Lot 2427

Sale 141 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals

USA, launching of the iron hulled steamship Great Eastern, 1859, bronze (31mm) by J.H. Merriam, New York, obv. view of ship sailing right, rev. legend "DESIGNED BY I.K.BRUNEL/LENGTH 692 FEET/BREADTH/83 FEET/DEPTH/58 FEET/23,000 TONS/BUILT BY SCOTT RUSSELL.", (Rulau NY 2051, BHM 2661). Some lustre, otherwise nearly uncirculated.