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Great Britain: Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee / Standing Female with Shields

Great Britain: Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee / Standing Female with ShieldsGreat Britain: Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee / Standing Female with Shields
Form: Circular holed for a ring to a second for a red-white-blue ribbon with stick-pin suspension bar surmounted by crown with four shields for England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
By: Frank Bowcher / Spink & Son
Date: 1897
Ref:  BHM: 3522; Laidlaw: 0984;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
38.2 mmGilded white metal17.4 gm (with ribbon)$20

Edge: Plain

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”.

Reverse: Female standing, front, arms outstretched holding two arrow-shaped shields with wreaths. Left shield: "1837", right shield: 1897". Legend above: GOD BLESS OUR QUEEN". In the exergue, Royal coat of arms with garland of rose, shamrock and thistle left and right. Signed at the foot, left: "SPINK.LONDON", and registration number, right: "RD.285997".

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