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FRANCE. France - Scotland. Duo of John Boyd Dunlop Bronze Plaques (2 Pieces), 1928. Grade Range: ALMOST UNCIRCULATED to UNCIRCULATED.
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of his pneumatic tire patent. Both pieces: Obverse: Bust of Dunlop facing; to left, biplane, motorcycle, automobile, and bicycle; Reverse: Workers in a forest tapping rubber trees; in panel below, factory view between laurel branches.

1) Dimensions: 60mm x 51mm; Weight: 100.34 gms. Joos-565. UNCIRCULATED. Olive-brown surfaces, with some underlying brilliance.

2) Dimensions: 41mm x 35mm; Weight: 36.92 gms. cf. Joos-565 (module). ALMOST UNCIRCULATED Details: Light corrosion. Deep brown surfaces.

Great types featuring multiple modes of transportation. A Scottish inventor who spent most of his life in Ireland, John Boyd Dunlop became famous for his eponymous tire company-Dunlop. Though he patented the pneumatic tire for bicycles in 1888, he later found out that a patent had previously been awarded for the concept in 1847, coincidentally to another Scot-Robert William Thomson. Nevertheless, Dunlop's tires were well marketed and promoted, with the company emerging at a crucial point, growing along with the invention of the automobile and, shortly thereafter, aircraft. All of these forms of transportation are shown on this commemorative plaque, with the cultivation and collection of latex from rubber trees shown on the reverse.

Estimate: $100 - $200