An impression of the Earth illustrating both the North and the South Poles with the ships Victory (upon which they sailed on the expedition which led to the discovery of the Magnetic North Pole) and Erebus (which James Ross sailed upon on his Antarctic Expedition.)
Reverse script
Latin
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1777 - JOHN ROSS - 1856 ARCTIC 1800 -
JAMES CLARK ROSS - 1862
VICTORY
EREBUS
1
CROWN
ANTARCTIC
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Reeded
Mint
(PM) Pobjoy Mint, Surrey, United Kingdom (1965-2023)