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Medal - Victoria Diamond Jubilee, 'British Commerce', white metal
| Location | United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) |
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| Year | 1897 |
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| Weight | 43.8 g |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing bust of Queen Victoria, laureate and crowned, wearing robes and a veil, in high relief. The peripheral legend reads VICTORIA D:G: BRITT: REGINA F:D:IND:IMP and IN COMMEM: AN: REG: SEXAGESIM, with the date MDCCCXCVII in the lower exergue. |
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| Reverse description | Upper field depicts a steam liner under way on a choppy sea, with a lighthouse visible to the right. The lower field is divided from the upper by a horizontal line bearing the maker's name SPINK & SON to the left and LONDON to the right; below are two terrestrial globes flanking a central circular medallion inscribed BRITISH COMMERCE with a locomotive emerging from a tunnel at its centre, flanked by caducei and the dates 1857 and 1897. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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