1959 Eugene Oregon Centennial So Called Dollar Token Cooper Goldine Smoke Wagon

Description

Ok!!!  Im Getting Old!!!  So I am Ready to Sell my 1959 Oregon Centennial Token Collection!!!!
These Are Very Rare Exonumia Collectibles. Listed in the Hibler and Kappen So Called Dollars Catalog. Unlike Coins that have Mintages in the Multi Thousands even in the so called Rare Dates, these Tokens have Mintages of 5,000 to 10,000 and Some of my pieces are only 135.
I will be listing These Tokens in 7 Day Auctions. So Bid Early so You don't miss out!   Don't Wait to Bid.
Another Important Point about these Tokens is there are Different Varieties, such as Composition and a Unusual Factor known as Smoke & No Smoke.
This is Medal up for Auction Is From the City of Eugene Oregon.  Rare Mintage of 5000 Copper Goldine.
Composition {Copper Goldine}  Variety {
Smoke}
See Pictures and Grade Condition & Value!!!
Starting Bid at with No Reserve Free Ebay Standard Letter shipping, Or choose Usps 1st Class Package for .50
Keep following me as I will be listing Many More and will at some point list my Rarest Pieces.  Which are The Sterling Silver Pendleton Round Up Token that had a Mintage of 510 And the Copper Pendleton Round Up Very Rare Mintage of Only 135!!!
Bid With Confidence as I Offer Unconditional Returns.  Buyer to Pay Return Shipping Unless Item Not as Described.
Purpose:
To celebrate 100th anniversary of Statehood.
Organization:
Centennial Commission created by 1955 Legislature with ,600,000 grant; Members appointed by Governor. Commission directly staged "Exposition and International Trade Fair," Portland; elsewhere assisted local committees in presenting multitude of celebrations and commemorative events.
Site, Dates, Attendance:
Exposition held at Pacific International Livestock Building and grounds, 65 acres, North Portland, June 10 to Sept. 17, 1959 (symbolically, 100 days); attendance almost 1,500,000. Of numerous other state-wide events, some were special Centennial affairs, others were of annual nature, e.g. famous Pendleton Round-Up, but with added touches for 1959, all attracting "millions of additional visitors."
Participants:
At Governor's request, with Congressional Resolution, President Eisenhower on Feb. 14, 1958, called for observance of centennial by American people, invited all states and territories to participate. At exposition, Alaska, Arizona and Washington took major parts with others exhibiting "their products and crafts"; many Federal displays but
no Mint Exhibit.
Comment:
Centennial year officially opened with "Statehood Banquet," Feb. 14 (exact anniversary), Portland. Exposition opening concurred with that of famous annual Rose Festival's 51st year; claimed to be largest Fair in west since 1939 Golden Gate Exposition. Forestry Building, originally erected for 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition and "world's largest log cabin," was "centerpiece"--lumbering being state's leading industry and production greatest in United States. During exposition, wagon train traveled old Oregon Train from Independence, Missouri to Independence Oregon, requiring four months for trip. Here, too, was first U.S. showing of multimillion dollar Atomic Energy Exhibit from Brussels Fair.
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