Spencer Collection of So Called Dollars
HK-705 BR, Northampton Tercentenniary


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Set Details
Coin Description: SC$1 1906 OH HK-652 CINCINNATI FALL FESTIVAL
Grade: NGC MS 64
Owner: Spencer Collection
 
Set Category: Token & Medals
Set Name: Spencer Collection of So Called Dollars
Slot Name: HK-705 BR, Northampton Tercentenniary
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Medal, 1906, BR, CINCINNATI FALL FESTIVAL, So Called Dollar HK-652 Brass, NGC MS64, Cert# 3128232-003. Obv. Within open wreath is conjoined C and two reverse F's (seal of Association)--all within beaded circle; outside, above around Cincinnati Fall Festival; below • 1906 •; beaded border; Rev. Edifice; above Souvenir; below edifice 1906; beaded border. HK-652 Brass. 33mm. History: Apparently Ohio Mechanics Institute succeeded by Cincinnati Fall Festival Association as sponsor of annual industrial fairs. Latter organized 1900 by local businessmen; staged first exposition that year in famed Music Hall; annually thereafter through 1906. This 1906 Festival held Sept. 5-22; included "huge spectacle…on canal banks"; attracted "hundreds of thousands of people."

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