Summary
Australia Victoria Moorabin
City of Moorabbin 1985 (AD)
Mint: Brim
Other Details: A gold-plated medal issued by the City of Moorabbin to commemorate the sesquicentenary of Victoria in 1984-5. It features the City Shield incorporating vegetables, a rooster, a cow and a house, and the sesquicentenary logo. The City of Moorabbin was proclaimed in 1934 and was dissolved in 1994, becoming parts of the new cities of Glen Eira and Kingston.
Physical Description
A gold plated medal issued by the City of Moorabbin to commemorate the sesquicentenary of Victoria in 1984-5. It features the City Shield incorporating vegitables, a rooster, a cow and a house, and the sesquicentenary logo.
Obverse Description
Within a wide rim formed by a line circle, the City Shield incorporating vegetables, a rooster, a cow and a house; around, THE MAYOR COUNCILLORS & CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF MOORABBIN; around on broad rim, 50 YEARS A CITY 1934 - 1984
Reverse Description
Logo of the Victorian sesquicentenary; below, VICTORIA 150 / GROWING TOGETHER 1984-5 at rim in small letters the mint name, BRIM MELB
Edge Description
Plain
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Emil Hafner, 21 Jun 1985
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Date Issued
1985 AD
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Issued By
Moorabbin City Council, Moorabbin, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1985
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Commissioned By
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Inscriptions
(edge) plain (obverse) Within a wide rim formed by a line circle, the City Shield incorporating vegitables, a rooster, a cow and a house; around, THE MAYOR COUNCILLORS & CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF MOORABBIN; around on broad rim, 50 YEARS A CITY 1934 - 1984 (reverse) Logo of the Victorian esquicentenary; below, VICTORIA 150 / GROWING TOGETHER 1984-5 at rim in small letters the mint name, BRIM MELB
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Series
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Material
Gilt
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Axis
12
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Classification
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Type of item
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Dimensions
32 mm (Outside Diameter), 13.835 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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