1909 Hudson-Fulton Celebration, Huge 4-inch Bronze Medal by Emil Fuchs

Description

1909 Hudson-Fulton Celebration Medal
By Emil Fuchs and struck by Whitehead-Hoag.
Bronze, 101.6 mm (4 inches)
356 grams (approx. 12 ½ oz.)
Only the barest touch of rub.
A few scattered minuscule spots, but far nicer than most we’ve seen.
Free of the usual dents, scratches and other misfortunes that these big,
heavy pieces are subject to.
Issued jointly by the Hudson-Fulton Commission and the American Numismatic Society to commemorate Robert Fulton’s first use of steam navigation on the Hudson River, as well as the 300th anniversary of the discovery of the river by Henry Hudson in 1609.
This example is engraved on the edge to
Jessie E. Luck
.  Miss Luck was a student at New York State Normal College (now the State University of New York at Albany) and a winner of the Hudson-Fulton Essay Contest.
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