Presidential Coin & Antiques, Inc., Auction 86

World’s Fairs and Expositions

1904/ SAINT LOUIS.

The medal is accompanied by its original red presentation

box inscribed: UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION/ 1904/ SAINT

LOUIS. In addition, there is a 3 x 6” printed sheet describing

and explaining the iconography of the medal and other important

facts. (G)

299.

ZERBE GOLD TOKEN, 1904.

H61-310; Kr. 362; LPE; LPE-

127. 9.5mm. Gold. Choice PL Unc. 10 stars around a fleur de

lis, incused LPE. Rx: * LOUISIANA GOLD * around “1/4”

within an inner circle. (G)

300.

ZERBE GOLD TOKEN, 1904.

H 61-330; Kr. 365; LPE

126 11mm. Gold. NGC MS-62. 14 stars around a fleur de lis,

incused LPE. Rx: * LOUISIANA GOLD.* around “1/2” within

an inner circle. (G)

301.

ZERBE GOLD TOKEN, 1904.

Same as above, but not

slabbed. Prooflike Unc. Equally as nice as the above. (G)

ALASKAYUKON- PACIFIC EXPOSITION, 1909

302.

ALASKA YUKON- PACIFIC EXPOSITION BRONZE

AWARD MEDAL, 1909

. 76mm. Bronze. Eustace P. Ziegler,

Sc. Choice AU. (Gorham Co.) The obverse legend; ALASKA

YUKON PACIFIC EXPOSITION -1909 SEATTLE 1909-

surrounds a seated robed woman holding a branch in one hand

and an oval bust of Washington in the other. Her feet rest on a

cornucopia . To her right stand two miners and at lower left is

Lot 302 (reduced)

an Indian in a canoe. In the background are a steamboat and a

rising sun. On the reverse, a wreath surrounds an uninscribed

cartouche. (F-G)

PANAMA PACIFIC EXPOSITION, 1915

303.

PANAMA PACIFIC EXPOSITION OFFICIAL AWARD

MEDAL, 1915.

Baxter 114; Marqusee 150. 70.4mm. Bronze.

John Flanagan, Sc. (U.S. Mint). Uncirculated – with some minor

scattered tiny spots. The obverse bears a pair of nude figures

representing the uniting of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The

reverse features a view of the Jewell Tower, the architectural

centerpiece of the exposition, surrounded by an expo legend.

MEDAL OF AWARD inscribed within a cartouche below the

building.

The U.S. Mint struck only 2,000 of these medals in bronze - far

fewer than the numbers struck for the official award medals for

the Columbian and the 1904 Saint Louis Expositions.

(G)

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST EXPOSITION, 1928

304.

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST EXPOSITION AWARD MEDAL,

1928.

50.8mm. Bronze, lightly silver plated. Roger Noble

Burnham, Sc. (MACO) Choice AU. Obverse with an incused

legend that reads: PACIFIC SOUTHWEST EXPOSITION

LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA 1928 around kneeling female

figure representing “Friendliness” with arms outstretched to

right of aerial view of expo grounds. The reverse bears an

Art deco styled winged female figure representing VICTORY

Lot 303 (reduced)