Summary
Australia New South Wales
Earth Week Commemorative 1979 (AD)
Mint: not recorded
Other Details: Bronze medal commemorating Earth Week and the International Year of the Child, dated 1979. The obverse includes a coat of arms with lion and kangaroo supporters, a globe and a tree. The reverse features the logo for the International Year of the Child.
Physical Description
Within a wreath, at top a Coat of Arms with lion and kangaroo supporters; below, EARTH WEEK / COMMEMORATIVE / AWARD the last two words on top and bottom of oval globe the left side of which shows latitude and longditude lines, and the right a tree. In the centre logo for international year of the child, a parent bending over a child whose arms are lifted up within two olive branches; around, EARTH WEEK COMMEMORATION * INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD * below, 1979
Obverse Description
Within a wreath, at top a Coat of Arms with lion and kangaroo supporters; below, EARTH WEEK / COMMEMORATIVE / AWARD the last two words on top and bottom of oval globe the left side of which shows latitude and longditude lines, and the right a tree.
Reverse Description
In the centre logo for international year of the child, a parent bending over a child whose arms are lifted up within two olive branches; around, EARTH WEEK COMMEMORATION * INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD * below, 1979
Edge Description
Plain
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Metropolitan Coin Club of Sydney, 10 Nov 1980
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Date Issued
1979 AD
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Issued By
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Inscriptions
Plain (edge) EARTH WEEK/COMMEMORATIVE/AWARD Australian Coat of Arms above inscription, laurel wreath encloses inscription (obverse) EARTH WEEK COMMEMORATION/INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD/1979 In the centre logo for international year of the child (reverse)
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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
31 mm (Outside Diameter), 11.017 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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Keywords
Environmental Activism, International Year of the Child, 1979