Columbus

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TED STATES OF AMLI OLUMBIAN HALF DOT 1992 ERICA 1192 UNITED STATES OFA RS $45 OF AM 22 1992 60601

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COLUMBUS First Day of Issue: May 22, 1992 First Issue Location: Chicago, Illinois He was born in the town of Genoa in 1451 to Domenico Colombo and Suzanna Fontanarossa and from a young age, he looked to the open sea for answers. This much we know about the man who “discovered" the New World. We also know — with the benefit of our 20th century hindsight—that he was a man of contradictions. Famous and infamous, courageous yet jealous, convincing but arrogant. We don't even really know what he looked like and this is evident in the numerous paintings of Colum- bus: no two are alike. Significantly, the mystery surround- ing Columbus the man also surrounds the $5 Columbus can prove what work of art the stamp was taken from. However, some solid evidence seems to point in the direction of a medal designed by Olin L. Warner. The profile on the stamp is remarkably similar to that of Warner's medal. The 1892 Columbian Half Dollar also bears what appears to be the same bust of Columbus on its obverse. No. 92-27 First Day of Issue Postcard Collection ©1992 Fleetwood, Cheyenne, WY 82008-0001 Original design: Obverse of United States 1892 Columbian Half Dollar after Columbian Exposition Medal by Olin L. Warner, Chicago Historical Society. Heetwood