King Oscar II and Queen Sophia's Coronation Medal Silver
Features
| Location |
Norway
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Oscar II (1872-1905)
|
| Type | Personality medals › Coronation and election medals |
| Year | 1873 |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 19 g |
| Diameter | 39 mm |
| Thickness | 3 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 552565 |
| References | Hildebrand# 50 Bror Emil Hildebrand; 1874. Sveriges och Svenska Konungahusets Minnespenningar Prakmynt och Belöningsmedaljer = Sweden's and the Swedish Royal House's Commemorative Coins Precious Coins and Reward Medals. Kongl. Vitterhets Historie och Antiquitets Akademiens Förlag, Stockholm, Sweden.Kjetil Kvist; 2001. Katalog over 17. mai-medaljer. Samlerforl., Oslo, Norway. , Hallberg# III-3 Harald Hallberg; 2012. Norske dekorasjoner
tildelt med bånd til å bæres på uniform eller sivilt antrekk. Dreyer bok. |
Obverse
Elaborate crowned double busts of King Oscar II and Queen Sophia facing right, surrounded by inscription.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
KONG OSCAR II DRONNING SOPHIE
G. LOOS D.
W. KULLRICH FEC.
Translation: King Oscar II, Queen Sophia.
Engraver: Friedrich Wilhelm Kullrich
Reverse
Inscription in seven lines, surorunded by a laurel wreath.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
TIL
MINDE OM
KRONINGEN
I THRONDHIEMS
DOMKIRKE
DEN 18 JULI
1873
Translation: In memory of the coronation in Trondheim cathedral the 18th of juli 1973.
Engraver: Friedrich Wilhelm Kullrich
Mint
Medallic Mint of Gottfried Bernhard Loos (G. Loos), Berlin, Germany (1812-1879)See also
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1873 | 500 | ||||||||||||||
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