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Auction: 4023 - English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals (incl. Railway Medals)
Lot: 450

Great Britain, base metal medals (11), opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1830, WM 48 (BHM. 1458) (2); similar, but with head of George Stephenson, WM 46 (BHM. 1459), pierced; Centenary of the birth of George Stephenson, 1881 (3), WM 45 (BHM. 3096; 3097), plus a WM 30 mm piece, bust of Stephenson left above wreath, rev. Locomotion No. 1 GEORGE STEPHENSON'S CENTENARY *JUNE 9 1881* (BHM. -) ; 50th anniversary of the railway through Crewe, 1887, AE 39 (BHM. 3340); centenary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 1925 (3), AE 44 (BHM. 4205); WM 39, bust of Stephenson within wreath, rev. train emerging from tunnel (BHM. -, vide Swan cat. 50), pierced; WM 33, presented by W. E. Pease, Mayor (vide Swan cat. 50); Canterbury and Whitstable Railway opened May 1830, view of 'Invicta 150', 20th cent striking, all fine to extremely fine (11)

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