1964-65 NYWF Official SCD, SH 26-1 P, City of New York 300th, NGC MS 62 For Sale

This is the official 1964 New York World\'s Fair souvenir medal:

• Event: The 1964–1965 New York World\'s Fair, held at Flushing Meadows, Queens — the fair whose iconic centerpiece was the Unisphere (the giant stainless-steel globe you\'ll recognize from photos), which is depicted on this medal\'s obverse.
• Official status: This was the fair\'s officially licensed souvenir medal, copyrighted in 1961 by the New York World\'s Fair 1964–1965 Corporation — meaning it wasn\'t an independent commemorative struck by an outside dealer, but the fair\'s own authorized product.
• Manufacturer: Struck under license by Medallic Art Co. of New York — one of the most respected American medal makers of the 20th century.
• Designer/sculptor: Designed by John Peterkin, sculpted by Anthony de Francisci (notably, de Francisci also designed the 1921 Peace Dollar — so this ties into serious numismatic pedigree).
• Reverse design: The Seal of the City of New York, dual-dated 1664–1964 (marking 300 years since the English renamed New Amsterdam to New York).
• Notable provenance: According to the sale record, gold versions of this same medal design were presented to President John F. Kennedy and Pope John XXIII by the fair\'s chairman, Thomas J. Deegan Jr. — giving this design series a genuine head-of-state/presentation pedigree, even though your specific piece (pewter) is the mass-market souvenir tier, not one of those gold presentation pieces.
• Metal tier note: Pewter examples like SH 26-1 P are not edge-numbered, unlike the silver versions of the same design, which were individually edge-marked (e.g., one silver example I found is numbered \"221\" with a mintage far more limited than the pewter).
• HK status: This medal is unlisted in Hibler & Kappen — one more piece of evidence for why the SH catalog exists as a supplement to HK for later 20th-century fairs.