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Dollar - Pacific Railroad Completion
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1869 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | High-relief truncated bust of President Ulysses S. Grant facing right, bearded, with flowing hair. The legend arcs around the upper field reading PRESIDENCY OF U.S. GRANT, separated from the lower portion of the field by a horizontal line, below which three lines of inscription appear in the exergue. |
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| Obverse lettering | PRESIDENCY OF U. S. GRANT. / THE OCEANS UNITED BY RAILWAY / MAY 10, 1869. |
| Reverse description | A detailed landscape scene in low relief depicts a steam locomotive with carriages travelling right through a mountainous terrain, with rocky formations to the left and vegetation in the foreground. Above the scene, a ribbon scroll bears the legend EVERY MOUNTAIN SHALL BE MADE LOW. Below the scene, the engraver's signature W. BARBER F. appears at left, and a two-line inscription in the exergue identifies the issuing authority. |
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