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Great Britain: Boer War: Queen Victoria Visit to Ireland

Great Britain: Boer War: Queen Victoria Visit to IrelandGreat Britain: Boer War: Queen Victoria Visit to Ireland
Form: Circular, holed at 12 o’clock
By: H.B. Sale, Birmingham
Date: 1900
Ref:  Laidlaw: 0989;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
32.6 mmWhite Metal13.0 gm$18

Edge: Plain.

Obverse: Within a reeded border, veiled and diademed bust of Queen Victoria, left. Legend: “VICTORIA, QUEEN AND EMPRESS”. Signed: "SALE BIRM" at the foot.

Reverse: 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)".

Notes: 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.