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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KBBPLL, post: 26518182, member: 104064&quot;]I believe the Field Museum is the only remaining building from the Columbian Exposition. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Museum_of_Natural_History" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Museum_of_Natural_History" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Museum_of_Natural_History</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Another fun fact - &quot;Sales during the fair itself were promoted by such stunts as constructing a model of the Washington, D.C. Treasury Building out of the new half dollars, 20 feet (6.1 m) long and 4 feet (1.2 m) high. These coins were available for purchase, but could not be claimed until after the fair closed. In June 1893, fair authorities had half dollars stacked as a model of the Washington Monument, 22 feet (6.7 m) tall.&quot; (from Wikipedia)</p><p><br /></p><p>I got mine from my grandfather. He wasn&#039;t born until 1906 so perhaps his parents attended, or it was pulled from circulation. Millions were dumped into circulation when they didn&#039;t sell. Nobody wanted to pay $1 for a 50 cent coin apparently. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1690291[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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