 1825 Erie Canal Completion Medal. White metal. 81.3 mm. 5.3 - 5.6 mm. thick. By Sir Edward Thomason. Gem Brilliant Proof. A lovely specimen of this very scarce medal and the finest the cataloguer has seen. Both sides are a pleasing, medium silver gray in color. The fields are brightly reflective and flashy and actually have some mirrorlike brilliance, remarkable on a large white metal medal like this. When found, these usually come Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated with surface marks. The obverse shows Pan greeting Neptune, symbolic of the opening of the agricultural interior to the commerce of the seas. The reverse are the arms of New York state superimposed upon a distant view of the canal.
Ex Wayte Raymond Estate.
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