Great Britain: Boer War: Queen Victoria Visit to Ireland
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Form:
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Circular, holed at 12 o’clock
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By:
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H.B. Sale, Birmingham |
Date:
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1900 |
Ref:
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Laidlaw: 0989;
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Variations:
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Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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32.6 mm | White Metal | 13.0 gm | $18 |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Within a reeded border, veiled and diademed bust of Queen Victoria, left. Legend: “VICTORIA, QUEEN AND EMPRESS”. Signed: "SALE BIRM" at the foot.
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Reverse:
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Within a reeded border, across: "APRIL 1900 (in an arc) / (small Irish harp) / IN / COMMEMORATION / OF / HER MAJESTYS / VISIT / TO IRELAND / IN THE 63RD. YEAR / (shamrock ornaments) / OF HER GLORIOUS REIGN (in an arc)".
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Notes:
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Queen Victoria visited the city of Dublin in Ireland during the month of April 1900. There she paid tribute the the valour of Irishmen who were fighting in the Boer War. She was then 80 years old and died the following year.
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