Coins and Medals.

8hr medal.

1788-1850 | 1851-1864 | 1865-1879 | 1880-1899 | 1900-1934 | 1934-1950 | 1951-1965 | 1966-2000

International Exhibition gold medal, 1880

Melbourne Hippodrome medal, 1881

The Victoria Medal, 1882

Picnic prize medal, 1883

Victorian Volunteer Forces medal, 1883

Melbourne Wharf Labourers check, 1885

Crown (five shillings), 1887

International Exhibition medals, 1888

Eiffel Tower medal, 1889

Melbourne Total Abstinence medal, 1890

Cycling medals, 1890s

Chinese Chamber of Commerce medal, 1891

Eight Hours Committee badge, 1891

Columbian Exposition medal, 1892 – 1893

Crown (five shillings), 1894

VAAA gold medal, 1899

Chinese Chamber of Commerce medal, about 1891

This is one of a small group of membership medals of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce which appeared in trade in the late 1880s and early 1890s.

Chinese Chamber of Commerce medal, obverse.

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Chinese Chamber of Commerce medal, reverse.

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Obverse – Chinese inscription around a flag.		Reverse – At the centre is a Chinese legend with three Chinese characters inscribed above it. Around this on a broad rim is the legend CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VICTORIA.

Purchased, 1990

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