Medal - Gateway Bridge Brisbane - Gilded Inauguration Medal
Features
| Location |
Australia
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Inauguration medals |
| Year | 1986 |
| Composition | Bronze (Gilded) |
| Weight | 68.7 g |
| Diameter | 50 mm |
| Thickness | 4 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 383205 |
| References | Carlisle# C. 1986/48 Leslie J. Carlisle, Bob Climpson; 2008. Australian Historical Medals 1788-1988. Self-published, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.John W. Cook; 2015. Medals of the Australian Numismatic Society 1913-2013: celebrating the Centenary of the Australian Numismatic Society. The Australian Numismatic Society, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
Commemorative issue
Gateway Bridge Brisbane Commissioning
Obverse
Depiction of the Gateway Bridge over the Brisbane River in inner circle, text around.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
GATEWAY BRIDGE BRISBANE
1.627 METRES OVERALL
MAIN SPAN 260 METRES LONG
62.5 METRES HIGH
AJP
COMMISIONED 11 JANUARY 1986
Reverse
An Emu, Palm Tree and Kangaroo in an inner circle, text around.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
MACDONALD WAGNER TRANSFIELD QLD
THE GATEWAY BRIDGE
COMPANY LIMITED
THE AUSTRALIAN
NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
BRISBANE BRANCH
AJP
Edge
Smooth, with a number between one and 2 877.
Script: Latin
Mint
| A.J.P. | A.J. Parkes, Australia |
Comments
Gilded version - Issued by the Brisbane branch of the Australian Numismatic Society to commemorate the commissioning of the Gateway Bridge over the lower reaches of the Brisbane river on 11/1/1986.
Issue Price $10.50
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1986 | 2 877 | Gilded | |||||||||||||
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