Streets of Paris, World's Fair, United States, 1933
date: label: date made
content: 1933
notes: label: Description
content: Coins can be stretched and imprinted with designs to make souvenirs or tokens. Visitors to the World’s Fair in Chicago could make elongated coins to commemorate their visits to various venues, such as the Planetarium or the Streets of Paris. Elongated coins are still a popular souvenir today.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
label: associated place
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Feingold, Ellen R.. Value of Money, The
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.78.22.31
label: catalog number
content: 78.22.31
label: accession number
content: 314637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: elongated coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: medal, elongated coin: 2 cm x 4.25 cm x .1 cm; 25/32 in x 1 11/16 in x 1/32 in