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  2. Columbian half dollar - Wikipedia

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    The Columbian half dollar is a coin issued by the Bureau of the Mint in 1892 and 1893. The first traditional United States commemorative coin, it was issued both to raise funds for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and to mark the quadricentennial of the first voyage to the Americas of Christopher Columbus, whose portrait it bears.

  3. Portal:Chicago/Selected article/139 - Wikipedia

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    The Columbian half dollar is a coin issued by the Bureau of the Mint in 1892 and 1893. The first United States commemorative coin, it was issued to raise funds for the World's Columbian Exposition, held in 1893, and to mark the quadricentennial of the first voyage to the Americas of Christopher Columbus, whose portrait it bears.

  4. World's Columbian Exposition - Wikipedia

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    The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. [1]

  5. Isabella quarter - Wikipedia

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    The Isabella quarter or Columbian Exposition quarter was a United States commemorative coin struck in 1893. Congress authorized the piece at the request of the Board of Lady Managers of the World's Columbian Exposition. The quarter depicts the Spanish queen Isabella I of Castile, who sponsored Columbus's voyages to the New World.

  6. Elongated coin - Wikipedia

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    The first elongated coins were made by a die and metal rollers. The first elongated coins in the United States were created at the World's Columbian Exposition, held in 1893 in Chicago, Illinois. [1] Several designs [2] were issued to commemorate the fair, and are available in the elongated coin collecting community today. [3]

  7. Columbian Issue - Wikipedia

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    The Columbian Issue, also known as the Columbians, is a set of 16 postage stamps issued by the United States to commemorate the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago during 1893. The finely-engraved stamps were the first commemorative stamps issued by the United States, depicting various events during the career of Christopher Columbus ...

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