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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8174276, member: 20201&quot;]<font size="6"><b>CALIFORNIA MIDWINTER EXPOSITION</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>1894 SAN FRANCISCO</b></font></p><p>So-Called Dollars</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1428335[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>By opening day, $730,000 had been spent &quot;without the gift of a single dollar from the nation, state or municipality.&quot; Ground broken Aug. 24, 1893; more than 100 buildings completed 6 months later.</p><p>Site, Center of Golden Gate Park; 200 acres cleared for purpose.</p><p>Held February 28 to July 9 1894 with attendance over 2,255,000. Palace of Fine Arts and Japanese Tea Garden were only permanent buildings but former replaced 1917 by de Young Museum; Tea Garden remains.</p><p>Many states, territories and foreign countries brought their exhibits from Columbian Exposition.</p><p>Opened in winter to &quot;accentuate the climatic possibilities of California at the time of the severest low temperature in the eastern country.&quot;</p><p>Exposition emphasized agricultural, horticultural and mineral exhibits; many new varieties fruits and grains displayed for first time.</p><p>There are two medals long considered as &quot;official&quot; but actually there were no dollar-size piece so labeled by exposition. Many aluminum medals listed were struck in Mechanics Building on grounds.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Type I</b></p><p><b>HK-245</b></p><p>Type I is similar to II below but without Sun Rays on obverse, and seems to be less commonly found. You can see some other differences throughout the design.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1428323[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1428324[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Type II</b></p><p><b>HK-245a</b></p><p>Notice the rim &quot;cud&quot; at 10 o&#039;clock on the obverse. I have seen others with the same rim cud.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1428328[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1428329[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have been searching exposition tickets almost daily and often more than once a day since last year beginning around Columbus Day in October 2018.</p><p>I have never seen a ticket for this exposition for sale until this one became available and I bought it! I may never see another.</p><p><br /></p><p>This ticket I have measures about 3 1/2&quot; x 5&quot;.</p><p>The building on the front appears to be the Administration Building.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1428330[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The buildings on the reverse appear to be the Fine Arts Building, the Agriculture and Horticulture Building, the Mechanical Arts Building, and the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts building.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1428331[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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