Medal - Medallic History of Canada The Klondike Gold Rush
Medal - Medallic History of Canada The Klondike Gold Rush
€429,270.00
Location
Canada
Year
Type
Medals/Commemorative
medals
Composition
Bronze
Weight
34 g
Diameter
44 mm
Thickness
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Plain with text Lettering: FRANKLIN BRONZE, Wellings Mint Mark, 73, P
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Obverse lettering
THE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH
1898
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Reverse lettering
Thousands of adventurers
rushed to the Yukon when gold
was first discovered in the Klondike,
on Aug 17, 1896. Two years later in 1898
the Yukon became a separate district from
the Northwest Territories.
Des milliers d`aventuriers gagnent le Yukon
après la première découverte d`or au
Klondike, le 17 août 1896. Le Yukon
devient un district séparé des Ter-
ritoires du Nord-Ouest en 1898.
(Wellings Mint Mark)
