Lot 4035
Sale 88 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes, Dr John Chapman Collection
Description
Argentina, 1888, Inauguration of the Trabajos Railway from Talga to Constitucion (30mm) silver, obverse, steam train, legend around, reverse, wreath and inscription for 'dedication ball', suspension ring at top; 1889, Inauguration Official medal for Transandino Railway via Vaspallata (26mm) bronze, obverse, steam train, mountains in background, reverse, inscription in 6-lines (cf. Moyaux 654); 1904, Inauguration of Trabajos Railway to Serrezuela, Province of San Juan (28mm) silver, obverse, steam train, legend around, reverse, Argentine shield, legend around. First medal has rim damage at 8 o'clock otherwise very fine and the other two are uncirculated. (3)
- Estimate
- $100
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $60