all original and intact commemorative coin or medal representing the foshay tower or building in minneapolis, mn. the medal exhibits the centrally cast figure of the thirty-two story foshay tower, with its two story ground level structure and the set back tower rising into a blank space of sky. concentrically around the edge of the coin, stamped lettering reads, "foshay tower / tallest building in northwest." the coin has a protruding eyelet, presumably where it would have hung from a ribbon. the foshay tower marked a significant landmark locally as an early skyscraper (1929) and the first building to surpass the height of the minneapolis city hall, completed in 1906. the foshay tower, an art deco building at 821 marquette avenue, was designed by leon eugene arnal for magney & tusler, and was completed months before the stock market crash. it was designed to echo the washinton monument, with the sides of the building sloping slightly inward and each floor being slightly smaller than the one below it. the tower was the lifelong dream of wilbur foshay, an art student turned businessman who amassed his fortune by building up three utility company empires.