1962 SEATTLE WORLD'S FAIR NUMISMATIC SOUVENIRS

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The E-Sylum: Volume 15, Number 45, October 28, 2012, Article 8

1962 SEATTLE WORLD'S FAIR NUMISMATIC SOUVENIRS

Regarding numismatic souvenirs of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, Gawain O'Connor of Bellingham, Washington writes:

There is a nice thread about these on CoinTalk from earlier this year. I have one of the "I've seen one million silver dollars" certificates, too.

Thanks! The E-Sylum doesn't have a corner on the market for interesting numismatic discussions. Above is an image of Gawain's certificate, and here are a few other images from CoinTalk. -Editor

1M Display - Arrival of trucks on 04-18-1962 at display building

To read the complete thread on CoinTalk, see: Thread: 1962 Seattle World's Fair - Million Silver Dollars Exhibit - Slabbed Dollars Query (http://www.cointalk.com/t189919-3/)

Last Sunday as I was putting away the U.S. Mint medal List I'd scanned, guess what I came across? A brochure from the 1962 Seattle World's Fair! It was not the one for the million dollar exhibit, but rather it offered souvenir medals for sale. Here are some images. -Editor

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Coincidentally, the next day I got an email from David Lange with more information about the Whitman World's Fair medal album. Thanks! -Editor

David Lange writes:

I have complete sets of the Century 21 Exposition medals in silver and bronze, including those for the million dollar exhibit of silver dollars. I didn't set out to buy the medals, but this was the only way to get the vintage Whitman Bookshelf album in which they were sold. I needed the album for my collection of same, and I bought the silver set first. I then bought a bronze set in its album, in case I wanted to unload the silver set, but I never did that. It turned out to be a good investment, as silver was only $12/ounce at the time.

David adds:

While putting the medal back into its album, I noticed that the edge is stamped THE METAL ARTS CO. INC., ROCH., N. Y.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 1962 SEATTLE WORLD'S FAIR DOLLAR DISPLAY BROCHURE (http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n44a18.html)

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