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Columbian Exposition Medal by St. Gaudens & Barber

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Columbian Exposition Medal by St. Gaudens & Barber
ST GAUDENS, Augustus / BARBER, Charles, USA, 1893, Bronze, 76 mm, Obv: Columbus, arms outstretched, arriving on shore of America, "CHRISTOPHER COLVMBVS OCT.XII MCCCCXCII"; Rev: Fame and Science on either side of Globe, above inscription reading,  "WORLD'S. COLUMBIAN. EXPOSITION IN. COMMEMORATION. OF. THE. FOUR. HUNDREDTH. ANNIVERSARY OF. THE. LANDING. OF. COLUMBUS. MDCCCXCII . MDCCCXCIII. TO" (with separate die, inscribed : Tamarack-Osceola Copper Mfg. Co.). The cartouche is flanked by torches to either side. Signed:  AVGVSTVS SAINT GAVDENS FECIT (obv.) / C. E. BARBER FECIT (rev.); The Tamarack-Osceola Copper Manufacturing Company was presumably owned by the Osceola Mining Company, in Houghton County, Michigan; One of the iconic Columbian Exposition medals and a lovely EF.