1825 Large USA Erie Canal Completion Medal 81mm by Thomason in Pewter
Similar (not identical) design to HK-1, but much larger. Obverse Pan with cornucopia and Neptune with trident in center, lighthouse and sea, legend around UNION OF ERIE WITH THE ATLANTIC, reverse New York state coat of arms, section of canal, sailing ship and view of city in distance, EXCELSIOR on scroll, legend around ERIE CANAL COMMENCED 4 JULY 1817 26 OCTBr. 1825., microscopic THOMASON at lower rim.
Struck in England by Sir Edward Thomason