Auction: 4023 - English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals (incl. Railway Medals)
Lot: 531
Argentina, nineteenth century medals (10): first railway in Argentina; completion of the first 11 kilometres, Parque to Floresta, 1857, brass 27 x 37, with loop; inauguration of the Rosario to Cordoba railway, 1863, tin, 42 (M.453); Western Railway, completion of the section Buenos Aires to Chivilcoy, 1866, AE 59 (M.455); inauguration of the Chivilcoy railway, 1866, WM 21 (M.-); inauguration of the railway from Buenos Aires to Rosario, 1873, AE 27 (M.458); Western Railway, 25th anniversary of the line as far as Pergamino, 1882 (2), AR & AE 40 (M.460); inauguration of the Santiago del Estero Railway, 1884, AE 45 (M.462); inauguration of the Andean Railway, 1885, AE 50 (M.472); inauguration of the Andean Railway and exhibition, 1885, AE 40 (M.467), all very fine or better, the second piece pierced (10)
Sold for
£200