ANY help around this subject is appreciated!! 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!! Volume 1 is 400 to 500 pages alone and only covers intro to Columbian Exposition. Oh well, any help on the glass Columbian? TIA
Interesting, is it two sided? I wouldn't know anything about it. During WW2 there was a company that made prototypes for a glass cent. I didn't realize that there could be other type patterns out there neat. If that is what it is? Here is some info on the cent. https://coinweek.com/dealers-companies/gainesville/rare-us-coins-glass-cent-pattern-discovered/
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!
Beer Lover, I also love my beer. 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.
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.
To be considered some kind of pattern. I'd imagine it should be within the committee's size and weight specifications.
There's tons of Columbian Expo coin art glass out there. I imagine this is yet another piece. Pretty cool.
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.
I'm thinking of this kind of stuff. I don't know how many are specifically Columbian Expo designs, but I've seen a few pieces. https://www.pinterest.com/tenebee/coin-glass-collection/
The problem is the coin glass items like those shown on the pinterest link all the images are uniface.