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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MIGuy, post: 8152767, member: 116145&quot;]The <i><b>New York World</b></i> was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper" rel="nofollow">newspaper</a> published in New York City from 1860 until 1931. The paper played a major role in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_American_newspapers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_American_newspapers" rel="nofollow">history of American newspapers</a>. It was a leading national voice of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Democratic_Party_(United_States)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Democratic_Party_(United_States)" rel="nofollow">Democratic Party</a>. From 1883 to 1911 under publisher <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pulitzer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pulitzer" rel="nofollow">Joseph Pulitzer</a>, it was a pioneer in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism" rel="nofollow">yellow journalism</a>, capturing readers&#039; attention with sensation, sports, sex and scandal and pushing its daily circulation to the one-million mark. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pulitzer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pulitzer" rel="nofollow">Joseph Pulitzer</a> bought the <i>World</i> in 1883 and began an aggressive era of circulation building. Reporter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly" rel="nofollow">Nellie Bly</a> became one of America&#039;s first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigative_journalism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigative_journalism" rel="nofollow">investigative journalists</a>, often working undercover. As a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publicity_stunt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publicity_stunt" rel="nofollow">publicity stunt</a> for the paper, inspired by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne" rel="nofollow">Jules Verne</a> novel <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days_(novel)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days_(novel)" rel="nofollow">Around the World in Eighty Days</a></i>, she traveled around the planet in 72 days in 1889–1890. In 1890, Pulitzer built the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_World_Building" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_World_Building" rel="nofollow"><i>New York World</i> Building</a>, the tallest office building in the world at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a large sterling silver calendar medal for 1892 &quot;Over 300,000 copies per day guaranteed&quot; presented and engraved to an individual by &quot;The World&quot; with a complete calendar on the reverse.&nbsp; I think it&#039;s a neat little historical piece (though I think ICG was a bit harsh on the grading)[ATTACH=full]1422246[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1422247[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1422248[/ATTACH] .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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