Medal - WA – Albany Museum: Lighthouse Optics Tourist Souvenir
Features
| Location |
Australia
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing company | Auscoinswest |
| Type | Souvenir medallions |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 10.5 g |
| Diameter | 29.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 562360 |
Commemorative issue
WAM
Series: Western Australia Tourist Coin
Obverse
A representation of the Eclipse Island navigation light lens
Script: Latin
Lettering:
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM ALBANY
ECLIPSE ISLAND OPTIC
Reverse
Logo of the Western Australian Museum
Script: Latin
Lettering:
WAM
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM
Edge
Plain
Comments
One of a series of Tourist Souvenir coins obtained from various tourist destinations across Western Australia.
Albany Museum is a regional branch of the Western Australian Museum.
Eclipse Island is in the Great Southern Ocean south of Albany.
The lighthouse was built in 1926 with a first order Fresnel lens and kerosene lantern fuel powering the light. The lens is shown on the medallion.
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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