Great Britain: Queen Victoria / In Memoriam
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Form:
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Circular, holed at 12 o’clock for a ring
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By:
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Obverse after L.C. Wyon |
Date:
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1901 |
Ref:
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Laidlaw: 1010;
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Variations:
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Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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32.3 mm | White Metal | 10.2 gm | |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Veiled and diademed head of Queen Victoria, left. Legend: “VICTORIA, QUEEN AND EMPRESS” with a garland of roses, thistles and shamrocks at the foot.
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Reverse:
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Within an inner bearded border, across: "OUR LATE / SOVEREIGN LADY / QUEEN VICTORIA / OF BLESSED AND / GLORIOUS MEMORY / (line) / BORN / MAY 24 1819 / DIED / JAN 22 1901". Legend, outside beaded border, above: "IN MEMORIAM" and encircling below a repeated sequence rose-shamrock-thistle, starting with rose at the foot..
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Notes:
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Made for issue in the Cape Colony.
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