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Auction: 313 - Numismatic Collector's Series - Ft. Worth, TX
Lot: 2017

World´s Columbian Exposition (IL), One $10 share, 1892, #A1484, woman on wheel races eagle with train, lake, exposition below, green with great underprint of exhibition grounds, folds, toning, VF+. The 1893 World´s Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago, was arguably the greatest of the world´s fairs, with 27 million visitors. In addition to becoming a symbol of American industrial dominance, it showed the world that Chicago had risen to greatness after the devastating fire of 1871. A particularly choice example of an always-popular certificate.

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$350