Gem ** 1893 World's Columbian Exposition Isabella Quarter Raw Gem ** MAKE OFFER

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Gem ** 1893 World's Columbian Exposition Isabella Quarter Raw Gem **  MAKE OFFER  100% GUARANTEED,  The first commemorative quarter 1893 Please grade it yourself, As i believe it to be uncirculated,
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The
Isabella quarter
or
Columbian Exposition quarter
was a
United States commemorative coin
struck in 1893. Congress authorized the piece at the request of the Board of Lady Managers of the
World's Columbian Exposition
. The
quarter
depicts the Spanish queen
Isabella I of Castile
, who sponsored
Columbus's voyages to the New World
. It was designed by
Bureau of the Mint
Chief Engraver
Charles E. Barber
, and is the only U.S. commemorative of that denomination that was not intended for circulation.
The Board of Lady Managers, headed by Chicago socialite
Bertha Palmer
, wanted a woman to design the coin and engaged Caroline Peddle, a sculptor. Peddle left the project after disagreements with Mint officials, who then decided to have Barber do the work. The reverse design, showing a kneeling woman spinning flax, with a
distaff
in her left hand and a
spindle
in her right, symbolizes women's industry and was based on a sketch by Assistant Engraver
George T. Morgan
.
The quarter's design was deprecated in the
numismatic
press. The coin did not sell well at the Exposition; its price of was the same as for the
Columbian half dollar
, and the quarter was seen as the worse deal. Nearly half of the authorized issue was returned to the Mint to be melted; thousands more were purchased at face value by the Lady Managers and entered the coin market in the early 20th century. Today, they are popular with collectors and are valued in the hundreds to thousands of dollars, depending on condition.