Owner Comments:
LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION 1904, ST. LOUIS, MO OFFICIAL SOUVENIR MEDAL IN GILT. RARE NO STAR VARIETY IN GEM CONDITION.
Official Souvenir medals below struck in Mint Exhibit on grounds. NOTE: Two varieties known, with and without star on map at St. Louis; variety without star much rarer.
THERE IS NORMALLY A STAR ON THE REVERSE MAP WHERE ST. LOUIS IS LOCATED. THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL, SINCE THE "WITH" AND "WITHOUT" STAR VARIETIES ARE NOT LISTED SEPARATELY IN THE CENSUS, BUT I ONLY KNOW OF (1) MS 67 NO STAR VARIETY THAT IS FINER AS OF 5/2022.
AN NGC GRADED MS 65 "WITH STAR" EXAMPLE WAS SOLD BY STACKS BOWERS IN APRIL 2023 FOR $720.00.
Purpose: To commemorate 100th anniversary of Louisiana Purchase, "second in importance in nation's development only to American Revolution."