Perth Mint Marks Barbie's 50th
(World Coin News) Barbie celebrated her big "5-0" on March 9, which Tuvalu marked with issue of a .999 fine silver dollar struck by the Perth Mint.
Barbie may have made her debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York on March 9, 1959, but it was not until May that year that her international career was launched.
Up to this point dolls with adult bodies were few and far between in America. Most were modeled on babies. Ruth Handler, wife of the co-founder of the Mattel toy company, believed a niche existed in the market for an adult-bodied doll after she had watched her daughter, Barbara, dress paper dolls.
During a trip to Europe in 1956, Ruth came across such an adult doll called . . .
Full story at: Link
Barbie may have made her debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York on March 9, 1959, but it was not until May that year that her international career was launched.
Up to this point dolls with adult bodies were few and far between in America. Most were modeled on babies. Ruth Handler, wife of the co-founder of the Mattel toy company, believed a niche existed in the market for an adult-bodied doll after she had watched her daughter, Barbara, dress paper dolls.
During a trip to Europe in 1956, Ruth came across such an adult doll called . . .
Full story at: Link
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