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USA (struck in New Jersey by Whitehead-Hoag), large bronze medal, Panama Canal celebration, dated 19

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USA (struck in New Jersey by Whitehead-Hoag), large bronze medal, Panama Canal celebration, dated 19
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USA (struck in New Jersey by Whitehead-Hoag), large bronze medal, Panama Canal celebration, dated 1913, Alabama Senator John Tyler Morgan, NGC MS 61 Brown. 51 mm Obverse with JOHN TYLER MORGAN US SENATOR FROM ALABAMA above his bust; reverse with PANAMA CANAL OPENING CELEBRATION / MOBILE, OCT. 27-29, 1913 around map of the southeastern US, Mexico, and Central America with a route leading from Alabama through the canal and into Pacific Ocean, laurel branch and panel reading ALABAMA DID IT nearby; lettered edge with WHITEHEAD HOAG. Very rare medal promoting the importance of Alabama and its Senator's work in the development of an Atlantic-Pacific canal (though Morgan suggested it be made in Nicaragua). NGC #4441529-002.