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Auction: 4023 - English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals (incl. Railway Medals)
Lot: 507

Russia, St. Petersburg to Pavlosk Railway, 1837, AE 60, by A. F. König and A. L Held, Russia standing between Peter 'The Great' and Nicholas I, rev. steam engine right (M.383; Swan cat. 335), inked number in reverse field, otherwise about extremely fine Although inaugurated in 1836, the line was not in use until 1837, due to the lack of traction on the wheels which had to be corrected

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