Medal - Victoria Golden Jubilee, Cape Town

€434,940.00
LocationCape of Good Hope
Year1887
TypePersonality medals/Coronation and election medals
CompositionPewter
Weight15.7 g
Diameter38.5 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
EdgePlain
Period
Notice
Reference(s) AM2#36 , W&E#2177A1 , Laidlaw#0276a
Obverse descriptionVeiled diademed bust left
Obverse letteringIN HER REIGN LITERATURE SCIENCE & ART FLOURISHED. THE COLONIES WERE UNITED. LEGISLATION FOR THE AMELIORATION OF THE PEOPLE WAS ENACTED
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionLegend
Reverse letteringVIVAT REGINA “HER COURT WAS PURE; HER LIFE SERENE, A THOUSAND CLAIMS TO REVERENCE CLOSED IN HER AS MOTHER WIFE AND QUEEN.” TENNYSON VICTORIA JUBILEE CAPE TOWN 1887. PRESENTED BY J.W. IRWIN
Reverse scriptLatin
EngraverHeaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003)
Mintage1887  - -
Catalog ID7979060130
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