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Electronic Auction 447  3 Jul 2019
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Lot 663

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 300 USD
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SPAIN, Reino de España. temp. Alfonso XII. 1874-1885. Æ Medal (57mm, 89.30 g, 12h). On the Inauguration of the Rail Line by the Compañia de Los Ferrocarriles Directos de Madrid y Zaragoza a Barcelona From Villanueva to Barcelona, 29 December 1881. By Padro and Sala. Dated 1881. (rosette) (star) COMPAÑIA DE LOS FERROCARRILES DIRECTOS DE MADRID Y ZARAGOZA A BARCELONA (star), Mercury, head right, alighting left before engine, upon which Vulcan, holding sledge hammer, sits; coastal scene in background / INAUGURACION DEL TRAYECTO DE VILLANUEVA A BARCELONA 29 DICIEMBRE 1881, Catalunya enthroned facing, holding at either side coats-of-arms set on ground; in bacground, various scenes set against mountainous background; below, coat-of-arms of Barcelona flanked by garlands and PADRO. INV · and GALA. GRA · . Marina Cano Cuesta, Catálogo de medallas españolas (Madrid: 2005), 174. Brown surfaces. EF.

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