Details
LOT 3003
World Coins - USA - 1893 - Expedition AR Half Dollar Dated 1893 A.D.
Columbian Exposition. Obv: portrait of Christopher Columbus facing right with the denomination below, *UNITED STATES OF AMERICA*
COLUMBIAN HALF DOLLAR. Rev: the ship Santa Maria sailing to the left above two half planispheres that divides the date 1493 with a legend around the rim and the date below, WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CHICAGO / 14 92 / *1893*. Very fine.(12.42 grams, 30 mm.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Literature
KM# 117.
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