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Medal - Medallic History of Canada Alexander Graham Bell Invention of the Telephone
| Location | Canada |
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| Year | 1876 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Full-length effigy of Alexander Graham Bell standing facing, bearded, wearing a frock coat, with telegraph poles in the background to the left and a lattice tower to the right. The legend ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL curves along the upper rim, and the date 1876 appears within a Canadian maple leaf emblem at the base of the design. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse field carries a bilingual commemorative inscription in English and French set in multiple lines across the centre, describing Bell's invention of the telephone in 1876. The border is decorated with an alternating pattern of small maple leaf and rectangular ornaments encircling the entire field, with a small mint mark at the bottom. |
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