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Message:: [QUOTE="harrync, post: 2875033, member: 58588"]Nice ticket. As the slab indicates, that was the "Chief" version. There were also tickets with engravings of Columbus, Washington, Franklin, Lincoln or Handel. [Apparently, because of all the canals in the expo grounds, it was also called "the city on the water". Handel was the composer of "Water Music", thus the Handel ticket. Nice story, not sure I believe it, but can't think of a better explanation. [There are also Chicago Day, Manhattan Day, and child's tickets. There are so many varieties there is actually a catalog of them.] The ABNCo still had the plates in 1992, so they reprinted [intaglio, like the originals] the six "regular" tickets on a series of Souvenir Cards. An original Handel is scarce, so the card is actually the cheapest way to get[ATTACH=full]687992[/ATTACH] the Handel version.[/QUOTE]