Token - Exposition Universelle d'Anvers 1885

Token - Exposition Universelle d'Anvers 1885 - obverseToken - Exposition Universelle d'Anvers 1885 - reverse

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Features

Location Belgium
King Leopold II (1865-1909)
Type Souvenir medals › Event souvenir
Year 1885
Composition Bronze
Weight 10.15 g
Diameter 30.42 mm
Thickness 1.85 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
72838

Obverse

The entrance of the world exhibition surrounded by the legend, vintage in the exergue, grenetisAutomatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE D'ANVERS
1885

Translation: Antwerp Universal Exhibition

Engraver: Léopold Wiener

Reverse

The god of the Scheldt lying on his urn, in his right hand a horn of plenty, at his feet an anchor. In the background the citadel with two hands. In the exergue the name of the city in Flemish and the name of the engraver.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ANTWERPEN
LEOP. WIENER .

Engraver: Léopold Wiener

Edge

Smooth

Comments

The Exposition Internationale d'Anvers was a World's fair held in Antwerp, Belgium, between May 2 and November 2 in 1885. It covered 54.3 acres, attracted 3.5 million visits and broke even after spending 4 million Belgian francs. There were 25 official participating nations including: Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Kingdom of Romania, the United States and some South American states.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_universelle_de_1885

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1885 

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