Auction Ended: Tuesday - October 22nd, 2019 at 10:00 PM EDT Catalog Lot 116
Auction Local Time: Feb 24, 2020 07:37:02 EST
1909 Hudson Fulton Celebration Silver Colored Medal with loop (appears to be original) added to the top. Obverse: 3 women sitting in front of 2 columns with "Robert Fulton 1765 1815" image between them and on the left of the column is old New York Skyline and on the right is the modern (1909) New York Skyline. Below the woman is "First Use of Steam in Navigation on the Hudson River 1807". Reverse: Center shows three shipmates working the rigging of a sail boat with "Discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson A.D. MDCIX" written around the edge. Around the bottom edge is "The American Numismatic Society", "Hudson-Fulton Celebration Comm". At the bottom is a sail boat with "Halve" and "Maene" on either side. Size: Without loop is 1 1/4" diameter. Condition: Fine, there is wear and a little tarnish.
