Description

Victoria, 1837-1901. Silver Medal 1837, 74.87 g. Victoria, Visit to the City of London. For the Corporation of the City of London. By W. Wyon. Bust, diademed. VICTORIA REGINA. Rv. Façade of Guildhall. In exergue: IN HONOUR OF HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE CORPORATION OF LONDON 9TH NOV : 1837. Plain edge. 54.9 mm. Eimer 1304. BHM 1775. Vorzüglich-FDC / About Uncirculated. Im Etui / In box. Mattiert / Matte finish.

Purchased from Spink Numismatic Circular, London, March 1999, lot 424.

Victoria (24 May 1819 - 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901.

Her reign of 63 years and 216 days - which was longer than those of any of her predecessors - constituted the Victorian era. It was a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. In 1876, the British parliament voted to grant her the additional title of Empress of India.