Medal - Dominion of Canada

Medal - Dominion of Canada - obverseMedal - Dominion of Canada - reverse

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Features

Location Canada
Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
Type Award medals › Miscellaneous award
Years 1876-1883
Composition Silver
Weight 38.4 g
Diameter 41.15 mm
Thickness 3.95 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
333064
References Leroux# 1460
C. O. Beauchemin & Fils, Libraires-Imprimeurs (publisher); 1888. Le Médaillier du Canada = The Canadian Coin Cabinet (1st Edition). C. O. Beauchemin & Fils, Libraires-Imprimeurs, Montreal.

Commemorative issue

The Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876

Obverse

Legend & Angel (with trumpet, wheat & wreath)

Lettering: DOMINION OF CANADA

Designer: Ernest Paulin Tasset

Reverse

The seven-province shield of the Dominion (from 1874 to c. 1915). "The same shield within a wreath of maple branches, with the royal crown on top and a beaver below, was featured on the medal of the Dominion of Canada at the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876"

Edge

Cornucopia (Mint Mark - Paris) ARGENT

Lettering: ARGENT

Translation: SILVER

Medal - Dominion of Canada -  obverse

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Mint

Mintmark of Monnaie de Paris Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Comments

McLachlan writes in Canadian Numismatics: “This medal was first given in gold, silver and bronze to the Canadian exhibitors at the Centennial Exhibition in 1876 [in Philadelphia].

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1876-1883)  Bronze, 32.9 g
ND (1876-1883)  Gold, 55.5 g
ND (1876-1883)  Silver, 37.5 g

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