Reference | HK-12 |
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Date | 1869 |
Grade | MS 65 BN |
Price | $1,650.00 |
Item # | 2057 |
Metal | Bronze |
Near TOP POP, finest is 66. Stacks sold NGC 65 BN for $1,763. Medal commemorates the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. Authorized by Congress and designed and engraved by William Barber. Obverse features the bust of U.S. Grant and states “The Oceans United by Railway”. The reverse depicts a mountain scene with a train. Struck in Bronze.