U.S. Centennial 1876 Philadelphia Expo Unique 2 Medals Start Price USD 45.00 Current Price USD 45.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 85.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, July 05, 2008 End Time Saturday, July 12, 2008 Location Woodinville, Washington See more about 'U.S. Centennial 1876 Philadelphia Expo Unique 2 Medals' Description These are very unusual, not quite unique (but close!) tokens struck onsite at 1876 for the United States Centennial Exposition--and then in 1877 again for the "new" fair on the grounds the year after the Centennial. The very nicely struck and very small medals read on one side "Struck in the Main Building of the International Exhibition Phila. on the First Steam Coining Press Used by the U.S. Mint." Below, the date--on one piece it is 1876 and on the other 1877! The reverse side is the Lord's Prayer. If you look closely at the medals you will see that there is no difference on the Lord's Prayer side, but on the other, one has standard denticles and the other what may be described as "beads" instead. The medals are both very attractive and very well struck. Each is smaller than a US Dime. Finally, the story of the 1876 dated medalet is quite obvious--it was struck as a souvenir from the world's fair, the International Exposition (not exhibition as noted!), but the 1877 date is harder to understand. The 1876 US Centennial Exposition ended in the centennial year. But local developers and patriots thought it would be a great idea for the city of Philadelphia to host an annual international exposition each year thereafter. Unfortunately, the '77 expo was a failure and it was dropped. It seemed that without the Centennial tag it just wasn't of interest to either exhibitors or attendees. Consequently, these medalets and any souvenir at all from the '77 post-Centennial year are very, very scarce. Your auction here is for BOTH the 1876 and 1877 medalets as described and shown--one price, Two Medalets. OTHER AUCTIONS ON EBAY: We have a nice group of just a few new listings this week and next week will begin listing several hundred high grade Civil War tokens, World's Columbian tokens/medals/paper items; So-Called Dollars; 19th century political tokens and much more. We're also just sending out our Customer newsletter, Summer edition, 26 pages long and including items for sale as well. The newsletter automatically is sent to current customers and is mailed along with each winning bidder's items. If you would like a copy with information on token and medal rarities and other news this issue, just send us your mailing address. Thanks for looking! SHIPPING: All of our lots are a flat $3.00 for first-class shipping and we combine to save the buyer shipping costs. INSURANCE: Insurance is optional but without it obviously the buyer is at risk should anything be lost or damaged in shipping. Insurance in the ebay system requires only one number, so it is listed at $1.65, the starting price from USPS. Up to $50-$1.65 $50-$100-$2.05 $100-$200-$2.45 $200-$300-$4.60 $300-$400-$5.50 METHODS OF PAYMENT: We accept checks and money orders (personal, bank or business checks are just fine) but we do NOT use PayPal. FEEDBACK. We will always leave feedback, although we generally do many at once so we do not do it every day. Please be patient. If you have questions on our other ebay listings please ask. We've been on ebay almost 10 years and in business since 1979. We strive to ensure that every customer is happy; that's not possible, but please see our feedback rating--more than 4,000 net positives. Thanks very much. Place a Bid!