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Medal - British Banknotes 10 Shillings Portrait
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Composition | Gold (.999) plated copper |
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| Obverse description | Britannia seated in high relief at centre, holding a spear in her right hand and wheat sheaves in her left, with a Union Jack shield beside her, all within an ornate oval cartouche surmounted by a mural crown and flanked by elaborate scrollwork. The series legend appears above the cartouche, beneath a rampant lion passant, while the Bayerisches Münzkontor mintmark appears at the bottom centre within a laurel wreath. |
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| Reverse description | The field depicts overlapping front and back reproductions of the Bank of England 10 Shillings Series C banknote in colour inset, set against a background engraving of the seated Britannia vignette with ornamental guilloché patterns. A decorative numeral '10' cartouche appears to the lower left, with the legend arching above and below in the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | THE 10 SHILLING BANKNOTE PORTRAIT SERIES C |
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