Two gold and champlevé enamel commemorative railway jetons, St Petersburg, period of Alexander II, circa 1870

Lot 72
09.06.2021 14:00UTC +00:00
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£ 5 000
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Lot 72 | Two gold and champlevé enamel commemorative railway jetons, St Petersburg, period of Alexander II, circa 1870
Valeur estimée
£ 5 000 – 7 000
Two gold and champlevé enamel commemorative railway jetons, St Petersburg, period of Alexander II, circa 1870



One of round shape, surmounted by a crown with one side depicting coat of arms and the other side with the dates 1869-1870, for the opening of the railway line Kharkov-Kremenchuk, the other jeton of lozenge shape with one side depicting crowned Alexander II cypher, and the other with dates 1866-1869, with inscriptions for the Odessa-Kremenchuk and Kishinev-Tiraspol railway routes, both attached to a period fob chain, struck to loops throughout, maker's mark indistinct, 56 standard

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round jeton: height 3.1cm, 1 1/4 in.

lozenge-shaped jeton: 3.7cm, 1 1/2 in.
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