Summary
Australia Victoria Bendigo
Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition Bendigo Gold Prize Medal, 1901 - 1902 (AD)
Mint: not recorded
Gold prize medal of the 1901-02 Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition, awarded to Robert Harper & Co. It shows a miner panning for gold. The miner's shirt is red enamel.
Physical Description
A gold prize medal (25 mm diameter) which features a gold miner panning for gold, with shirt highlighted in red enamel. The medal is 15 carat and has been gilded.
Obverse Description
At centre gold miner panning for gold facing left, with shirt highlighted in red enamel; around, VICTORIAN GOLD JUBILEE EXHIBITION 1901-2 below figure, BENDIGO
Reverse Description
Within an olive wreath, AWARDED / TO / Robert / Harper / & Co., below wreath, 15C
Edge Description
Plain
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Purchase from Spink (Australia), 31 May 1990
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Date Issued
1901-1902 AD
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Awarded To
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Issued By
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Inscriptions
Around edge "VICTORIAN GOLD JUBILEE EXHIBITION"; "BENDIGO / 1901-2" (obverse) "AWARDED / TO / Robert / Harper / & Co." "15C" (reverse)
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Series
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Material
Gold and Enamel
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Axis
12
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Object Dimensions
25.5 mm (Width), 2 mm (Depth), 25.5 mm (Outside Diameter), 9.37 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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