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<p>[QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8218040, member: 20201"]Nice "spinner"</p><p><font size="4"><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/green18.10103/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/green18.10103/">green18</a></b></font></p><p>Super condition!</p><p>Here's a sibling.</p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>1939 New York World's Fair</b></font></p><p><b>Trylon and Perisphere</b></p><p><b>Rockefeller Center Spinner Medal</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1442705[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1442704[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The small bump on the reverse would make this a "spinner" medal. There seems to have been numerous "spinners" minted during this era and for this fair.</p><p>One could hold the medal by the edge and spin it on a flat surface for a little thrill I suppose.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Trylon and Perisphere were two monumental modernistic structures designed by architects Wallace Harrison and J. Andre Fouilhoux that were together known as the Theme Center of the 1939 New York World's Fair. The Perisphere was a tremendous sphere, 180 feet in diameter, connected to the 610 foot spire-shaped Trylon.</p><p>The Trylon and Perisphere became the central symbol of the 1939 World's Fair. Their images reproduced by the millions on a wide range of souvenirs, promotional items and served as the fairground's focal point.</p><p>Neither structure survived after the closing of the fair, the materials were used for World War II armaments.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1442710[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st Streets in New York. Many scenes from classic movies were shot on these locations. The famous Rainbow Room and Radio City Music Hall is located here.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1442707[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>Every year a giant Christmas Tree is lighted and there is the famous outdoor skating rink and a 15-foot statue of Atlas, the famous figure from Greek mythology who was condemned to carry the world on his shoulders as punishment for leading a war against the Olympic gods. Also in the lower plaza in a fountain is a gilt bronze statue that is an 18-foot tall, 8 ton statue of Prometheus, who brought fire to mankind by stealing it from the Chariot of the Sun.</p><p><br /></p><p>Charles C. Ebbet's iconic photograph Lunch atop a 30 Rockefeller Plaza, An art deco skyscraper was taken hundreds of feet above New York City's street during construction in the 1930's. Thousands of people found work here during The Great Depression thanks to the vision of John D. Rockefeller Jr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1442706[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8218040, member: 20201"]Nice "spinner" [SIZE=4][B][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/members/green18.10103/']green18[/URL][/B][/SIZE] Super condition! Here's a sibling. [SIZE=6] [B]1939 New York World's Fair[/B][/SIZE] [B]Trylon and Perisphere Rockefeller Center Spinner Medal[/B] [ATTACH=full]1442705[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1442704[/ATTACH] The small bump on the reverse would make this a "spinner" medal. There seems to have been numerous "spinners" minted during this era and for this fair. One could hold the medal by the edge and spin it on a flat surface for a little thrill I suppose. The Trylon and Perisphere were two monumental modernistic structures designed by architects Wallace Harrison and J. Andre Fouilhoux that were together known as the Theme Center of the 1939 New York World's Fair. The Perisphere was a tremendous sphere, 180 feet in diameter, connected to the 610 foot spire-shaped Trylon. The Trylon and Perisphere became the central symbol of the 1939 World's Fair. Their images reproduced by the millions on a wide range of souvenirs, promotional items and served as the fairground's focal point. Neither structure survived after the closing of the fair, the materials were used for World War II armaments. [ATTACH=full]1442710[/ATTACH] Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st Streets in New York. Many scenes from classic movies were shot on these locations. The famous Rainbow Room and Radio City Music Hall is located here. [ATTACH=full]1442707[/ATTACH] Every year a giant Christmas Tree is lighted and there is the famous outdoor skating rink and a 15-foot statue of Atlas, the famous figure from Greek mythology who was condemned to carry the world on his shoulders as punishment for leading a war against the Olympic gods. Also in the lower plaza in a fountain is a gilt bronze statue that is an 18-foot tall, 8 ton statue of Prometheus, who brought fire to mankind by stealing it from the Chariot of the Sun. Charles C. Ebbet's iconic photograph Lunch atop a 30 Rockefeller Plaza, An art deco skyscraper was taken hundreds of feet above New York City's street during construction in the 1930's. Thousands of people found work here during The Great Depression thanks to the vision of John D. Rockefeller Jr. [ATTACH=full]1442706[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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