1071047 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. American Numismatic Society. 1909 AR Medal. NGC MS65. By Emil Fuchs (Whitehead & Hoag, Newark). Edge: Incuse lettering, STERLING/ WHITEHEAD - HOAG. 51mm. DISCOVERY OF - HUDSON RIVER By - HENRY HUDSON - A.D. MDCIX// THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY// HUDSON-FULTON/ CELEBRATION COMM:// HALVE - MAENE. Henry Hudson on the deck of his ship, the halve Maene / FIRST USE OF STEAM IN NAVIGATION/ ON THE HUDSON RIVER/ 1807 (in exergue). Navigation, Commerce and History hold model of Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat, signed lower right, E FUCHS. ANS-23 (Silver); cf. Baxter 99, Marqusee 186, 187.

For the Hudson-Fulton Celebration. This medal was the 23rd official issue of the American Numismatic Society.

Housed in an oversized holder.


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