Live auction - fme_671942 - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Médaille, Christophe Colomb, Exposition
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| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | 40 € |
| Maximum bid : | 40 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 August 2021 20:57:50 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Médaille, Christophe Colomb, Exposition
Date: 1893
Mint name / Town : USA, Chicago
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,22 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène. Traces d’un léger nettoyage. Présence de quelques coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : 1492 - 1892 // COLUMBUS.
Obverse description : Buste habillé de face.
Reverse
Reverse legend : WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION // À L’EXERGUE : CHICAGO / 1893.
Reverse description : Globe posé sur des nuages.
Historical background
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(since 1776)
Under McKinley's presidency (1897-1901), the United States confronted Spain and took Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines from it. Theodore Roosevelt succeeded the assassinated president (1901/1909) and undertook an interventionist policy in America and posed as a mediator in regional conflicts. To Taft succeeded in 1913 Wilson who was to bring the United States into the war in 1917.
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