HORNREICH COLLECTION of So Called Dollars from Pacific Coast Expositions and Events
L&C Expo, HK-325 AR 1905

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Medal, 1905, AR, LEWIS & CLARK CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, Portland, OR, So Called Dollar, HK-325 AR, NGC MS64, Cert# 2603856-014. This is the Silver Medal, it is much rarer than most realize. Farran Zerbe reported these medals were of "1 type, 2 metals and 3 finishes," and that the "issue was small compared with similar products and all were sold prior to close of Exposition." At same time (1906), he stated Silver medal was "very scarce" even then. Obv. Full female figure between two full male figures, all striding and facing rear toward setting sun and ocean in background; 5 stars above; above Sighting the Pacific 1805; around Official • Souvenir • Lewis • and • Clark • Centennial • Exposition; below all June--October / 1905; Rv. Map of Pacific Coast (British Columbia to San Francisco) with various worded trade routes to west and, vertical, Pacific Ocean--all within center circle; outside, around • Westward • the • Course • of • Empire • Takes • Its • Way *; below Portland • Oregon • 1905. HK-325 Silver. 34mm. Ex Robert Nurin Collection (Put together in the 1970's).