Summary
Australia Victoria
Champion Prize Medal c. 1900 (AD)
Mint: not recorded
Awarded to: Not issued
Other Details: Victorian Cyclists' Union Champion Prize medal, minted around 1900. The cycle racing craze of the 1890s saw the replacement of the penny-farthing as the racing cycle of choice by cycles of a more modern appearance. In 1891 the Exhibition Buildings constructed the colonies main cycle racing track where the entrance foyer of Museum Victoria now stands. The governing body of the sport was at that time the League of Victorian Wheelmen.
Obverse Description
. THE VICTORIAN CYCLISTS UNION ./CHAMPION around a man on a penny farthing bycycle
Reverse Description
Plain
Edge Description
Plain
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), George McArthur, 15 Mar 1976
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Date Issued
circa 1900 AD
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Issued By
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Organiser of Event
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Place & Date of Event
Exhibition Building, Rathdowne Street, Carlton, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1900
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Inscriptions
Plain (edge) . THE VICTORIAN CYCLISTS UNION ./CHAMPION around a man on a penny farthing bycycle (obverse) Plain (reverse)
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Series
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Material
Copper
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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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Exhibition Collection Management
39 mm (Outside Diameter)
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Shape
Round
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References
[Thesis] Lugton, Mary E. 1989. George McArthur of Maldon: his Life and his Book Collection.
[Catalogue] Morrison, Ian. 2003. The Baker of Maldon.
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