Inauguration of the railway Barcelona-Mataró

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Artists / Makers / Authorities: 
Miquel Jubany
engraver
Claudi Lorenzale
designer
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Medals

1848

Former Collections of the Numismatic Cabinet of Catalonia

Inventory number: 

051808-N

Century: 19th
Subject: Genre and society
YNAUGURATA DIE XXVIII OCTOBRIS / ANNI MDCCCXLVIII
Train running on the right. Under a road with a canopy the bishops of Barcelona and Puerto Rico, the captain general, the civil governor, the mayors and otherscivilian and military authorities. In the background, a crowd of people. Above: NIHIL IPSA SPEED. Below: the signatures Lorenzale D. - Jubany G.
OPTIMAE SOCIETATI / QUAE PRIMA IN HISPÀNIA / VIAM FERREAM AD YLLURO USQUE DUCENTEN /SUMMO LABORE VIGILIIS SUMPTIBUSQUE / CONSTRUERE FECIT / BARCINONENSIS SENATUS / HOC CIVIUM LAUDIS ET GRATI PIGNUS. / D.O.C.
The registration.
Bronze
53 mm
73,09 g