Award Medals, Official Medals, State Fund Dollars and Souvenir Medals of 1915 Pan-Pac Expo – PPIE
Award Medals of the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition
Award Medal Examples are Gold Plated, solid Gold, Silver Plated and Bronze. Have only heard of one solid Gold, most are Gold Plated. Bronze medals have different appearances. Award medals are 70.6mm. 180 grams. By John Flanagan. Obv. Robust nude man and woman stand in sea. Mankind joined by Divine Difference. Rev. Expo towers, palms and Medal Of Award with no name. The medals were struck at the Philadelphia Mint. Just 2,000 of these were struck and issued in bronze by the U.S. mint.
Designed by the famous American sculptor John Flanagan (best known in U.S. numismatics as the designer of the Washington quarter), the Panama-Pacific medal was issued as an award for many products and exhibits on display at the expo.
Using an elaborate set of rules and a point system, there were classes of awards: Grand Prize, Medal of Honor, Gold Medal, Silver Medal and Bronze Medal. (Never had seen a Grand Price or Medal of Honor award medal, if there is such a thing.)
1915 Gold Award Medal Panama-Pacific Exposition
This is a large 70mm 133.8 grams medal struck in gold plated bronze. There has been one solid gold medal. Obv. Robust nude man and woman stand in sea. Mankind joined by Divine Difference. These were awarded as the top prize for many of the products or exhibits. Some come with a presentation box.
1915 Gold Award Medal Reverse
70.6mm. 180 grams. By John Flanagan. Rev. Expo towers, palms and Medal Of Award with no name.
1915 Silver Award Medal Panama-Pacific Exposition
Panama-Pacific International Exposition silvered bronze award Medal. Issued 1915. Presented at the expo for the “silver” award (70mm, 132.15 g, 12h). By J. Flanagan. Some come with a presentation box. These are silver plated over bronze.
1915 Silver Award Medal Reverse
1915 Bronze Award Medal Panama-Pacific Exposition
This is a large 70mm 133.8 grams medal struck in bronze.
1915 Bronze Award Medal Reverse
Official Exposition Medals of 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition
The official exposition medal, struck at the U.S. Mint exhibit on the expo grounds. Silver Striking such as below example, also bronze and gilt brass striking. Metallic sculpture by Robert Ingersoll Aitken (1878-1949). Silver 100 to 200 known, Brass 500 to 800, Gilt brass 300 to 500 known. Souvenir Medals.
1915 Official Silver Medal of Panama-Pacific Exposition
This is a large 70mm 133.8 grams medal struck in bronze or brass and silver plated. These were awarded as the top prize for many of the products or exhibits. Some come with a presentation box. Also known to collections as So-Called Dollar. HK-399
1915 Official Silver Medal Reverse
Pan-Pacific Exposition
1915 Official Gilt Medal of Panama-Pacific Exposition
1915 Official Gilt Medal Reverse
Pan-Pacific Exposition
1915 Official Brass Medal of Panama-Pacific Exposition
1915 Official Brass or Bronze Medal Reverse
Pan-Pacific Exposition
State Fund Dollars of
1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition
Several states issued medals in advance of exposition as one means of raising funds for exhibition purposes; usually sold for $1. There medals have “FOR STATE EXPOSITION FUND”. Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Kentucky, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee.
For Alabama Exposition Fund Medal of Panama-Pacific Exposition – So Called Dollar
For Alabama At Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco 1915
For Arkansas Exposition Fund Medal of Panama-Pacific Exposition – 1915 NGC MS64 HK-403 Arkansas Panama Pacific Exposition So Called Dollar
For Arkansas Exposition Fund Medal Reverse of Panama-Pacific Exposition – 1915 NGC MS64 HK-403 Arkansas Panama Pacific Exposition So Called Dollar
For Florida Exposition Fund – 1915 Pan-Pac Expo – Silver-Plated Bronze –
HK-404 So Called Dollar
For Florida Exposition Fund Medal (Reverse) 1915 Pan-Pac Expo – Silver-Plated Bronze –
HK-404 So Called Dollar
1915 Pan-Pac California The Exposition State San Francisco Medal
1915 Panama Canal Completion Exposition
1915 Pan-Pac California The Exposition State San Francisco Medal (Reverse)
For Georgia Exposition Fund Medal – Bronze. – 40mm. – HK-405 -So Called Dollar
For Georgia Exposition Fund Medal (Reverse) – Bronze. – 40mm. – HK-405 -So Called Dollar
FOR LOUISIANA EXPOSITION FUND MEDAL Bronze – 40mm – HK406
FOR LOUISIANA EXPOSITION FUND MEDAL (Reverse) Bronze – 40mm – HK406
1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition
For Maryland Exposition Fund Medal
1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition
For Maryland Exposition Fund Medal (Reverse)
1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition
For Tennessee Exposition Fund Medal
1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition
For Tennessee Exposition Fund Medal (Reverse)
1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition