Commemorative medal for the inauguration of the Barcelona-Mataró railway line. Year 1848.

Contemporary age

Metal: Copper.
Issuing entity: Barcelona City Council.
Mint: Barcelona.
Date: Year 1848.
Obverse:
Act of blessing of the train and the first section of the line, with locomotive in the foreground, altar and bishops of Barcelona and Puerto Rico to the left in the background and captain general, civil governor and mayors and other civil and military authorities to the right. Legend: NIHIL IPSA VELOCIUS / YNAUGURATA DIE XXVIII OCTOBRIS ANNI MDCCCXLVIII. Designer's mark: LORENZALE D. Engraver's mark: JUBANY D.
Reverse:
Eight-line legend: OPTIMAE SOCIETATI / QUAE PRIMA IN HISPANIA / VIAM FERREAM AD YLLURUM USQUE DUCENTEM / SUMMO LABORE VIGILIIS SUMPTIBUSQUE / CONSTRUERE FECIT / BARCINONENSIS SENATUS / HOC CIVIUM LAUDIS ET GRATI ANIMI PIGNVS / D O C.
Weight: 74.55 g - Diameter: 54 mm - Axes: 12 h.
Described in: Borràs Costa, R., 1984: "Medalles commemoratives del Carril de Mataró", Acta Numismatica, 14, p. 280.
Published in:
Bayo Fuentes, S., Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2010: "Catálogo. Collections", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Coins. Todas las caras de la Historia. Colecciones numismáticas del MARQ, Alicante, p. 180.
Monetary Inventory Number: 7948.
Assignment. Julio Furgús Collection