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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 3988351, member: 69760&quot;]I read in this <a href="https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/proof-1892-columbian-half-dollar-fails-to-win-10000.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/proof-1892-columbian-half-dollar-fails-to-win-10000.html" rel="nofollow">Coin World article</a> that Chicago&#039;s Field Museum currently owns the very first Chicago half dollar struck at the Chicago World&#039;s Fair in 1893. This is the same specimen that was purchased by the makers of Remington typewriters for $10,000 in 1893 dollars. I also read on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_half_dollar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_half_dollar" rel="nofollow">Wiki</a> that the Chicago Historical Society owns the very first proof that was struck in 1893. Are these the same coins somehow? Or perhaps I&#039;m misunderstanding...</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I haven&#039;t been to the Field Museum since I was a child, and this wouldn&#039;t of even been on my radar back then. If the Field Museum does own it, I wouldn&#039;t be surprised if they are locked away somewhere in the back, or kept at a bank vault off premise. I did find that the Field Museum has a <a href="https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/travel-back-worlds-fair-our-collection" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/travel-back-worlds-fair-our-collection" rel="nofollow">Chicago World&#039;s Fair exhibit with 2,000 items</a>, but no mention of any coin. Has anyone seen this very first Chicago commemorative half dollar in person?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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