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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8232177, member: 20201&quot;]<font size="6"><b>1876 United States</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>Centennial Exposition</b></font></p><p><b>Silver Official Medal HK20</b></p><p><b>38mm Mintage 10,133</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447437[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447438[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Neatly but unfortunately holed. I couldn&#039;t have afforded it otherwise.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is some other collectibles and ephemera in my collection. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>1876 United States International Centennial Exhibition Wooden Plaque</b></p><p><b>MEMORIAL HALL</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447452[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This was made available from ADAMS &amp; CO and possibly manufactured at Howell&#039;s Marble Building on the corner of 9th &amp; Chestnut Sts. in Philadelphia. </p><p>They were boxed, although mine is not, and I do believe it is one of a series of five as there were five main buildings on the Exhibition grounds.</p><p>This is pressed or stamped walnut wood and measures 2 ⅝” x 3 ⅞” and these plaques when found are often seen chipped or cracked.</p><p>I believe I see some small stable hairline cracks on mine but they don&#039;t appear to go through to the other side. I would think this is simply from the aging of the wood. Hopefully at almost 145 years of age, the warping, and shrinking and stressing has run it&#039;s course. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Memorial Hall housed beautiful art. Paintings and sculptures. President Grant cut the ribbon for the opening of Philadelphia&#039;s Memorial Hall on May 10th 1876 to begin the Centennial Exhibition to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of US independence.</p><p>On November 10, 1876, President Grant formally closed the Centennial Exhibition. Admissions totaled nearly 10,000,000 over the six months it was open (159 days), although some portion of the number represents repeat visitors.</p><p><br /></p><p>An impressive number of admissions, even though there were repeat visitors. The back of this plaque does mention the population of the US to be just 4 times that. Of course it was International, but in 1876 travel was not as convenient as it is today.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1876 Philadelphia International Exhibition</b></p><p><b>Visitors Guide</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447454[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>1876 Philadelphia International Exhibition</b></p><p><b>Ticket Set</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447460[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I believe there are 5 different varieties of these tickets. The top left green front is a counterfeit ticket and I have seen one other in all black ink with the same serial number.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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