Location | United States |
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Type | Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token |
Year | 1941 |
Composition | Bronze |
Weight | 236.60 g |
Thickness | 4 mm |
Shape | Rectangular |
Demonetized | Yes |
Number | N# 128043 |
125th anniversary of Peter A. Frasse & Co. Inc.
Steam ship and multiple inscription.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
PETER A. FRASSE & CO.
INCORPORATED
ROBERT FULTON'S
"CLERMONT"
THE WORLD'S FIRST SUCCESSFUL // STEAM-PROPELLED VESSEL MADE HER // MAIDEN RUN FROM NEW YORK TO ALBANY // ON AUGUST 17, 1807.
133 FEET LONG, WITH A BEAM OF 13 // FEET AND A DRAFT OF 2 FEET, SHE WAS // POWERED BY A BOULTON AND WATT 24 // H. P. BELL CRANK ENGINE.
THE WORKING MODEL USED IN HER // ONSTRUCTION WAS BUILT IN THE SMALL // WATCH-REPAIR SHOP OF HENRI FREDERIC // FRASSE. WHO EXPANDED INTO THE // "MACHINIST SUPPLIES" BUSINESS IN // 1816. IN CONTINUOUS EXISTENCE SINCE // THEN, THE FIRM WAS RENAMED PETER A. // FRASSE & CO. IN 1849.
125TH ANNIVERSARY
1816 / FRASSE // MECHANICAL // STEELS / 1941
Blank.
Plain with inscription
Script: Latin
Lettering: WHITEHEAD-HOAG
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1941 |
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