I just added another piece of exonumia to my collection.

[Wihlborg]

I found another very nice medal to go along with the 1893 Columbian Expo medal that I posted about a little while back. This one is a 1915 Pan-Pac Expo gold medal awarded to the Eastside Beer co. for excellence of product. It is graded MS-65 by NGC.

Although called a ‘gold’ medal, it is actually made from brass and is about the size of a half dollar. The surfaces are very clean, and basically mark free to the naked eye. There is some non-distracting light tan toning on both sides that seems to add ‘character’ to the piece IMO.

 

I feel that the medals awarded at the Columbian and Pan-Pac Expo’s fit right in with a early commem set because of the connection these medals have to the Columbian and Pan-Pac half dollars issued at the same time. I kind of wish that I could add these medals to my Registry set of early commems as a ‘display only’ entry just so I could share them with other collectors.

 

John

[Hoot]

Very cool John! Superb additions. Perhaps if you get the CE and PanPac coins, you can enter the combined obvers/reverse of the coin in one photo slot, and the combined obv/rev of the medals in the second slot.

 

Hoot

[kryptonitecomics]

I've never seen that one before....very nice pick up

[TomB]

That is very attractive and is a nice snag. I love these old medal.

[Wihlborg]

Thanks for the comments guys.

 

Hoot, I already have both of the Columbian and the Pan-Pac half dollars so your idea of combining the obverse & reverse images of the coins to free up the other image spot for the medals would work. Humm…. But what do I do if I get any of the other Expo medals?

 

Tom, its just one more piece for me to show you the next time we get together.

 

 

John

[GP_]

very nice!