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328 - SILVER – GREAT BRITAIN – QUEEN VICTORIA’S DIAMOND JUBILEE 18…
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Estimate €38
Description
SILVER – GREAT BRITAIN – QUEEN VICTORIA’S DIAMOND JUBILEE 1837 / 1897, official medal in 925 silver – 25.5 mm – 9.80 grams – SPL. "LONGIDO DIERVM IN DEXTERA EIVS EN SINISTRA GLORIA 1837", bust of the Queen as a young woman, profile to the left, hair in a bun. - Reverse: “VICTORIA ANNVM REGNI SEXAGESIMVM FELICITER CLAUDIT XX IVN MD CCC XCVII”, bust of the Queen as an “elderly woman”, in profile to the left, wearing a draped crown - Work of the engraver Georges William de Saulles after a design by Thomas Brock. (Limited mintage of 246,270 medals).
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