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Medal - Millennium Collection - Edmund Hillary
| Location | New Zealand |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Weight | 8.12 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a portrait bust of Sir Edmund Hillary in the right field, with a relief scene of three mountaineers in full climbing gear to the left, evoking the 1953 Everest expedition. The surrounding legend reads 'SIR EDMUND HILLARY - CONQUERED MT. EVEREST' with the date '1953' prominently displayed in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse lettering | SIR EDMUND HILLARY-CONQUERED MT. EVEREST 1953 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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