Medal - Inauguration of the port of Bilbao

Features

Location	Spain
Type	Commemorative medals › Inauguration medals
Year	1902
Composition	Silver (.800)
Weight	61.35 g
Diameter	50 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Number	N# 578300
References	Gimeno# 50 Javier Gimeno; 2001. La Medalla Modernista. Antoni Lopez Lluch & Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.

Commemorative issue

Inauguration of the port of Bilbao

Obverse

The worker lays the stone, assisted by Science and Wealth, behind Neptune.

Script: Latin

Lettering: M. BLAY

Unabridged legend: Miguel Blay.

Engraver: Miguel Blay y Fábrega

Reverse

In front of a breakwater battered by the sea, a galleon that is leaving and a steamer that is arriving.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
COLOCACION DE LA
ULTIMA PIEDRA
DE LAS OBRAS DEL
PUERTO DE BILBAO
800

Unabridged legend: Plata 800.

Translation: Laying of the last stone of works of the port of Bilbao. Silver (.800).

Engraver: Miguel Blay y Fábrega

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (1902)

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Actual silver weight: 1.578 oz

Current silver price: 73.97 USD/oz (see silver price

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