Cape Colony: Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra: Dordrecht
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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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Vaughton, Birmingham (?) |
Date:
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1902 |
Ref:
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AM2: 83; BHM: 3847 (obverse); Laidlaw: 0862;
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Variations:
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Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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39.2 mm | Gilded White Metal | 17.8 gm | $20 |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Conjoined crowned and robed busts of the King and Queen, right. Below a branch of oak (left) and laurel (right) tied together. Signed in small letters above the knot: “V.B”. Legend underlined: CORONATION . EDWARD VII . ALEXANDRA”.
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Reverse:
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Across: “TO COMMEMORATE (in an arc) / THE / CORONATION OF / HIS MAJESTY / KING EDWARD VII / DORDRECHT / 1902 (in an arc)”.
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Notes:
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Dordrecht is situated in the Eastern Cape Province within the Stormberg Mountains, just north of Queenstown. Dordrecht was founded in 1856 and named after a city in the western Netherlands.
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