1853 Crystal Palace. Type I. White Metal. 45 mm. HK-6. Rarity-6. MS-62 PL (NGC).Lovely pewter gray surfaces, the fields on both sides set apart with deeply mirrored reflectivity. A smartly impressed, visually appealing example that is just a few wispy handling marks away from a Choice Mint State grade. The Crystal Palace Exposition was the first "International" exposition held in America. The Crystal Palace, based on an earlier Crystal Palace in England, was located in the area of what is now Bryant Park in New York city. The Palace itself opened to the public -- at fifty-cents admission cost -- on July 14, 1853, and was open intermittently until October 5, 1858, when the building was destroyed by fire.
