World Historical Medals
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Lot 2427 SESSION 15 (11.30AM FRIDAY 17TH APRIL) World Historical Medals
Estimate $200
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USA, LAUNCHING OF THE IRON HULLED STEAMSHIP GREAT EASTERN, 1859, bronze (31mm) by J.H. Merriam, New York, obv. view of ship sailing right, rev. legend "DESIGNED BY I.K.BRUNEL/LENGTH 692 FEET/BREADTH/83 FEET/DEPTH/58 FEET/23,000 TONS/BUILT BY SCOTT RUSSELL.", (Rulau NY 2051, BHM 2661). Some lustre, otherwise nearly uncirculated.
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