Post any World's Fair Medals, Tokens & other items fair related

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1964-1965 New York World's Fair Unisphere Presented by United States Steel
Medallic Art Co. .999+ pure silver #5784 it weighs 2 ounces 44.5mm and the center devices protrude out.
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Super cool design and I've tried to capture what is written around the edge but need larger reflectors but you still get the idea.
PCGS does not have a silver graded as of yet however they do have a bronze 64mm with a trueview
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The Unisphere according to Wikipedia link **
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I found an edge view on Numista here
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Lets see what everyone has to celebrate the Worlds Fairs and all mans' progress
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Edge view from Numista website
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tommy44

Didn't say it had to be round so here goes.....

coinsarefun

Neat @tommy44 i fixed the title to include any shape. And, any year of Worlds Fair items.

Lazybones

crazyhounddog

seanq

I just completed this set, I had purchased the empty album years ago as a curious addendum to my set of Whitman Bookshelf albums. I've since seen full albums for sale on eBay but I went about it the hard way and pieced the set together a la carte.

There were smaller diameter versions of the $1,000,000 Display, Space Needle, and Monorail medals offered as single items or in a three piece set, but the larger bronze and silver medals were only offered as a full set.

Sean Reynolds

291fifth

@Lazybones said:

Great condition for the medal and holder! These are usually seen with wear or damage and seldom with the original holder and card.

Weiss

Goldminers

Official National Commemorative of the US Mint, Seattle 1962 World's Fair. This large .900 silver one is 2.5 inches across and weighs 4.9 ounces. Only 1,000 minted.

koynekwest

EXOJUNKIE

Not everyone’s cup of tea, but I got into elongateds a few years ago and like them. Here are three favorites:

1904 St Louis World’s Fair, The Pike Souvenir, ~7 Examples Known

1904 St Louis World’s Fair, Masonic Emblem, ~5 Examples Known

1939-40 New York World’s Fair, Administration Building, Rolled on a 1907 $2.5 Gold Piece, Rare Host Coin

coinsarefun

I never saw detail till I saw your @EXOJUNKIE bynthe way I forget what auction that is coming
up there are a bunch of amazingly detailed elongated. Especially one and I forbid anyone from bidding on it.........ahhhhh, never mind. Forget I said anything......but don’t anyone bid against me

drwstr123

yspsales

Elongated gold?

Day yum

matt_dac

Marks are on the case...

jmlanzaf

@koynekwest said:

This has always been one of my favorites.

Zoins

1904 Louisiana Purchase World Expo, aka St. Louis World's Fair Philippine Exhibit

Medal and brochure. Of note the brochure indicates the Philippine exposition had 70,000 exhibits.

RB1026

1904 World's Fair - St. Louis, MO

RB1026

1904 World's Fair - St. Louis, MO

My great grandmother got this plate while attending the fair. It passed to my grandmother who then gave it to me when I was a boy

jt88

cardinal

These circulated during the 1876 Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia:

1northcoin

One I acquired:

1northcoin

@Goldminers said:
Official National Commemorative of the US Mint, Seattle 1962 World's Fair. This large .900 silver one is 2.5 inches across and weighs 4.9 ounces. Only 1,000 minted.

Too Cool. I won a prize for selling the most newspaper subscriptions in my city and for the prize got a plane ticket to the Seattle World's Fair along with being hosted there by the paper.

koynekwest

@jmlanzaf said:

@koynekwest said:

This has always been one of my favorites.

Of all medals it is my favorite. I like the Wiener cathedral medals, too. Can't beat those for 3D effect.

1northcoin

I do have some commemorative coins from the 1970 Japan World's Fair which went by the title, Expo '70. If I can locate and photograph them I will try to add them to this thread.

In the interim, here is a night view photo of the fair where I had the opportunity to be a guide. Our pavilion featured a made in Japan film. I am pictured with the two child actors between takes as the cemetery scene was being filmed.

Also below is a photo of Akihito, the then Crown Prince of Japan, who then went on to become the Emperor, visiting the pavilion. Prince Charles also came to Expo '70 and somewhere I have a photo I took of him when he was within a handshake distance from me.

1northcoin

I can add that these are my photographs of the moon rock that was on display within the United States Pavilion at Expo '70. (The United States had just landed a man on the moon for the first time.)

And here is the photo I took of Prince Charles as he visited Expo '70, The 1970 Japan World's Fair. (I had placed a telephoto lens on my camera anticipating that I would only get to see him in the distance. Then he walked up right in front of me to enter the United States Pavilion - which explains why my photo of him is blurred.)

koynekwest

koynekwest

Zoins

1889 Paris Exhibition - Trans-Mississippi Indian and Buffalo

koynekwest

My avatar-

Zoins

1876 International Exposition in Philadelphia - by George Bache Soley - raw

1northcoin

@1northcoin said:
I can add that these are my photographs of the moon rock that was on display within the United States Pavilion at Expo '70. (The United States had just landed a man on the moon for the first time.)

The exhibit that accompanied the display of the just retrieved moon rock within the United States Pavilion at the 1970 Japan World's Fair (Expo '70.)

Zoins

@1northcoin said:

I'd love to attend the Moon's First Exposition

koynekwest

I have two full decks just like this one-

1630Boston

ricko

I thought I had a Columbian half... I still think I do, but can not find it. However, I did work within walking distance of the Seattle Space Needle (1962 World's Fair) for 20 years.... Ate lunch at the top several times. Cheers, RickO

1630Boston

Mr_Spud

Here’s a few that I have images of.

kauwisc

From a Booklet in my Numismatic Library:

coinsarefun

I'm very grateful to everyone for the posts and such great material....so interesting, I love it all!
Keep it up and I will post some more later today

carabonnair

@Goldminers said:
Official National Commemorative of the US Mint, Seattle 1962 World's Fair. This large .900 silver one is 2.5 inches across and weighs 4.9 ounces. Only 1,000 minted.

That's a cool medal - love the large silver. Here's the couple items I have from the Seattle Fair

1northcoin

@coinsarefun said:
1964-1965 New York World's Fair Unisphere Presented by United States Steel
Medallic Art Co. .999+ pure silver #5784 it weighs 2 ounces 44.5mm and the center devices protrude out.
.
Super cool design and I've tried to capture what is written around the edge but need larger reflectors but you still get the idea.
PCGS does not have a silver graded as of yet however they do have a bronze 64mm with a trueview
.
The Unisphere according to Wikipedia link **
.
I found an edge view on Numista here
.
Lets see what everyone has to celebrate the Worlds Fairs and all mans' progress
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Edge view from Numista website
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Nice remembrances. I was at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Will have to see if I still have any momentos from it, or even photos. I do recall seeing many many years later the big Uniroyal (?) Tire on the side of a roadway which came from the Fair.

carabonnair

The third Paris World's Fair 1878

Goldminers

@carabonnair said:
The third Paris World's Fair 1878

Nice Paris medal. I also saw the 1,000,000 display when I was about 10 years old just getting into coins and filling out Whitman holders. The currency you posted is something I had not remembered. That is a very nice brass space medal gem. I do have that one. Cheers

keets

coinsarefun

@carabonnair said:

The third Paris World's Fair 1878

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I really like the obverse design on this one. It’s reminiscent of some of our pattern coins.
Your looks brass, is it? I think I’ve seen these in copper as unless I’m mistaken.

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1905 HK-331a Gilt-Bronze Lewis & Clark Expo NGC MS63DPL R6
It used to be pop 1/0 and I think it still is. Extremely difficult to image.
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1928 GILT DOBYNS FOOTWEAR PACIFIC SOUTHWEST EXPO NGC MS 65
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koynekwest

EdGOhio

Although not a "Worlds Fair" it was one of the precursors to the World Fairs we know and my father obtained his degree(and Valedictorian of his class) at the Ohio Mechanics Institute in the late 40's.
The 1871 Cincinnati Industrial Exposition ....more info here