Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

Completion of the Britannia Tubular Bridge over the Menai Strait, 1850, a copper medal by L.C. Wyon, bust of Robert Stephenson right, rev. view of the bridge with a train emerging past the lion guardians, 58mm (BHM 2402; Moyaux 36; Taylor 164a; E 1441). About extremely fine £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals of Bridges from the David Young Collection.

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Provenance: Bt July 2016