Medal Giffard's Balloon
Features
| Location |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Event medals |
| Year | 1869 |
| Composition | Metal pozłacany plated pewter (stop cyny z ołowiem) |
| Weight | 39.1 g |
| Diameter | 51 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Technique | Frezowana |
| Number | N# 428058 |
| References | BHM# 2896 Laurence Brown. British Historical Medals. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (3 volumes). Christopher Eimer. British Commemorative Medals and their Values. London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). Daniel Fearon; 1984. Spink's Catalogue of British Commemorative Medals - 1558 To The Present Day: with valuations. Webb & Bower, Exeter, United Kingdom. Michael Joos; 2018. Medaillen, Plaketten, Abzeichen der Luftfahrt 1783 - 1945: Die Sammlung Joos = Medals, Plaques, and Badges of Aviation 1783–1945: The Joos Collection. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany. Evelyn Malpas; 1989. Lighter than Air: Two hundred years of ballooning in numismatics. British Art Medal Society, London, United Kingdom. |
Commemorative issue
Wzlot balonu Henri Giffarda
Obverse
(en) Balloon ascent
Reverse
Legenda
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
CAPTIVE ASCENTS
DIMENSIONS
OF THE BALLOON
DIAMETER 90.FT.
CUBE 300,000.FT.
HEIGHT OF ASCENTS 2,000.FT.
POWER OF ENGINE 200.H.P.
NUMBER OF PASSENGERS 30
LONDON
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Numista Rarity index: 100
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
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Leipziger Münzhandlung Auction 96 Lot 450 
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27 May 2021 | XF |
USD 94.25
(EUR 81.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Leipziger Münzhandlung und Auktion Manfred Höhn | |||||
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