1930 BATTLESHIP OREGON/PACIFIC - AMERICAN INT ' L EXPO HK - 459 34mm Bronze R4 BU
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:23850939 |
A nice So-Called Dollar. Supposedly only "scarce" but seldom seen for all that. NGC has graded 32 examples but Heritage has sold only three since records begin 16 years ago.
"Medal was issued privately in anticipation of this exposition which never took place at all! Exposition company chartered March 11, 1925; capitalized at $10, 000, 000; 95 signatories to Articles of Incorporation planned to hold "international exposition" in Portland in 1930 to which would... be invited "all the peoples of the globe." Early efforts to raise $500, 000 by public subscription failed; apparently late 1929 Depression proved final blow; corporation dissolved by State of Oregon Dec. 31, 1945 "for failure to appoint Attorney in Fact."
This medal falls into the class of Relic Medals as it was struck from metal of U.S.S. Battleship Oregon. Ship was berthed in Portland following World War I and operated as museum. During World War II, vessel re-activated and served in Pacific; finally decommissioned and broken up for scrap. Mast of ship stands in miniature park, S. W. Front Avenue and Oak Street, Portland.
Metal for issue apparently became available when ship first was converted to museum; local "builder" had medal struck for later sale at "exposition." "Exact extent of issue cannot be determined."
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"Medal was issued privately in anticipation of this exposition which never took place at all! Exposition company chartered March 11, 1925; capitalized at $10, 000, 000; 95 signatories to Articles of Incorporation planned to hold "international exposition" in Portland in 1930 to which would... be invited "all the peoples of the globe." Early efforts to raise $500, 000 by public subscription failed; apparently late 1929 Depression proved final blow; corporation dissolved by State of Oregon Dec. 31, 1945 "for failure to appoint Attorney in Fact."
This medal falls into the class of Relic Medals as it was struck from metal of U.S.S. Battleship Oregon. Ship was berthed in Portland following World War I and operated as museum. During World War II, vessel re-activated and served in Pacific; finally decommissioned and broken up for scrap. Mast of ship stands in miniature park, S. W. Front Avenue and Oak Street, Portland.
Metal for issue apparently became available when ship first was converted to museum; local "builder" had medal struck for later sale at "exposition." "Exact extent of issue cannot be determined."
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