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Royal Mint, Medal Makers, Sydney, New South Wales
Image: Medal - New South Wales Rowing Association, post 1878 AD
Source: Museum Victoria
In 1856 the Royal Mint, Sydney, ordered a special press that offered Australian medallists greater technical capacity than previously available. The Mint, however, did not have the ability to prepare dies from artwork, obtaining its coinage dies directly from London. The Mint's ability to even harden engraved dies was questionable.
The first major piece to be issued by the mint was struck in 1859: a commemorative medal awarded to those who attempted to rescue survivors of the Admella shipwreck near Portland in Victoria.
List of Deputy Masters of the Sydney Branch of the Royal Mint
Captain Edward WolstanholmeWard ,1853-1868
Charles E Louis,1869-Jan 1878
Robert Hunt C.M.G., Jan 1878-Sep 1892
John McDonald Cameron, May 1893-Jan 1898
Edward Henry Silberstein von Arnheim, April 1898-Aug 1921
John Honeyford Campbell O.B.E. I.S.O, Aug 1921-Feb 1926
Note: Campbell moved on to the Ottawa Branch in 1926. Born 1866 Stabane Northern Ireland, appointed Sydney Mint 1884, OBE 1919, ISO 1929.
References:
Sharples, John P. (1990). Medals as Art: Australia and the Meszaros Tradition.
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Coin - Sovereign, Victoria, Australia, 1900
Australia New South Wales Sovereign 1900 S Veiled Head Mint: Sydney
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Token - 1 Penny, Iredale & Co, Iron Merchants & Ironmongers, Sydney, New South Wales, Aust ...
Copper one Penny Token, minted by Heaton & Sons in Birmingham, circa 1857. Issued by Iredale & Co. Iron Merchants & Ironmongers, in Sydney. Transported to Australia in 1812 and later em ...
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Proof Coin - 1/4 Piastre, Cyprus, 1879
1/4 Piastre, Issued by, Cyprus, 1879 Minted by Royal Mint, London
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Proof Coin - 1/2 Piastre, Cyprus, 1879
1/2 Piastre, Issued by, Cyprus, 1879 Minted by Royal Mint, London
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Proof Coin - 1 Piastre, Cyprus, 1879
Bronzed Proof 1 Piastre, Issued by, Cyprus, 1879 Minted by Royal Mint, London
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Medal - Exhibition of Women's Industries, Bronze Prize, New South Wales, Australia, 1888
Australia New South Wales Sydney Medal - Women's Industries Bronze Prize 1888 (AD) Mint: Amor Other Details: A bronze prize medal (40 mm diameter) of the Exhibition of Women's Industri ...
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Coin - Sovereign, Victoria, Australia, 1899
Australia New South Wales Sovereign 1899 S Veiled Head Mint: Sydney
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Coin - Sovereign, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Australia New South Wales Sovereign 1892 S Jubilee head obverse Mint: Sydney
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Medal - International Exhibition, Sydney, Bronze Prize, New South Wales, Australia, 1879
Australia New South Wales Sydney International Exhibition Prize 1879 - 1880 (AD) Mint: Sydney Other Details: This unissued medal was part of the Sydney Mint collection. It was purchase ...
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Coin - Sovereign, Victoria, Australia, 1901
Australia New South Wales Sovereign 1901 S Veiled Head Mint: Sydney
From: Sydney, Australia Images: 2
