Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

World’s Fairs and Expositionsthis is only the third example of this pattern award medal known tous (although there are undoubtedly others such as the piece plated inWeidhaas.) We sold an Unc. specimen with scattered light spots inour last Sale for $764.75.Lot 185Lot 184184. PATTERN OF THE NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR OFFICIALAWARD MEDAL, 1940. Weidhaas 241; Rulau/Fuld - Unlisted.76.4mm. Bronze. Julio Kilenyi, Sc. (Robbins.) Uncirculated withsome scattered light spots on both sides. Obverse: View of trylon &perisphere. Below: NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR/ 1940. At upperright, a shadowy full length figure of George Washington emergesfrom cloud banks. Reverse: Divided into three panels. Top: FORPEACE AND FREEDOM above trylon & perisphere over radiantsun. Middle: View of Manhattan skyline; Bottom: AWARDED BY/THE WORLD’S FAIR/ 1940/ IN NEW YORK.the obverse is the same as the Official Medal except that the datehas been changed from 1939 to 1940. The reverse has been changedfrom the Official medal in the following ways. (1) The legend at tophas been changed to read FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM. (2) TODAY has been erased from the bottom of the panel. (3) The bottompanel has been completely erased including Kilenyi’s signatureand an award inscription substituted According to Weidhaas, “Thismedal never got past the contemplated stage. No medals wereawarded by the New York World’s Fair Corporation.”185. THE ULTIMATE NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR MEDAL– BAKER & CO.’S 5 OUNCE PLATINUM MEDAL, 1939.Weidhaas 15. 57.2mm. .999 Platinum Proof-like Uncirculated.Issued by Baker & CO. of Newark, New Jersey, a division ofEngelhard Industries. Medals of this design were sold in one, fiveand ten ounce weights at the Fair at their then bullion value of$35.00 per ounce.Weidhaas notes that the price of platinum rose to $105.00 perounce in 1956 and, “At this price, almost all of these medals weremelted for their metal content, and any remaining must be classed asextremely rare”. It’s been 18 years since we offered one these. Theonly other auction appearance we can find is from a Heritage Sale of5/8/04 where an example brought $4945.00 when its bullion valuewas $3965.00. ($9000+)186. RARE BRENNER LINCOLN PLAQUE FOR THE 1964-5.NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR. Unlisted by King, Smedley &Weidhaas.. 72x96mm. Bronze. Uncirculated with light scatteredspots on the obverse. The obverse of this medal is Brenner’s famousprofile of Lincoln, virtually as it appears on the Lincoln cent. Inthe exergue is the inscription: ABRAHAM LINCOLN/ * 1809 *1863 **. Rx: “PUBLIC SENTIMENT IS/ EVERYTHING. WITHPUBLIC/ SENTIMENT NOTHING CAN/ FAIL. WITHOUT IT47H