Thanks to Eric for sending this cool find from Petworth: “The quarantine time at home gave me time to search, and I located this 1892 Columbian Half Dollar in a forgotten drawer. I found this digging out a garden in our 1926 Petworth rowhouse about 12 years ago.
These coins were printed in 1892 and 1893 for the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago (aka Chicago World’s Fair), which ‘celebrated’ the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s voyage and discovery.
Not in the best of shape, but 90% silver. Pretty cool. Now I need to go do more yard digging!”
If you have a photo of a neat find from your house or place of work please send an email to princeofpetworth(at)gmail.com thanks. Please let me know where/what neighborhood you found it in too. Thanks.