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Opening of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, 1842, a white metal medal published by S. Woolfield, viaduct in hilly landscape, trains steaming to left and right and a man fishing in the river below, rev. Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, 48mm (BHM 2069; Brodie 264; Moyaux 19; cf. Swan 147). Extremely fine, rare (£50-70)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Railway Medals.

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The 36-arched viaduct over the valley of the Almond was constructed by Robert Telford