FOREIGN CONNECTIONS
The eleven examples shown here have both strong American and foreign connections.
The first example is a variety of HK8. The next four examples were inscribed in a foreign language and commemorate foreign events/people that were celebrated in the United States. The two after that are associated with events that took place in foreign countries. The next example is a French medal that pays tribute to the United States on it's 100th Anniversary. The last two are British made Tom Thumb medals.
I may eventually include some of these within my unlisted so called dollar section.
HK8 with a different reverse. Like HK8, it is a British medal, and should not have been included in HK, although I wonder if HK8 might have been distributed in the U.S. as some sort of promotion, as it is common compared to other varieties of this piece using the same obverse - and there are quite a few others(Look at "Coincrafts Catalogue Of Crystal Palace Medals And Tokens 1851 - 1936" by Leslie Lewis Allen). Like HK8, the piece shown here commemorates the 2nd London Crystal Palace, built at Sydenham - a permanent structure built in 1854, burned down in 1936. The 1st Crystal Palace was an impressive, but somewhat smaller structure built in 1851 for the "The Great Exposition" held at Hyde Park, 8 miles NW of where the Sydenham Crystal Palace was later built. In 1862 there was a second London Worlds Fair at Kensington, just south of Hyde Park. It's main structure was not a crystal palace, although it had a large glass dome. Like the 1st Crystal Palace, it was torn down shortly after the fair ended. This variety is Very Rare(Designated RRR in Leslie Lewis Allens book). White Metal, 41.5mm
Commemorating 100 years of the Polish constitution, the 3rd of May 1791. Pittsburgh, PA 1891; Silver 37.8mm
Commemorates the peace celebration of 1871 held in New York, marking the end of the Franco Prussian War. White Metal, 38.2mm
1880 celebration of the 50 year anniversary of Belgium independence held in New York; Pewter, 41.6mm
The 100 year celebration of the birth of Friedrich Schiller held in New York, November 1859. Below on the reverse in small letters, "A.R.F.". White metal, 40.1mm
Commemorating "American Day" at the Argentine International Exposition in 1910. 40.4mm
A token from the 1900 Paris Exposition, advertising the F. F. Slocomb & Co. of Wilmington, Delaware. Aluminum, 38mm
A tribute from Europe to the United States on the 1876 Centennial. I do not know the meaning of the Mason letters on the reverse. An attractive obverse in high relief. Bronze, 37.5mm
Tom Thumb medal. Minted in Great Britain and usually associated with his European tour, however he also toured in the United States, was an American citizen, and a promotion of P.T. Barnum. Should I have included this medal in my unlisted so called dollar section? Look at John Ford auction Part 9(May 10, 2005) pages 27 and 28. It was sold there along with a number of other early American medals. White metal, 38.6mm
Tom Thumb medal. Read above. White metal, 38.3mm
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