Medal - All Nations Exhibition

Features

Location	United Kingdom
Type	Commemorative medals › Exhibition, fair and festival medals
Year	1862
Composition	Zinc
Weight	5.59 g
Diameter	26.54 mm
Thickness	2.87 mm
Shape	Round
Number	N# 64080
References	BHM# 2731 Laurence Brown. British Historical Medals. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (3 volumes). , PCGS# 867184 PCGS CoinFacts (https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts)

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Commemorative issue

All Nations Exhibition

Series: 1862 Exhibition

Obverse

Globe and commemoration

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TO COMMEMORATE
THE EXHIBITION
OF THE ARTS AND INDUSTRY
OF ALL NATIONS

Reverse

Exhibition building

Script: Latin

Lettering:
THE EXHIBITION BUILDING
(WEST FRONT VIEW)
OPENED MAY 1ST
1862
LENGTH 1200 FT WIDTH 700 FT
HEIGHT 100 FT
NAVE 86F. WIDE
COST £300,000

Edge

Plain

Comments

The International of 1862, or Great London Exposition, was a world's fair. It was held from 1 May to 1 November 1862, beside the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society, South Kensington, London, England, on a site that now houses museums including the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum (London).

The exposition was sponsored by the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Trade, and featured over 28,000 exhibitors from 36 countries, representing a wide range of industry, technology, and the arts. William Sterndale Bennett composed music for the opening ceremony. All told, it attracted about 6.1 million visitors. Receipts (£459,632) were slightly above cost (£458,842), leaving a total profit of £790.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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1862

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