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- A Issued By Melbourne, Australia
- A Place Depicted Melbourne, Australia
- A Presented To Melbourne, Australia
- A Presented To Melbourne, Australia
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Medal - Melbourne Town Hall Laying of the Foundation Stone, Melbourne City Council, Victoria, Australia, 1867
Reg. No: NU 20222
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- Summary:
- Australia Victoria Melbourne
Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Melbourne Town Hall 1867 (AD)
Mint: Stokes, T.
Awarded to: Library & Art Gallery
Other Details: This medal is one of 26 made to mark the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone of the Melbourne Town Hall by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1867. Medals were issued to the Queen, mayor and councillors, architect, builders, town clerk and the Museum. - Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 23 mm (Diameter) |
| Weight: | 7.91 g (Weight) |
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| Tagged with: | town halls |
| Themes this item is part of: | Public Life & Institutions Collection, HRH Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Stokes & Son, Medal Makers, Melbourne, Victoria & Sydney, New South Wales, Municipality of Melbourne, Victoria, State Library of Victoria (SLV), Melbourne, Victoria |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Commemorative |
| Tertiary Classification: | architecture & planning |
| Series: | Australian Historical Medals |
| DateEra: | 1867 AD |
| Obverse Description: | Uniformed bust left; around, H.R.H. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, VISITED VICTORIA. 1867 |
| Reverse Description: | View of Town Hall; around, LAID FOUNDATION STONE OF THE TOWN HALL, MELBOURNE; in exergue, 29 NOV; in tiny letters, T.STOKES MELB. |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | Plain (edge) Uniformed bust left; around, H.R.H. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, VISITED VICTORIA. 1867 (obverse) View of Town Hall; around, LAID FOUNDATION STONE OF THE TOWN HALL, MELBOURNE; in exergue, 29 NOV; in tiny letters, T.STOKES MELB. (reverse) |
| Shape: | round |
| Material: | Gold |
| Issued By: | Melbourne City Council (MCC), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1867 |
| Mint: | Stokes (Mint) |
| Place Depicted: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1867 |
| Person Named: | HRH Prince Alfred Duke of Edinburgh & Saxe-Coburg & Gotha |
| Presented To: | National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1869 |
| Presented To: | Public Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1869 A letter from the Town Clerks Office, Temporary Town Hall, 16 Feb 1869, reads 'I am to ask that the medal may be placed in the Museum of Art of the Public Library'. |
| References: | Car.1867/3 |
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