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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8223726, member: 20201&quot;]<font size="6"><b>1909 Hudson Fulton Celebration</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>32mm Medal</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>I picked up this little 32 mm medal by Emil Fuchs at a good price. It would have a thin red white and blue ribbon for wearing around the neck. They are often seen quite worn or corroded.</p><p>This souvenir from the celebration in 1909 is pretty nice.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444804[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1444803[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="7">________________________</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>1909 Hudson Fulton Celebration</b></font></p><p><b>Yonkers N.Y. Medal</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444805[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444806[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This very scarce medal was designed by E Fuchs. There are many examples of these medals bearing “The American Numismatic Society” on the border. Like the one above.</p><p><br /></p><p>This 32mm medal has “Yonkers NY” on the border instead, implying that it was perhaps produced in much smaller numbers for the portion of the celebration specific to Yonkers. I can&#039;t find another with Yonkers anywhere</p><p><a href="http://victoriansource.com/id24.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://victoriansource.com/id24.html" rel="nofollow">:</a><b><font size="7">_______________________</font></b></p><p><b><font size="7"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font size="6">1909 Hudson Fulton Celebration</font></b></p><p><b>2 Inch Aluminum Medal</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444807[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444808[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Another larger version.</p><p>The American Numismatic Society</p><p>Discovery Of Hudson River By Henry Hudson</p><p>First Use Of Steam In Navigation On The Hudson River, 1807, Robert Fulton</p><p>Aluminum 51mm or 2” diameter</p><p><br /></p><p>I am fairly sure there were even larger 4 inch medals and this size and those were also made in bronze and silver.</p><p>They are pretty expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some artwork <i>(as usual)</i></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444811[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444816[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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