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Award - Victoria International Electric Exhibition
| Location | Scotland (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) |
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| Year | 1890 |
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| Reference(s) | BHM#3401 |
| Obverse description | Minerva seated facing left, wearing a crested helmet and classical drapery, holding an olive branch in her outstretched right hand and resting her left hand on a wheel. The background features a detailed industrial panorama including exhibition buildings and a large iron bridge (the Forth Bridge) in low relief. An engraver's signature appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a winged hourglass or electrical coil flanked by spread wings, set against a rectangular magnet emitting radiating lines of force with lightning-bolt arrows indicating magnetic flux. Below the central device is a rectangular tablet bearing the Greek legend ΔΥΝΑΜΑΙ. The circular border legend reads INTERNATIONAL ELECTRIC EXHIBITION EDINBURGH with the date 1890 at the base, separated by two pellets. |
| Reverse script | Latin/Greek |
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