A "SUPER TOUGH" Question to Answer, Glass Columbian

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  1. leeg

    leeg I Enjoy Toned Coins

    ANY help around this subject is appreciated!!

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    Not my example

    My book around the early commemorative series is pretty much done. Now just smoothing things up.

    BookBaby (POD) wants $7 per page to edit!! :android::artist::banghead:o_O

    Volume 1 is 400 to 500 pages alone and only covers intro to Columbian Exposition.

    Oh well, any help on the glass Columbian?

    TIA
     
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  3. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

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  4. Paul M.

    Paul M. Well-Known Member

    Does it have the Columbian half design on the reverse, too? My guess is it's a glass cast from a mold made from a Columbian half. Given that, it may or may not be from the 1890s. Still a super cool item I would love to own!
     
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  5. leeg

    leeg I Enjoy Toned Coins

    Beer Lover,
    I also love my beer. :p

    The 1943 is a total different animal. Maybe the same company but who knows? That's what I'm trying to find out. Someone has to have dug more deeper than I to have additional info on this.


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  6. Paul M.

    Paul M. Well-Known Member

    This thing is the same approximate size as a half dollar, right?
     
  7. leeg

    leeg I Enjoy Toned Coins

    Not mine so I can't say the size. I can ask the owner if it makes a difference?
     
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  8. Paul M.

    Paul M. Well-Known Member

    Being the wrong size would rule out it's being cast directly from a mold off a Columbian half. That doesn't mean the mold wasn't taken from a coin and then later enlarged. There are techniques to do that, but it would probably result in even softer features than are typically found on a cast object.
     
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  9. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    To be considered some kind of pattern. I'd imagine it should be within the committee's size and weight specifications.
     
  10. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    It looks cartoonish. Like the early fake Chinese copies.
     
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  11. leeg

    leeg I Enjoy Toned Coins

    I'll check with the owner Paul to try and get the size.
     
  12. Worn Out

    Worn Out Well-Known Member

    They are a little smaller than a nickel and about 3/16" thick
     
  13. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    You the owner?
     
  14. Worn Out

    Worn Out Well-Known Member

    Not of the example shown above.
     
  15. messydesk

    messydesk Well-Known Member

    There's tons of Columbian Expo coin art glass out there. I imagine this is yet another piece. Pretty cool.
     
  16. Paul M.

    Paul M. Well-Known Member

    Ah, duh. I just noticed, it doesn't say 'HALF DOLLAR' or 'UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'.
     
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  17. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    I seriously doubt it would be ANY kind of pattern. Much more likely a souvenir of the fair. Don't have any information but I would wonder if there were any glass manufacturers that had exhibits at the fair? Something like this would be an obvious souvenir. But I would expect a company logo somewhere on the piece.
     
  18. leeg

    leeg I Enjoy Toned Coins

    A great place to start researching.

    Thanks
     
  19. leeg

    leeg I Enjoy Toned Coins

    Please provide examples.

    Thanks
     
  20. messydesk

    messydesk Well-Known Member

  21. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    The problem is the coin glass items like those shown on the pinterest link all the images are uniface.
     
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