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Medal - Sir Leonard Tilley

Medal - Sir Leonard Tilley - obverseMedal - Sir Leonard Tilley - reverse

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Features

Location Canada
Type Collection medallions
Year 1967
Composition Bronze (Antique)
Weight 69.28 g
Diameter 52 mm
Thickness 4.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled (high relief)
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
492130
References THO# 177
Brian Thomson; 2024. 1967 Canadian Centennial Medallions. Self-published.

Commemorative issue

Canada's Centennial

Series: Fathers of Confederation

Obverse

Portrait of Sir Leonard Tilley facing right, surrounded by the legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SIR LEONARD TILLEY
F.A.F B1
1818 - 1896

Reverse

Escutcheons (a shield bearing the coat of arms) of all ten provinces and two territories at the time of the Centennial, surrounding the central escutcheon of Canada and the legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ONTARIO
NOVA SCOTIA
NW TERRITORIES
SASKATCHEWAN
BRIT. COLUMBIA
ALBERTA
QUEBEC
NEWFOUNDLAND
MANITOBA
NEW BRUNSWICK
YUKON
P.E. ISLAND
CANADA
1867 - 1967

Edge

Plain with inscription

Script: Latin

Lettering: WELLINGS

Mint

Wellings Mint, Rexdale, Canada

Comments

There are six medals in the series, two of which have two types of reverses, and one with two types of obverse. There are two different compositions, either in antique bronze or .999 silver. For the medals with with different reverses, Type 1 features the escutcheon of Canada in the center and Type 2 features the Canadian Coat of Arms in the center. For the George Brown medal there are two obverses,  Type 1 with a portrait facing left and Type 2 with a portrait facing center right.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC References
ND (1967)  THO# 177
Brian Thomson; 2024. 1967 Canadian Centennial Medallions. Self-published.

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