1893 HK-155 SC NGC MS63 Columbian Expo Official Medal SM LTRS VERY RARE (003)

Description

1893 HK-155 So-Called World's Columbian Expo NGC MS63 Official Medal Small Letters (more rare than the large letters variety.) NGC MS63. Brass. 37mm. Scarce. World's Columbian Exposition was held in 1892-1893 in Chicago, IL, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Discovery of America by Columbus and "to tell the story of the world's progress through those four centuries." This official medal was produced by the U.S. Mint on the grounds of the exposition.
As a measure of rarity,
So-Called Dollars
, First Edition, by Hibler, Harold E., and Kappen, Charles V., Coin & Currency Institute, New York, 1963, refers to this item as "Very Scarce."  Please refer to table:
Extremely Rare -- 5 to 20 pieces known
Very Rare -- 21 to 50 pieces known
Rare -- 51 to 250 pieces known
Very Scarce -- 251 to 500 pieces known
Scarce -- 501 to 1500 pieces known
No rarity indicated -- more than 1500 pieces known
Another good reference is the So-Called Dollar.com web site.
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