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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ZoidMeister, post: 5266418, member: 114169&quot;]In my pursuit of interesting tokens, medals, and other exonumia, I have become more and more educated on items identified and cataloged by Harold E. Hibler and Charles V. Kappen as a series of exonumia they affectionately named <b>&quot;So-Called Dollars.&quot;</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>I searched CoinTalk high and low to find a similar thread, but came up empty, so I thought I would start the ball rolling.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I started picking up some of the more affordable pieces when I run across them, but I am sure there are loads of types and examples I will never run across.&nbsp; I am interested in learning more about their minted quantities, original issue prices, and relative rarities.&nbsp; I am also interested in relative values in today&#039;s world.</p><p><br /></p><p>What is interesting to note is that MANY of today&#039;s contemporary Numismatic and Coin Club medals are based either loosely or nearly identical to, So-Called Dollars and other commemorative coinage of bygone eras.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a recent So-Called Dollar I picked up.&nbsp; I am very pleased with the condition and design of this piece.&nbsp; It is the . . . . . .</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>1904 Louisianan Purchase Expedition Official Souvenir Medal (HK-300)</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1220080[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1220081[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><i>Gold plated bronze, 33mm</i></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><i><b>Obv.</b> Conjoined busts l. (Napoleon &amp; Jefferson); above, around <i>• Louisiana • Purchase • Exposition •</i>; below all <i>Official • Souvenir •</i>; beaded border.</i></font></p><p><font size="3"><i><b>Rev.</b> Relief map of U.S. with <i>Louisiana Purchase</i> across that portion representing extent of purchase; above <i>Louisiana Territory</i> / <i>1803</i> / <i>1,000,000 Square Miles</i> / <i>$15,000,000.</i>; below map <i>St. Louis 1904</i>, beaded border.</i></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><i><font size="4"><font size="3">References from:</font></font></i></font></p><p><font size="3"><i><font size="4"><font size="3"><a href="https://so-calleddollars.com/Events/Louisiana_Purchase_Exposition.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://so-calleddollars.com/Events/Louisiana_Purchase_Exposition.html" rel="nofollow">https://so-calleddollars.com/Events/Louisiana_Purchase_Exposition.html</a></font></font></i></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Let&#039;s see yours . . . . !</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Z[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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