World's Columbian Expo Elongated Liberty Nickel Type Set

Set Description
The World's Columbian Exposition was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World in 1492.

Although an example of an elongated coin is rumored to have been produced some years earlier, it is generally accepted that these tokens were first made during the 1892-1893 World's Columbian Exposition.

These are detailed in the book Yesterday's Elongateds by Lee Martin and Dottie Dow.

As an avid Liberty Nickel collector, this set is one of the related sets I have to compliment the other more traditional sets.

Go to The Liberty Nickel Collector Society to learn more about this historical and fun to collect series.

Set Goals
A complete type set of Columbian Expo Elongated Liberty Nickels by M&D number as listed in "Yesterday's Elongateds" by Lee Martin and Dottie Dow.