Token - Albert and Alexandra Silver Wedding Anniversary

Token - Albert and Alexandra (Silver Wedding Anniversary) - obverseToken - Albert and Alexandra (Silver Wedding Anniversary) - reverse

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Features

Location United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
Type Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Year 1888
Composition Copper
Weight 0.59 g
Diameter 12.98 mm
Thickness 0.71 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
111125

Commemorative issue

Silver Wedding Anniversary

Obverse

Conjoined busts of Prince Albert Edward and Princes Alexandra left below three ostrich plumes. Surrounded by date and legend

Script: Latin

Lettering:
THE FUTURE KING AND QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND
· 1888 ·
MADE IN GERMANY

Engraver: Ludwig Christian Lauer

Reverse

Central inscription on nine lines, surrounded by legend and date

Script: Latin

Lettering:
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE SILVER WEDDING
OF TH. R. HS. ALBERT EDWARD PR. OF WALES
- AND -
ALEXANDRA PRS. OF WALES
MARRIED 10th MARCH
· 1863 ·

Translation:
TH. R. HS. = Their Royal Highnesses
PRS. = Princess

Engraver: Ludwig Christian Lauer

Edge

Plain

Mint

L. Chr. Lauer, Nuremberg, Germany (1729-1924)

Comments

Catalogue: Rogers 590f
Bibliography: Brown 1987 3358, p.387
 Albert, Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh & Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Struck in the name of Lauer, Ludwig Christian; issuer; inferred Nüremberg; origin
 These tokens are surprisingly valuable. There are not many left in good condition, so the value rises sharply as condition improves.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1888 

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