Summary
Australia Victoria Frankston
Medal - Armstrong Shoe Mart, Frankston 1987 (AD)
Issue number 325 Type 109
Mint: Hafner
Other Details: 500 struck in gilding metal and given to customers who purchased shoes, $1 offered off further shoe purchase when returned.
Physical Description
A gilding metal medal (32 mm diameter) featuring a Victorian style button-up boot and the 1987 emu & kangaroo Advance Australia reverse.
Obverse Description
At centre on grassy base an emu standing facing right and a kangaroo standing facing left; above, ADVANCE AUSTRALIA in exergue 1987
Reverse Description
At centre within a line circle 24 mm diameter, a ladies Victorian period button-up style boot; around, ARMSTRONG BOOT & SHOE WAREHOUSE ESTAB. FOUR GENERATIONS; below boot the mint name, STOKES MELB.
Edge Description
Plain
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Ian Armstrong
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Date Issued
1987 AD
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Issued By
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Mint
Hafner (Mint), Eltham, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1987
500 struck in July 1987. -
Artist
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Inscriptions
Obverse: ADVANCE AUSTRALIA 1987 Reverse: ARMSTRONG BOOT & SHOE WAREHOUSE ESTAB. FOUR GENERATIONS STOKES MELB.
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Series
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Material
Gilding Metal
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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
2 mm (Depth), 32 mm (Outside Diameter), 14.56 g (Weight)
Not on a 1.7 mm flan as the catalogue lists
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Shape
Round
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References
Issue 325 Type 109
[Book] Carter, Mike & Armstrong, Ian. 2013. The Armstrong Tokens: The World's Largest Private Issue.
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