thanks for the info. A trip to NYC is in order. I have gotten friendly with the owner of the Pandora shop where I do the most damage. it's an actual pandora shop. He knows what a junkie I am with all things Pandora. One day we were talking and he told me that Pandora is thinking of doing a Philadelphia specific bead and asked my opinion about what would be a good symbol. Of course, the Liberty Bell sprang to mind or maybe a soft pretzel??? So the owners/managers of the stores have some input. I would love a "hometown" bead. I have the Maple Leaf from the Canadian olympics and my hubby bought me the silver dice when he visited Las Vegas. At the time it was exclusive in the US to that location.
There is an Eiffel Tower from France (in gold) and NY had silver and two-tone beads (3 in total). They were an apple (not the one with the worm), some special flower which I guess must be the native one but I am not certain and I can not recall the third.... I passed the NYC ones up when I was there as there was nothing special in gold unfortunately.....
I will ask the guys who went with me if they can remember the third bead and let you know.
One thing about my dice is no-one here in western australia believes he is real Pandora as location specific beads are not all that well known. He was from a Pandora flagship store and is fully stamped and genuine but it takes some explaining when sales assistants spot him on my bracelet.....