So Called Dollar HK 245 California Midwinter Exposition Second Finest Known - Rare SCD and High Grade! Start Price USD 550.00 Current Price USD 550.00 Time Left - Bid Count 1 Buy It Now Price USD 675.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, July 16, 2008 End Time Wednesday, July 23, 2008 Location Stamford, Connecticut See more about 'So Called Dollar HK 245 California Midwinter Exposition' Description alwashin Store   So Called Dollar HK 245 California Midwinter Exposition       So Called Dollar, California Midwinter Exposition, Official Medal Type One1894 CA, Brass. 33.3 mm. HK 245 Second Finest Graded at NGC MS63. Outstanding HK 245 among the finest graded, with one finer at 64. This is the Official medal of the California Midwinter Exposition with very nice and problem free surfaces.  This medal was mounted mainly to throw people's minds of the recent financial Panic of 1893. Souvenirs from the Midwinter Fair are quite rare. Not only did the fair take place almost 110 years ago, but in 1906 the great earthquake and file destroyed much of San Francisco, including who knows how many souvenirs from this fair.The obverse reads Eureka and is a modification of California State Seal.  The reverse in 5 lines, Souvenir / California/ Midwinter/ Exposition/ San Francisco; below 1894; around The Land of Sunshine Fruit and Flowers.  A very high grade So Called (and "Very Scarce" as such) Dollar/Medal that will be very hard to upgrade. Visit my ebay store for other high-grade So-Called Dollars History and Significance The California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894                                                   The California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894, commonly referred to as the "Midwinter Exposition" or the "Midwinter Fair", was a World's Fair that operated for six months in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Its most enduring legacies are the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum (which has since been rebuilt in a much different design) and the Park's famed Japanese Tea Garden. It was the brainchild of M. H. de Young, then editor and sole proprietor of the San Francisco Chronicle. In 1892, U.S. President Benjamin Harrison appointed him as a national commissioner to the World's Columbian Exposition which was held in Chicago the following year. An interesting attraction at the fair: The very strange, "Dante's Interno" As described by the fair's official guide: "Situated on the south drive near the Firth Wheel. The entrance to this exhibition is through a Dragon's Head. The interior is arranged in a series of startling and illusory scenes, such as burning lakes filled with dancing skeletons, bottomless pits and other ingenious mechanical contrivances to harrow up the soul, but without the objectionable chamber of horrors. Admission 25 cents." source: www.wikepedia.org, www.sanfranciscomemories.com, among others   Terms / Shipping / Handling Information Please read and understand our full terms of sale. By bidding on our item, you agree to our terms of sale. We reserve the right of refusing bids from buyers with any type of negative feedback. International buyers please contact me before bidding Payment and Insurance Information: You must pay the item at no later than 7 days after the item ended.If you pay by check, we will ship the item once check clears.All items are sent via First Class US mail. Shipping and Handling and Insurance: $8.00 per invoice all included (can combine multiple items, please contact us).Priority Mail is available at an additional cost of $2.25 per invoice. Items are sold as is. While we make the best effort to attribute pieces correctly, we make no guarantees on the attribution.  Please make sure you know what you are bidding on. Please ask questions BEFORE bidding on the item. Place a Bid!