SINCONA British Collection - Part 6
(British Gold and Silver Medals)
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Victoria, 1837-1901. Gold and Silver Medal 1897, Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Set of two medals in gold and silver. By G. W. de Saulles, after T. Brock and W. Wyon. Bust, crowned, veiled and draped. VICTORIA ANNVM REGNI SEXAGESIMVM FELICITER CLAVDIT XX IVN . MDCCCXCVII. Rv. Young head of the Queen dividing inscription LONGITVDO DIERVM IN DEXTERAEIVS ET IN SINISTRA GLORIA. Below, 1837 upon branch tied with ribbon. Plain edge. 55.7 mm (gold & silver). Eimer 1817a. BHM 3506. FDC / Mint State. Im Originaletui / In original box. (2)
Purchased from Spink Numismatic Circular, London, April 1999, lot 2242.
The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria was officially celebrated on 22 June 1897 to mark the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession on 20 June 1837. Queen Victoria was the first British monarch ever to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee.
Official Royal Mint issue with 3,725 specimens struck in gold, and 27,728 specimens struck in silver, both with a diameter of 55 mm.