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Melbourne Mint, Medal Makers, Victoria, Australia
The records of the Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint are held by the Public Records Office Victoria (PROV) in North Melbourne. Some die record files are on loan to the Royal Australian Mint, Canberra.
The establishment of a branch of Her Majesty's Mint in Melbourne was under consideration for some years. Two requests were sent to the Imperial Parliament by both Houses of the Victorian Legislature, one in December 1859 and the other in May 1864. In September 1867 the Victorian Legislature passed an Act making permanent funding available for the proposed mint. In August 1869 Queen Victoria issued a Royal Proclamation declaring that gold coins made at the Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint were legal tender in all her dominions. The Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint finally opened on 12 June 1872, 17 years after the Royal Mint had opened in Sydney. Like Sydney, Melbourne could not manufacture dies but it nevertheless was welcomed by Victorian medallists, who now had a choice of places where their work could be struck: the Mint or Stokes (then in partnership with Martin).
The Mint initially struck soverigns and half-soverigns, identical in every respect with those struck at the Royal Mint in London, except for a small M, added as a distinguishing mark.
References:
Batchelor, Patricia (1977). 'Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint (William-Street)'. Australian Numismatist. Vol 31 [2]. Mar/April, Australia, pp.3-4.
Sharples, John P. (1990). Medals as Art: Australia and the Meszaros Tradition.
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Medal - Education Department Board of Advice Award, Victoria, Australia, circa 1873-1910
Australia Victoria Medal - Education Department Board of Advice Small Silver Award c 1875 (AD) Mint: Melbourne Other Details: Medal commissioned by the Victorian Education Department B ...
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Medal - Education Department Board of Advice Award, Victoria, Australia, circa 1873-1910
Australia Victoria Medal - Education Department Board of Advice Small Bronze Award c 1875 (AD) Mint: Melbourne Other Details: Medal commissioned by the Victorian Education Department B ...
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Medal - Education Department Board of Advice Award, Victoria, Australia, circa 1873-1910
Australia Victoria Medal - Education Department Board of Advice Small Bronze Award c 1875 (AD) Mint: Melbourne Other Details: Medal commissioned by the Victorian Education Department B ...
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Medal - Sandhurst Industrial Exhibition, Silver Prize, Victoria, Australia, 1879
Australia Victoria Sandhurst Medal - Sandhurst Industrial Exhibition Silver Prize 1879 (AD) Mint: Melbourne Awarded to: Strachan, Thomas Other Details: This silver prize medal was award ...
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Medal - Victorian Centenary, Victoria, Australia, 1934
Melbourne & Victorian Centenary, 1934 (AD) Other Details: This is the official Melbourne and Victorian Centenary medal. It was struck in silver and bronze to help fund the events surrou ...
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Medal - Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition Silver Prize, Victoria, Australia, 1 ...
Australia Victoria Melbourne Medal - Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition Silver Prize1888 (AD) Mint: Melbourne Awarded to: Rees Davies, Superintending Engineer of the Building ...
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Medal - Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition, Gold, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Australia International Exhibition Gold Prize Medal, 1888 1888 (AD) Mint: Melbourne Awarded to: Verdon, George (Sir) Other Details: This gold medal was awarded to a royal commissioner a ...
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Medal - Education Department Board of Advice Award, Victoria, Australia, circa 1873-1910
Australia Victoria Medal - Education Department Board of Advice Large Silver Award c 1875 (AD) Mint: Melbourne Other Details: Medal commissioned by the Victorian Education Department B ...
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Medal - Melbourne International Exhibition, Silver, Victoria, Australia, 1880
Australia Victoria Melbourne Medal - Melbourne International Exhibition, Silver 1880 (AD) Mint: Melbourne Awarded to: Rees Davies Other Details: Silver medal awarded to Rees Davies at t ...
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Medal - Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1878
Australia Victoria Ballarat Ballarat Juvenile Industrial Exhibition Silver Prize Medal 1878 (AD) Mint: Melbourne Awarded to: W.E. Draeger. Other Details: This silver medal was awarded t ...
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