Dollar - Nassau Water Works Brooklyn, NY

€123,139.00
LocationUnited States
Year1859
TypeCommemorative medals › Inauguration medals
CompositionBronze
Weight
Diameter33 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
Orientation
Edge
Period
Notice
Reference(s) HK#589a
Obverse descriptionNeptune seated, facing to left
Obverse letteringright hand working lever, left arm around pipe from which water gushes; below, on base, microscopic F.B.S. & H.; below, Commcd. July / 1856; above, around, Nassau Water Works
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionEdifice with tall smokestack; on edifice base
Reverse letteringmicroscopic F.B. Smith & Hartmann; above, around, Water Introduced in the City of Brooklyn / December 1858; below edifice, Celebrated April / 1859
Reverse scriptLatin
Engraver
Mintage1859  - R6 -
Catalog ID8150173880
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