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USA Hudson River's Discovery & Steam Power, by Henry Hudson & Robert Fulton 1909
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6881557
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Title
USA Hudson River's Discovery & Steam Power, by Henry Hudson & Robert Fulton 1909
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1909
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Obverse
Discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson A.D. MDCIX * Hudson-Fulton Celebration Comm. The American Numismatic Society * HALVE MAENE
Reverse
Robert Fulton / 1765-1815 / First use of steam in navigation on the Hudson River / 1807
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62 mm
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HALVE MAENE or Half Moon was Hudson's ship, which discovered both the "North" & "South" Rivers, later to be renamed as the Hudson & Delaware Rivers.