Summary
Australia New South Wales Sydney
Prize medal 1937 (AD)
Mint: Stokes
Other Details: This medal was struck to relpace medals featuring the head of Edward VIII who abdicated before his coronation in 1937. The detailed name and date of birth of the new King were intended to celebrate the Coronation.
Physical Description
An unissued bronze prize medal (54 mm diameter) featuring a head of George VI, crowned, facing left together with plaque on which details of his name and date of birth were engraved. The reverse features a standard rural image with animals, fruits and grains a tractor and the rising sun together with a plaque on which a winners name would have been engraved.
Obverse Description
Bust of George VI crowned facing left; around above, HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE VI.; below, scroll engraved, ALBERT FREDERICK ARTHUR GEORGE / BORN DEC. 14TH 1895 in small letters below bust, STOKES. MELB
Reverse Description
Rural image with animals, fruits and grains, a tractor and the rising sun together with a plaque on which a winners name would have been engraved; around, ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES; below, SYDNEY
Edge Description
Plain
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 15 Mar 1976
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Date Issued
1937 AD
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Issued By
Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales, Sydney, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1937
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Mint
Stokes (Mint), Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1937
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Person Depicted
HM George VI, Sydney, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1937
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Inscriptions
Obverse: HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE VI. STOKES. MELB ALBERT FREDERICK ARTHUR GEORGE BORN DEC. 14TH 1895 Reverse: ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES SYDNEY
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Series
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Material
Bronze
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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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Dimensions
54 mm (Outside Diameter), 91.17 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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Keywords
Agricultural Shows, Agriculture, Celebrations, King George VI Coronation, 1936, Royal Coronations