Medal - Pacific Railroad Completion
Features
| Location |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Inauguration medals |
| Year | 1869 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 49.9 g |
| Diameter | 45.3 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Number | N# 122113 |
| References | MedalsUS# 623 Kenneth M. Failor, Eleonora Hayden; 1972. Medals of the United States Mint: Issued for Public Sale. Government Printing Office, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Robert W. Julian, Norris Neil Harris (ed.); 1977. Medals of the United States Mint: The First Century 1792-1892. Token and Medal Society, El Cajon, California, United States. Harold E. Hibler, Charles V. Kappen; 2008. So-Called Dollars: an Illustrated Standard Catalog with Valuations (2nd Edition). Coin & Currency Institute, Clifton, New Jersey, United States. |
Commemorative issue
Pacific Railroad Completion
Obverse
Naked profile bust of President U. S. Grant facing right
Script: Latin
Lettering: Presidency of U. S. Grant The oceans united / by railway / May 10, 1869.
Reverse
Landscape scene with mountains in background and train proceeding right
Script: Latin
Lettering: Every mountain shall be made low; below scene, at l. microscopic W. Barber, F.; below Medal series of the / U. S. Mint., small J. Pollock director
Engraver: William Barber
Mint
United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)Comments
1869 Pacific Railroad Completion, HK-12, Julian-CM-39. Bronzed copper, 45.3 mm, 49.9 gm. Engraved by William Barber. Obverse bust right, PRESIDENCY OF U.S. GRANT around, THE OCEANS UNITED BY RAILWAY / MAY 10, 1869 in exergue beneath. Reverse EVERY MOUNTAIN SHALL BE MADE LOW on scroll above, mountain-railroad scene in center with train heading eastward, W BARBER F beneath in small letters, MEDAL SETS OF THE U.S. MINT. In small letters beneath, J POLLOCK DIRECTOR.
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1869 | 496 | ||||||||||||||
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