fair visitors saw the latest wonders in rail travel, automobiles, architecture and cigarette-smoking robots.[2] The exposition "emphasized technology and progress, a utopia, or perfect world, founded on democracy and manufacturing.

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• AUminer Posts: 612 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 28, 2022 8:30AM

  very cool...nice buy

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 1, 2022 8:39AM

  Wow... Nice medal... and fair price..... Thanks for showing us. Cheers, RickO

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• coinkat Posts: 23,884 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 1, 2022 3:00PM

  There is even one other variety- I have not seen the variety in all sizes- but the 2 3/4" exists with a 1934 date on the reserve in the area that is Lake Michigan. It is more of a challenge to find.

  Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

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