Horses
USA - Delaware State Quarter


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Set Details
Coin Description: 100K 1982 CESKE BUDEJOVICE RAILWAY
Grade: PCGS MS 68
Owner: brg5658
 
Set Category: Thematic & Topical Coins
Set Name: Horses
Slot Name: USA - Delaware State Quarter
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Purchased on 1/17/2013. The railway built from Ceské Budejovice to Linz (Austria) was the first public railway in continental Europe, with a total length of 120 km. The first section (from Ceské Budejovice to Kerschbaum) opened on September 30, 1828, whereas the remainder of the route opened on August 1, 1832. What was unique about the railway was that the cars were horse-drawn, but rode on rail tracks to make the journey considerably smoother and quicker. This coin commemorates the 150th anniversary of the opening of the full Linz route, and it was minted in a quantity of 76,000 pieces. As grading goes, this is an extremely high graded example with almost no flaws or distractions. The main reason for the building of the railway from Linz to Ceské Budejovice was the transport of salt from Salzburg to Bohemia. The salt was transported from long ago on the Travna and Dunaj rivers to Linz, where it was transferred to teams of horses, to take it across the Šumava ridges to Ceské Budejovice and to the Vltava river. The idea of improving this transport by the building of a canal between the Dunaj and Vltava rivers already emerged in the Middle Ages, but only at the beginning of the 19th century did sufficient technical and economic conditions exist for the realisation of this project. This is the only example of this coin graded by either NGC or PCGS.

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