Great Britain: King George V and Queen Mary Silver Jubilee / Windsor Castle |
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| Form: | Circular. Larger medal have matt finish and smaller medals bright | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| By: | Percy Metcalfe / Royal Mint, London (see note) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date: | 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ref: |
AM2: 224; BHM: 4249; Eimer: 2029; Fearon: 386.1; Laidlaw: 0341; |
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| Edge: |
Plain. |
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| Obverse: |
Conjoined crowned busts of the King and Queen; left, he robed. Signed: "PM" on right. Legend: VI.MAII.MCMX (left) MCMXXXV (right)'. |
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| Reverse: |
View of Windsor Castle, foliage below. Signed: "PM" on right. Legend: "STET FORTUNA DOMUS". |
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| Notes: |
The large silver medal issued inside a red case with a crown and: "1910-1935" in gilt on the outside of the lid; lined on the inside with white silk showing the arms of the Royal Mint and dark blue velvet. The smaller silver medal issued inside a red cardboard box with a crown and: "1910-1935" in gilt on the outside of the lid; blue inside. BHM records that the small bronze medal was struck for special issue to the Royal Seaman's Marine Orphanage. Small size silver medals were also struck at the Royal Mints in Calcutta, India, and Pretoria, South Africa. There medals can be distinguished by the small mint marks: "I" and "P" respectively located to the right of the rectangular space in the foliage at the the bottom of the reverse. The Pretoria medal is the third illustrated example. It was issued in a black cardboard box with the Royal Mint Pretoria monogram: "RMP" in gilt on the outside of the lid; beige on the inside. BHM gives the mintages: Large gold ... 99 Large silver ... 16,486 Small gold ... 247 Small silver ... 220, 754 Small bronze ... 447 Small silver (India) ... 26,300 Small silver (South Africa) ... 1,857 (AM2) |
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