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Coin/ medallion

1939-1940
Place madeUnited States, North America
Metal
Overall: 1/8 × 1 1/4 in. (0.3 × 3.2 cm)
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
2002.1.4601
DescriptionA gold metal coin embossed on one side with the Trylon and Perisphere from the 1939 New York World's Fair encircled by "Metropolitan Life Insurance Exhibit/ New York World's Fair"and radiating rays. On the reverse, the spire of the Metropolitan Life building and the words "The Light That Never Fails/ Metropolitan Life Insurance Comapny".
Collections
  • Business and Advertising Ephemera: The Bella C. Landauer Collection
Souvenir token
1939
2002.1.1947
Souvenir token
Metropolitan Insurance Company
1939
2023.35.3
Souvenir token
Metropolitan Insurance Company
1939
2023.35.2
Hot pad
ca. 1939
2008.39.4
Cane with seat
1939
2002.1.3194
Kerchief
New York World's Fair Corporation
1939
1941.383
Kerchief
1939
1965.50
Kerchief
1939
1941.293
Nirvana
ca. 1984-1998
2007.6.266
Souvenir token
1939
2002.1.1952