Collectible lapel pins from US Figure Skating Championships held in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s Lapel pins have been around for more than a hundred years—showing up in sports, politics, military, business, religion, education, and more—and some say the origins of pins can be traced to the first modern Olympic Games held in 1896 in… Continue reading US Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Early Years.
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1990 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: First and Last.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1990 World Figure Skating Championships, Halifax, Canada Get ready to embark on a journey back to the 1990s! Hosted in the Canadian Maritimes city of Halifax, the 1990 World Figure Skating Championships made history in two memorable ways: for ushering in the beginning of one era while sending another one packing.… Continue reading 1990 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: First and Last.
1990 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Big Nickel.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1990 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, Sudbury, Canada The world's largest depiction of a coin, called the Big Nickel, can be found in Sudbury, Ontario, on the grounds of Dynamic Earth, an interactive science museum. The 30-foot, 12-sided shape is recreated on a smaller scale on the lapel pins that commemorated the… Continue reading 1990 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Big Nickel.
1988 European Figure Skating Championships Pins: Of Spires and Spirals.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1988 European Championships, Prague, Czechoslovakia By 1988, it had been 40 years since a European Figure Skating Championships had taken place in Prague, Czechoslovakia, a city known for the magnificent cathedral spires that define its skyline—and from which it earns the nickname "City of a Hundred Spires." Although the collectible lapel… Continue reading 1988 European Figure Skating Championships Pins: Of Spires and Spirals.
1989 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: Il Fait Frette.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1989 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, Chicoutimi, Canada Not very often do the Canadian Figure Skating Championships (often called "Canadians") take place in the province of Quebec, but the last national event of the 1980s was contested in the small arrondissements of Jonquiere and Chicoutimi,1 both part of the city of Saguenay.… Continue reading 1989 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: Il Fait Frette.