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Medal - Opening of the western portion of the Gota Canal
| Location | Sweden |
| Year | 1822 |
| Type | Commemorative medals/Inauguration medal |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | |
| Diameter | 50 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Edge | |
| Period | |
| Notice | Heinrich Gube |
| Reference(s) | Hild#KXIV 32, BDM II#333 |
| Obverse description | Head right |
| Obverse lettering | CARL XIV IOHAN SVERIGES NORRIGES
GÖTHES OCH WENDES KONUNG
G. LOOS DIR. H: GUBE FEC. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Reverse description | Two seated giants cross arms above an old ship sailing out of a channel. In the background an huge gate between rocks with ship mast behind |
| Reverse lettering | FÖRENADE
ÅR 1822 DEN 23 och 24
SEPTEMBER |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Engraver | Medallic Mint of Gottfried Bernhard Loos (G. Loos), Berlin, Germany (1812-1879) |
| Mintage | 1822 - -
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| Catalog ID | 5244495680 |
| Comments | |
