1915 PANAMA PACIFIC INT ' L EXPO PANAMA CALIFORNIA EXPO SOUVENIR MEDAL 1. 5 "
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:3574592 | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
| Year: 1915 |
PANAMA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION /PANAMA CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION – SAN FRANCISCO / SAN DIEGODate: 1915Material: BrassRim: PlainSize: 1.5-inch / 38-mm diameter Condition: Extra FineObverse: “Panama-Pacific International Exposition – Panama CaliforniaExposition” around an image of an Indian with “First American” inhis headband. Below is “San Francisco – San Diego – 1915”. Reverse: California state seal at the top, with an open wreath... around theedges. Below is “Souvenir – Penny – Of – California”.Comments: This Californiasouvenir expo medal is in very nice original condition, with some originalluster around the edge of the obverse. The reverse has some blue-greenoxidation in the 9:00-1:00 area. The fields are nice with some minor marks.There is some rub / wear on the high points due to normal handling and storage.According to Wikipedia: Beginning on July 9, 1909, San Diego'sChamber of Commerce president and local businessman Gilbert Davidson proposedan exposition to commemorate the completion of the Panama Canal. San Diego by 1910 had a population of 37, 578, and would be the least populated city to ever host an international exposition. In contrast, San Francisco had a populationnearly 10 times larger and would ultimately be supported by politicians inCalifornia and Washington, D.C. for the official Panama Canal exposition, thePanama—Pacific International Exposition. Although representatives from SanFrancisco urged San Diego to end its planning, San Diego pressed forward for asimultaneous exposition. Several SanFranciscans persuaded both members of Congress and President William Howard Taft to deny support for SanDiego's exposition in exchange for pledged political support for Taft'scampaign against Republicans. With no federal and little state governmentfunding, San Diego's exposition would be on a smaller scale with fewer statesand countries participating.The Panama–CaliforniaExposition was an exposition held in San Diego, California, between January1, 1915, and January 1, 1917. The exposition celebrated the opening of thePanama Canal, and was meant to tout San Diego as the first U.S. port of callfor ships traveling north after passing westward through the canal. The fairwas held in San Diego's large urban Balboa Park. The Panama–PacificInternational Exposition (PPIE) was a world’s fair held in SanFrancisco, California, U.S., from February 20 to December 4, 1915. Its statedpurpose was to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, but it was widelyseen in the city as an opportunity to showcase its recovery from the 1906earthquake. The fair was constructed on a 636 acre site along the northernshore, between the Presidio and Fort Mason, now known as the Marina District.This Panama--Pacific /Panama California Expositions souvenir medal will make a fine addition intoyour vintage World’s Fair medal collection.
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