Great Britain: Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee / Three Generations of Heirs to the Throne |
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| Form: | Circular | ||||||||
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| By: | Frank Bowcher / Spink & Son | ||||||||
| Date: | 1897 | ||||||||
| Ref: |
AM2: 47 (white metal); BHM: 3529; Eimer: 1820; Laidlaw: 0919; |
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| Edge: |
Plain. |
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| Obverse: |
Bust of Queen Victoria, crowned (small), veiled and laureate, left. Signed below the truncation: “F. BOWCHER. F”. On the left across: “TO / COMMEM / -ORATE / THE 60TH YEAR” and on the right: “OF HER / MAJESTY’S / REIGN”. Legend outside semicircular lines above: “VICTORIA” and below: “QUEEN . AND . EMPRESS”. |
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| Reverse: |
Within a background of foliage and ribbons, four cameo portraits in upright oval frames with laurel wreath above tied at the top and named on scroll below" Top: Bust of Queen Victoria, crowned and draped, front. "1837 1897 H.I.M. QUEE[N] (star) VICTORIA" Left: Bareheaded bust of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), front. "H.R.H. PRI[NCE] (plumes) OF WALES. Right: Bareheaded bust of the Duke of York (later King George V), front. "H.R.H. DUKE (flower) OF YORK". Bottom. Infant Prince Edward (later King Edward VIII), front. "H.R.H. PR[INCE] (flower) EDWARD". On a cartouche in the centre: "JUBILATE / BRITANNI". Signed: "SPINK (below Prince of Wales) LONDON (below Duke of York). Legend above: "MAY . GOD . PRESERVE . OUR . QUEEN" and below: "AND . THE . HEIRS . TO . THE . THRONE". Registration number: "RD. 285996" on the left round the rim. |
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