Auction Catalogue

9 & 10 December 2003

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1360

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10 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£60

Opening of the Buenos Aires to Chivilcoy Railway, 1866, a bronze medal by Bordes Sr., figure of Argentina with tools of agriculture and industry stands before locomotive, rev. legend, 58mm (Moyaux 455; BDM VII, 69; B-W Bank 1985, 1334; cf. Swan 346; cf. BDW 7, 784). Extremely fine (£50-70)

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

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Provenance:
Bt Seaby October 1979.

Illustration reduced