Golden Spike Centennial Celebration
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Big 2 1/2" Medal in original Box
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I always thought it was Promontory Point rather than Promontory Summit. I guess both names were used.
Very nice... too bad they did not plate the spike with gold...Cheers, RickO
This sits at Stanford University museum.
Here's another (there were four golden spikes)
There were four spikes that were "ceremonial" and one was 60% gold, one was a wooded spike made from a nearby laurel tree that was gold plated. The other two, I don't know.
bob
Struck by the Philadelphia Mint in several metal/size combinations. Not rare, but a cool design.
Cool medal. I visited Promontory Summit in 1990. They brought out two replica locomotives just like in 1869. It was way cool!
It was included in a lot of 6 tokens That I paid $15.00 for.
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Been there. A very cool place.
Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah
One of the 2019 commems should have been the 150th anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad. It fundamentally changed the country...
This is running in New Freedom, PA
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Very nice medal! And I really like the original box.