Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

World’s Fairs and ExpositionsLot 177sale of the Litman, Sullivan and Dreyfuss Collections, #497. ($800-1000)H44SAINT LOUIS WORLD’S FAIR, 1903-4177A. SAINT LOUIS WORLD’S FAIR GOLD AWARD MEDAL -PHILIPPINE EXHIBIT, 1904. Variant of Baxter 108; Krueger17; Eglit LPE-5a; Hendershot 30-80. 70x70mm. Triangularshaped. Gilt Bronze. A.A. Weinman, Sc. Uncirculated. Obversewith a central medallion of Liberty cloaking herself and a youngfemale figure next to her in the American flag. The field outsidethe circular medal at center, at each point, contains a wreathsurrounding a monogram or emblem - US/ JN/ fleur de lis; eachof the wreaths being surrounded by 14 stars representing theLouisiana Purchase states and territories. The field on the reverseis filled by an American eagle with outstretched wings framinga cartouche for the legend GOLD MEDAL/ PHILIPPINE .EXHIBIT./ LOVISIANA PVRCHASE/ EXPOSITION. Belowthe tablet are two dolphins symbolizing our eastern and westernboundaries, the whole surmounted by an American eaglespreading his wings from ocean to ocean.the Philippine Exhibit at the Saint Louis World’s Fair was likean exposition within an exposition. It covered 40 acres of rollingcountry at the southwest portion of the fair grounds. It cost over$1,000,000 and had over 75,000 exhibits. It was apparentlyLot 177Asuch a dominant feature of the fair that special award medalswere authorized for their participants. These medals differ fromthe usual award medals only by the addition of PHILIPPINEEXHIBIT in the award designation.it is an extremely elusive medal. According the U.S. Mint records,a mere 600 medals were struck with the special Philippinedesignation while 9,000 regular “gold” medals were struck andawarded. This is only the third time we have had the pleasure ofoffering one of these medals. We sold a similar example threeyears ago in our Auction Eighty for $747.50.ALASKA-YUKON-PACIFICEXPOSITION, 1909178. ALASKA -YUKON - PACIFIC “GOLD” AWARD MEDAL,1909. Unlisted by Rulau-Fuld. 76mm. Bronze. Eustace P. Ziegler,Sc. About Uncirculated. (Gorham Co.) The obverse legend;ALASKA YUKON PACIFIC EXPOSITION -1909 SEATTLE1909- surrounds a seated robed woman holding a branch in onehand and an oval bust of Washington in the other. Her feet rest