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Columbian Exposition half dollar
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Columbian_Exposition_half_dollar
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:monument
gptkbp:approvedBy
gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkb:Act_of_August_5,_1892
gptkbp:category
gptkb:United_States_commemorative_coins
silver coins
gptkbp:composition
10% copper
90% silver
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:denomination
half dollar
gptkbp:designer
gptkb:Charles_E._Barber
gptkb:George_T._Morgan
Columbus's flagship, the Santa Maria above two hemispheres
gptkbp:diameter
30.6 mm
gptkbp:edge
reeded
gptkbp:first_U.S._commemorative_coin
true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Columbian Exposition half dollar
gptkbp:mintedIn
gptkb:Philadelphia_Mint
over 4 million
gptkbp:numismatic_significance
first commemorative coin issued by the U.S.
gptkbp:obverseDesign
gptkb:Christopher_Columbus
gptkbp:purpose
commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's voyage
commemorate the World's Columbian Exposition
gptkbp:sells
gptkb:World's_Columbian_Exposition
$1 at the exposition
gptkbp:subject
gptkb:Christopher_Columbus
gptkb:World's_Columbian_Exposition
gptkbp:valuation
50 cents
gptkbp:weight
12.5 grams
gptkbp:year
1892
1893
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:George_T._Morgan
gptkb:Classic_Commemorative_Era_(1892–1954)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7