IN HER
REIGN LITERATURE SCIENCE & ART FLOURISHED. THE COLONIES WERE
UNITED. LEGISLATION FOR THE AMELIORATION OF THE PEOPLE WAS
ENACTED
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VIVAT REGINA
“HER COURT WAS PURE; HER LIFE SERENE,
A THOUSAND CLAIMS TO REVERENCE CLOSED
IN HER AS MOTHER WIFE AND QUEEN.”
TENNYSON
DIAMOND JUBILEE
CAPE TOWN 1897.
PRESENTED BY
R.D.IRWIN
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Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003)
