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Message:: [QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8202015, member: 20201"]1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific ExpositionHK-363aBronze - silver plated 35mm [ATTACH=full]1437383[/ATTACH]  [ATTACH=full]1437384[/ATTACH] The Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition (AYPE), was a world's fair held in Seattle from June 1 to October 16, 1909, publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest.It was originally planned for 1907, to mark the 10th anniversary of the Klondike Gold Rush, but postponed the 1907 date (so as not to conflict with the Jamestown, Virginia tricentennial celebration) until 1909. [ATTACH=full]1437386[/ATTACH] Gold bricks on exhibit at the Alaska Building, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, valued then at over ONE MILLION DOLLARS. Displayed in a heavily fortified glass case. Seattle, Washington, 1909What would it be worth today? [ATTACH=full]1437387[/ATTACH] Alaska-Yukon Pacific ExpositionMt. Rainier in background. 1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific ExpositionSpokane DayBrass 32mm [ATTACH=full]1437390[/ATTACH] Struck by Whitehead and Hoag On Friday, June 25, 1909, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle celebrates Spokane Day. Some 1,000 residents of Spokane and the Inland Empire descend on the exposition grounds, some 200 of them arriving by special overnight train. The day is the culmination of the week designated Inland Empire Week. The term "Inland Empire" is used to describe the Eastern Washington-Northern Idaho region of which Spokane is the hub. Spokane County is one of only four counties of the state to have its own building at the exposition. The Seattle Daily Times of June 20 claimed: "No prettier building is established on the exposition grounds, and no interior decoration or exhibit excels that found in this cereal-lined fruit-banked county home." In the other room, visitors attended stereopticon-illustrated lectures extolling the products and promise of the Inland Empire. A special Spokane bronze medallion was distributed to thousands at the exposition. One side bore the image of the Spokane County Building and the other Spokane's slogan "All Roads Lead to Spokane, the Power City." This is one of those medallions. [ATTACH=full]1437388[/ATTACH] The beautiful Spokane County Building was one of many dismantled after the exposition. 1909 Alaska-Yukon Pacific Expositionlooped Official Medal [ATTACH=full]1437392[/ATTACH] AYPE Official Medal Fob from the 1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, World's Fair and Exhibition in Seattle, Washington. The obverse shows the official emblem of Seattle's 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was designed by Adelaide Hanscom of Seattle.On the reverse is the Seal of the City of Seattle which also shows a small bust of Chief Seattle which is part of he Seal design itself.I recently acquired a very scarce Seattle Day souvenir ticket with Chief Seattle on the front that I regularly hunted for over the past year and a half. This souvenir is listed in Hibler & Kappen's "So-Called Dollars" as HK-353 (Silver Plated Copper variety), and Shevlin & Hyder's So-Called Dollars from the Pacific Coast Expositions 1894-1962 as #SH 16-1 SP (Silver - Plated Copper variety), Fuld Rarity Scale R-7, Extremely Rare (11-20 known), and measures 32mm (1 1/4") in size. According to a very knowledgeable source, it is part of a ribbon or badge. All the looped medals are much more scarce than those that are not. It was intentionally looped and attached to a dark blue ribbon and bar to market more of the mintage to visitors at the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition. Thanks to so-calledguy on eBay, I can show this ribbon he has with permission. [ATTACH=full]1437396[/ATTACH] The emblem, with its three female figures, was used on programs, souvenirs, and other items. [ATTACH=full]1437397[/ATTACH] The woman on the left holds a ship and represents East Asia. The central figure holds gold nuggets and symbolizes Alaska. The one on the right holds a railroad engine, symbolizing commerce with Seattle and the rest of the United States and her other hand is holding up a small oval with the bust of William H. Seward, "The Father of Alaska" who negotiated the Alaska Purchase in 1867. The purchase price for the 570,000 square miles from Russia was $7.2 million or 2-cents an acre at the time.[/QUOTE]

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