Inauguration of the building of the Commercial Association of Rio de Janeiro
Inauguration of the building of the Commercial Association of Rio de Janeiro
€318,065.00
Location
Brazil
Year
1906
Type
Commemorative medals/Inauguration medal
Composition
Gold plated bronze
Weight
59.5 g
Diameter
50 mm
Thickness
3.5 mm
Shape
Round (Gilt bronze)
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Edge with striations, cornucopia mintmark and lettering `Bronze`. Lettering: Bronze Lettering: Bronze
Period
Republic of the United
States of Brazil (1889-1967)
Notice
Augusto Giorgio Girardet
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Guanabara Bay having, on the right, a female figure seated with her left arm supported on a wheel and, with her right hand, she offers flowers to Mercury. At the top, the emblem of the Trade Association, flanked by two cherubs wrapped in drapery: one cherub holds a trumpet and the other a light clasp. In exergo, the weapons of the city of Rio de Janeiro
Two-story building with human figures on top. In the upper arch, an inscription in three lines. Separated by a bar, a cog, an anchor, a caduceus and a cornucopia over a palm and oak branches. Below, the date.
Reverse lettering
Associação Comercial do Rio de Janeiro /
7-5-1880 / 7-9-1906 (Translation: Commercial Association of Rio de Janeiro / 7-5-1880 / 7-9-1906)
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
