Medal - Victoria Golden Jubilee, Cape Town

Location Cape of Good Hope
Year 1887
Type Personality medal
Composition Pewter
Weight 15.7 g
Diameter 38.5 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge Plain
Period
Notice
Reference(s) AM2#36 , W&E#2177A1 , Laidlaw#0276a
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 VICTORIA JUBILEE CAPE TOWN 1887. PRESENTED BY J.W. IRWIN
Mintage
Numisquare ID 7979060130
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