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Louisiana Purchase 1903 Gold Dollars

Louisiana Purchase 1903 Gold Dollars

On March 3, 1901 President William McKinley signed legislation calling for a Centennial Exhibition in St Louis to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.  Unfortunately he would never see the celebration he called for because on Sept 1st at the Pan-American Exhibition, McKinley fell to an assassin’s bullet, dying thirteen days later.

The Isabella Quarter Dollar 1893

The Isabella Quarter Dollar 1893

The Columbian Exposition was run by a group called the Board of Gentleman Mangers. This situation was totally unacceptable to Susan B Anthony and the National American Woman’s Suffrage Association. So with their agitation a Board of Lady Managers was created.

The 1892-1893 Columbian Exposition Half Dollar

The 1892-1893 Columbian Exposition Half Dollar

The Columbian Exposition in Chicago was going to be a spectacular event. Marking the four hundredth anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s discovery of America, and the first World’s Fair to be held in the United States. The exposition was huge, over 600 acres and over 200 buildings.

The 1915 Pan-Pacific Half Dollar

The 1915 Pan-Pacific Half Dollar

In order to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal and the linking of the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, an international exposition was to be held in 1915 in California. The Exposition was authorized in 1913, but the legislation authorizing the commemorative coins to be struck and sold at the exposition was later in coming, much later.

The 1900 Lafayette Dollar

The 1900 Lafayette Dollar

To mark the turn of the century an exhibition/worlds fair was held in Paris in 1900.  In addition to the exposition the city was also hosting the second Olympic games.  Between these two events turnout to the exposition was expected to be very heavy.