SOCIEDAD RURAL ARGENTINA - Primer premio - BUENOS AIRES - 1890

€418,571.00
LocationArgentina
Year1890
TypeAward medals/Industrial or agricultural award
CompositionCopper
Weight206 g
Diameter80 mm
Thickness7 mm
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Edge
PeriodFederal Republic (1861-date)
Notice
Reference(s) MoViArg#VRXE
Obverse descriptionAllegorical figure of Livestock and Agriculture, seated and supported by the national coat of arms in a large cartouche. In the background, a ram, a sheaf of ears of corn, the arms of a mancera plough and a beehive of bees. At the bottom, the legend: I er PREMIO / On the perimeter: II EXPOSICION INTERNACIONAL DE GANADERIA Y AGRICULTURA BUENOS AIRES / both concepts separated by two five-pointed stars.
Obverse letteringII EXPOSICION INTERNACIONAL DE GANADERIA Y AGRICULTURA BUENOS AIRES TALLER NACIONAL DE GRABADOS IṞ PREMIO
(Translation: Second international exhibition of livestock and agriculture Buenos Aires National workshop of engravings First prize)
Obverse script
Reverse descriptionCountry scene of a farmer ploughing the land with a mancera plough attached to a team of horses, and two pairs of cattle and sheep. In the background, trees, threshing machine, windmill and factory. Legend on the perimeter: SOCIEDAD RURAL ARGENTINA MDCCCXC / and two eight-petal rosettes.
Reverse letteringSOCIEDAD RURAL ARGENTINA MDCCCXC
(Translation: Argentine rural society)
Reverse script
Engraver
Mintage1890  - -
Catalog ID7687328580
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