1858 New York Chamber of Commerce Atlantic Cable Completion Medal. Second Size. By Tiffany & Co. Copper. Mint State, PVC Residue.59 mm. <strong>Obv:</strong> Detailed view of American and British sailing ships stern to stern on the open ocean with support vessels on either side, laying cable from huge rollers, legends FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE / AND CITIZENS OF NEW YORK above, COMMEMORATIVE OF THE PART TAKEN / BY HIM, / IN LAYING THE FIRST / TELEGRAPHIC CABLE / BETWEEN / EUROPE AND AMERICA, IN AUGUST, A.D. 1858 below. <strong>Rev:</strong> Allegorical figures flanking a huge globe over which a cable is strung, bird above, tiny U.S. and British Arms flanking New York Chamber of Commerce emblem at base, marked TIFFANY & CO. N.Y. below.From the Dick Johnson Collection.
