March 11, 2024
WCE -Indian Head Cent Stamped "Krupp Gun 4 - 12 - 93
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Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm was very enthusiastic about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. He saw it as a wonderful opportunity to showcase Germany across the Atlantic in America. He directed that an imposing State House should be erected for the fair, that a large German Village be built on the Midway, and that an impressive gun exhibit be shown. The Krupp Steel Works erected a large building on the shore of Lake Michigan. they housed a number of huge canons including the largest gun ever made. This gun was 87 feet long and weighed 124 tons. Just getting it to the fair was an engineering feat. It could hurl a one ton projectile a distance of 16 miles. The great gun arrived at the fair grounds on April 12, 1893. For sale is a U. S. 188? Indian Head Cent which has been stamped on the reverse "KRUPP GUN 4 - 12 - 93". This is the date that the great Krupp gun arrived at the Columbian Exposition. Although this might appear to be an elongated cent made by rolling it through a machine, it is not. It has been stamped (in a press, no doubt) with such force as to flatten out most of the reverse and obverse of the coin, and even change the shape of the coin. Only the first three digits of the date can very barely be seen with the right light. I do not know the significance of this "token". It may have been made for some kind of celebration
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