Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Medal - History of the United States East and West Joined by Railroad
| Location | United States |
|---|---|
| Year | 1966-1977 |
| Type | Collection medallion |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Period | Log in to see details |
| Notice | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | The obverse depicts a high-relief scenic composition commemorating the completion of the first transcontinental railroad, showing a crowd of figures gathered alongside a steam locomotive at Promontory Point, Utah. The surrounding legend reads THE EAST AND WEST JOINED BY RAILROAD along the upper border, with the date MAY 10, 1869 in the lower exergue, separated by five-pointed stars. The engraver's initials EL appear in the field. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | THE EAST AND WEST JOINED BY RAILROAD EL MAY 10, 1869 |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | 1869 MAR. 4 – U.S. Grant inaugurated as President; MAY 10 – First transcontinental railroad in the United States completed at Promontory Point, Utah; SEP. 24 – "Black Friday" panic hits Wall Street; DEC. 9 – The Knights of Labor formed in Philadelphia. FM |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |