1901 Pan-American Expo Elongated Penny ALT NURNBERG (Old Nuremberg) Midway

Description

1901 Pan-American Exposition Elongated Penny ALT NURNBERG (Old Nuremberg) on the Midway
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About 1-3/8" long
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Condition:
Exceedingly rare Pan-American pressed penny has areas of patina, including inconveniently over part of the word "Nurnberg".  No damage beyond the patina.  Note on the reverse at the east edge the faint footprint of the year 1901, as in Frames 6 & 8 of our gallery.
From the History of Buffalo online
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"Alt Nürnberg", or "old Nuremberg," replicated several historic buildings in Nuremberg, as well as a large open-air restaurant and concert area on the Midway. Within the buildings were reproductions of artwork and other cultural treasures of Germany.
From the university of Buffalo Digital Collections
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The Pan-American Exposition was held in Buffalo, New York from May 1 to November 2, 1901. Buffalo was chosen as the location because of its size (at the time it was the eighth largest city in the U.S. with a population of approximately 350,000) and also because of its well suited railway connections. The grounds spread across 342 acres and were located between Delaware Park Lake to the south, the New York Central railroad track to the north, Delaware Avenue to the east, and Elmwood Avenue to the west.
The Exposition included educational exhibits as well as a Midway... The Midway at the Pan-American Exposition provided visitors with entertainment and consisted of more than 42 exhibits. Some of the main attractions of the Midway included the “House Upside Down,” “Cleopatra’s Temple”, and the “Foreign Villages.”
From doing the Pan... A virtual Tour of the Pan-American Exposition online
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A photo/postcard with annotation stating:
It’s dinner time and the restaurant at Alt Nurnberg on the Midway has reservations for us. People call the Midway the “play side of the fair”, some call it “that artery of mirth and sound,” others decry it as corrupting, but everyone who visits the Exposition seems to want to see the Midway first. Alt Nurnberg, or ‘Old Nurenberg’, is the creation of Jacob Schoellkopf and other wealthy Buffalo German-Americans. Let's walk to the peaked tower just visible in the distance.