Medal - Opening of the western portion of the Gota Canal

Features

Location Sweden
Type Commemorative medals › Inauguration medal
Year 1822
Composition Copper
Diameter 50 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
70184
References Hild# KXIV 32
Bror Emil Hildebrand; 1875. Sveriges och Svenska Konungahusets Minnespenningar Prakmynt och Belöningsmedaljer. Kongl. Vitterhets Historie och Antiquitets Akademiens Förlag, Stockholm, Sweden.

Commemorative issue

Opening of the western portion of the Gota Canal

Obverse

Head right

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CARL XIV IOHAN SVERIGES NORRIGES GÖTHES OCH WENDES KONUNG
G. LOOS DIR. H: GUBE FEC.

Reverse

Two seated giants cross arms above an old ship sailing out of a channel. In the background an huge gate between rocks with ship mast behind

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FÖRENADE
ÅR 1822 DEN 23 och 24
SEPTEMBER

Mint

Medallic Mint of Gottfried Bernhard Loos (G. Loos ), Berlin, Germany (1812-1879)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1822 

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