Medal - Victoria Regina Sydney Branch Royal Mint

Features

Location	British colonies (Australia)
Queen	Victoria (1837-1901)
Type	Commemorative medals › Inauguration medals
Year	1901
Composition	Bronze
Weight	40.7 g
Diameter	41 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 450244
References	Carlisle# V/7 Leslie J. Carlisle, Bob Climpson; 2008. Australian Historical Medals 1788-1988. Self-published, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. , BHM# 2574 Laurence Brown. British Historical Medals. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (3 volumes). , Eimer# 1502 Christopher Eimer. British Commemorative Medals and their Values. London, United Kingdom (2 volumes).

Commemorative issue

Opening of the Sydney Branch of the Royal Mint

Obverse

Diademed veiled bust left

Script: Latin

Lettering: VICTORIA REGINA

Engraver: Leonard Charles Wyon

Reverse

Royal Arms

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SYDNEY BRANCH OF THE ROYAL MINT
ESTABLISHED 1855

Engraver: Leonard Charles Wyon

Mint

Royal Mint, Sydney, Australia (1855-1926)

Comments

Museums Victoria: Medal issued in 1901 to publicize the Sydney Branch of the Royal Mint, established in 1855. The Mint did not have the ability to prepare dies from artwork, obtaining its coinage dies directly from London. The Mint's ability to even harden engraved dies was questionable.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1901)

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