Medal - Victoria Diamond Jubilee, Cape Town

Location Cape of Good Hope (South Africa (pre-Union))
Year 1897
Type Personality medal
Composition Pewter
Weight 20.3 g
Diameter 39 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge Plain
Period
Notice
Reference(s) AM2#57 , W&E#3279A1 , Laidlaw#0276b
Obverse description Veiled diademed bust left
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering IN HER REIGN LITERATURE SCIENCE & ART FLOURISHED. THE COLONIES WERE UNITED. LEGISLATION FOR THE AMELIORATION OF THE PEOPLE WAS ENACTED
Reverse description Legend
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering VIVAT REGINA “HER COURT WAS PURE; HER LIFE SERENE, A THOUSAND CLAIMS TO REVERENCE CLOSED IN HER AS MOTHER WIFE AND QUEEN.” TENNYSON DIAMOND JUBILEE CAPE TOWN 1897. PRESENTED BY R.D.IRWIN
Mintage
Numisquare ID 5375533340
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