1939 new york worlds fair coin
1939 New York Worlds Fair coin
Betty & Daniel P. write:
We have a 1939 New York Worlds Fair coin. Where can we find out it’s value?
Coins are issued by governments of countries and usually show a denomination or value. There might have been some commemorative coins made by foreign countries, sixty-three countries participated in the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair, but you don’t mention which country that might be. The United States didn’t issue commemorative coins for this event.
There were many different tokens and medals made, some were used as “good-fors” at specific events, there were 50,000 exhibits. There were many Federal displays but none by the United States Mint. There were both official tokens and official medals issued. The most common are 1 1/4 inch in bronze and brass, 2 1/4 inch and 3 inch in bronze. These are of nominal value and quite plentiful. The most collectable are listed below:
Oval shaped – Trylon and Perisphere, NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR around, the date 1939 below. Rev: within a beaded oval OFFICIAL TOKEN CREATED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MARCH 27TH 1939. Grover W. Whalen (his signature) PRESIDEN
Token - New York World's Fair
© Wayne Bartosh
Features
Location
United States
Type
Commemorative medals › Exhibition, fair and festival medals
Year
1939
Composition
Brass
Weight
10.45 g
Diameter
32 mm
Thickness
2 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
162667
References
RulauWash2# 3002, 3002A, 3002B, TC# 425117
TokenCatalog.com (http://tokencatalog.com)
Commemorative issue
Sesquicentennial of George Washington's Inauguration
Obverse
Globe with Rays & Obelisk
Script:
Latin
Lettering:
IN 1939
NEW YORK
WORLD'S FAIR
DES. PAT. 107424
EPCO
Reverse
George Washington taking the presidential oath with his hand on the bible in front of three people
Script:
Latin
Lettering:
SOUVENIR OF THE 150th ANNIVERSARY
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S
INAUGURATION
Edge
Plain
Comments
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Date
VG
F
VF
XF
AU
UNC
Frequency
Undetermined
ND
0%
ND
7%
1939
83%
1939
12%
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Souvenirs from the 1939 New York
World's Fair Highly Collectible
by Bob Brooke
With so many souvenirs from the 1939 New York World’s Fair out there, how do collectors know what to look for? "You have to know what attracts you to the Fair as a collector," said Judith Schwartz of Twin Brooks Antiques of Bennington, Vt. "For me it was the Art Deco logo of the Trylon and Perisphere, so I decided that the things I would be acquiring would have to it on them."
For others, like Howard Rossen, author of the book
World’s Fair Collectibles with Price Guide
, who began collecting in 1965 when he was in law school, paper items, glass and china, and key collectibles have been his passion. While Rossen collects items from all the major world’s fairs, he enjoys collecting from the 1939 Fair the most.
Beginning collectors often purchase posters, ticket books, and other assorted paper items, as well as any of the hundreds of pinback buttons, mainly because of their relatively inexpensive prices. Advanced collectors like clocks and watches--the harder-to-find pieces. According to Schwartz, women often collect jewelry--bracelets, rings, necklaces with Fair emb
New York World’s Fair Silver Dollar
Value of 1939 HK-491 New York World’s Fair Silver Dollar
This So-Called Dollar is given the catalog number HK-491
The obverse text on this So-Called Dollar reads
New York World’s Fair 1939
and the reverse text is
New York World’s Fair 1939 Incorporated Official Token created by order of the Executive Committee. March 27th, 1939 President.
The front side of the coin shows a large sphere in the center with a pointed building staring beside it on the oval coin. The backside of the coin depicts a beaded border holding in a written inscription and surrounded by descriptive text, three total stars appear on the coin.
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