Lot 1538

Sale 143 · Upcoming Sale 143 Important Coins, Medals & Banknotes

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.