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I found this elongated souvenir penny today while sorting through an old box of buttons I found in the trash. It is from the 1893 Columbian Exposition. The penny used is an 1893 Indian Head cent - the same year the exposition was happening. According to my research this is the Holy Grail of elongated souvenir pennies as it is in fact the first one - the machine for making them having been invented specifically for the Columbian Exposition. This squished penny is worth a surprising amount of money.
The Columbian Exposition was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the fair, the large water pool, represented the long voyage Columbus took to the New World. Chicago bested New York City; Washington, D.C.; and St. Louis for the honor of hosting the fair. The Exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on architecture, sanitation, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial optimism.
More info on elongated pennies:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elongated_coin
The Columbian Exposition was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the fair, the large water pool, represented the long voyage Columbus took to the New World. Chicago bested New York City; Washington, D.C.; and St. Louis for the honor of hosting the fair. The Exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on architecture, sanitation, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial optimism.
More info on elongated pennies:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elongated_coin
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