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Auction: 22180 - British and World Coins and Medals Featuring the 'Manx' Collection - e-Auction
Lot: 629

Christopher Columbus, 400th Anniversary of the Discovery of America, AE Columbian Exposition Medal, 1893, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BORN 1456 DIED 1506, draped bust, holding map, facing left, within wreath, rev. SOUVENIR WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, CHCAGO U. S. A. 1892-1893., view of the Exposition, 1492-1892 IV. CENTENNIAl in exergue in two lines, 50mm, 42.04g, with a most pleasing lustre and toning to the obverse, extremely fine; Christoper Columbus, 500th Anniversary of the Discovery of America, AE Restrike Medal, 1992, by L. Pogliaghi and A. Cappuccio, CRISTOFORO COLOMBO, draped bust left, within decorative border, with two figures either side, rev. winged figure above Native Americans, 59mm, 100.58g, with some toning spots otherwise lustrous, as struck (2)

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