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Tiffany & Co. Bronze Newport to Sandy Hook Medal (114058)

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Tiffany & Co. Bronze Newport to Sandy Hook Medal  (114058)
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300.00USD+ (75.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2020 Feb 16 @ 15:07UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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This is most likely a New York Yacht Club racing medal for the Newport Lightship to Sandy Hook lightship and back Ocean Challenge, The date is uncertain. The obverse design is taken from the Longfellow poem, The Wreck of the Hesperus. We could find no records on this medal. The race took place at least as early as the 1860's, well into the modern era. Numerous newspaper articles are found for the 1870's period, likely when this medal was made. Unc.. 57.24mm. Bronze. Tiffany & Co. on the obverse below the feet of the sailors..

Provenance: John Reynolds Collection
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State: New York
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