Live auction - fme_1155930 - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Médaille, Série de l’U. S. Mint, Président Grant, l’union par le train
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Live starting : Type : Médaille, Série de l’U. S. Mint, Président Grant, l’union par le train
Date: 1869
Metal : copper
Diameter : 45 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver BARBER William
Weight : non connu g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Slab
PCGS : SP63
Coments on the condition:
Belle patine marron un peu sombre avec quelques marques d’usure. Cassure du slab au niveau du rebord au revers
Catalogue references :
JulianCM-39c - HK12
Obverse
Obverse legend : PRESIDENT OF - U. S. GRANT. // À L’EXERGUE : THE OCEANS UNITED / BY RAILWAY / MAY 10, 1869..
Obverse description : Tête de profil à droite du président Grant.
Reverse
Reverse legend : EVERY MOUNTAIN SHALL BE MADE LOW // À L’EXERGUE : MEDAL SERIES OF THE / U. S. MINT..
Reverse description : Représentation d’une locomotive avançant à droite, montagnes à l’arrière plan. Signé : W BARBER F. // J. POLLOCK DIRECTOR.
Commentary
Poids avec le slab : 182,73g
Slab PCGS SP63 n°595186.63/55420227.
Slab PCGS SP63 n°595186.63/55420227.
Historical background
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(since 1776)
Under McKinley's presidency (1897-1901), the United States confronted Spain and took Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines from it. Theodore Roosevelt succeeded the assassinated president (1901/1909) and undertook an interventionist policy in America and posed as a mediator in regional conflicts. To Taft succeeded in 1913 Wilson who was to bring the United States into the war in 1917.
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