Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1830, a white metal medal by T. Halliday, head of George Stephenson left, rev. viaduct with engine and two tenders pulling six carriages, one carrying passengers, 45mm (BHM 1459; E 1224; Moyaux 3; cf. Swan 42-3). Several surface marks in reverse field, about extremely fine, scarce (£50-70)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Railway Medals.

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George Stephenson was surveyor and later engineer for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The reverse depicts the bridge at Newton