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Token - Reading and Thinking Happiness of Mankind
| Location | Victoria
(Australian States) |
| Year | 1885-1897 |
| Type | Trade tokens/Business token |
| Composition | Gold plated brass (Gilt - washed) |
| Weight | 10.2 g |
| Diameter | 31 mm |
| Thickness | 2 mm |
| Shape | Round (Some pierced) |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Edge | Plain |
| Period | |
| Reference(s) | X#Dean D83 |
| Obverse description | Words above and below Rainbow |
| Obverse lettering | READING
AND
THINKING
BRING
WISDOM
(Rainbow)
FEDERATION OF THE
WORLD MEDALS
ISSUED BY
E.W. COLE
BOOK ARCADE MELBOURNE |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Reverse description | |
| Reverse lettering | THE
HAPPINESS OF
MANKIND, THE REAL
SALVATION OF THE WORLD
MUST COME ABOUT BY
EVERY PERSON IN EXISTENCE
BEING TAUGHT TO
READ
AND INDUCED TO
THINK |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | ND
(1885-1897) - R4 rarity - Pierced -
ND
(1885-1897) - R4 rarity - Plain -
|
| Catalog ID | 5094478270 |
| Comments | |
