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Swiss National Exhibition - Usine genevoise de dégrossissage d'or Geneva; bronze

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Location SwitzerlandSwitzerland (1848-date)
Type Commemorative medals › Exhibition, fair and festival medals
Year 1896
Composition Brąz
Weight 12 g
Diameter 30.5 mm
Thickness 1.94 mm
Shape Okrągły
Technique Frezowana
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Issued 1896
Number
N#
460038
References RSN6# 160
Jaques Mayor; 1896. “Médailles suisses nouvelles”, Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau = Revue Suisse de Numismatique (Swiss Numismatic Review), Volume 6, pages 171-176, 328-358.

Commemorative issue

Szwajcarska Wystawa Narodowa w Genewie.Automatically translated

Obverse

(en) Head in profile to the left of a woman personifying Switzerland, wearing rhododendron branches tied by a ribbon.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
EXPOSITION NATIONALE SUISSE GENÈVE 1896 ★
HELVETIA
GOERGES HANTZ

Engraver: Jules Georges Hantz

Reverse

(en) Coat of arms of Geneva in a cartouche, surrounded by two branches of laurel. Legend around, initials of the artist under the cartouche to the right.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
USINE GENEVOISE DE DEGROSSISSAGE D'OR ★
IHS
GH

Engraver: Jules Georges Hantz

Edge

Zwykły.Automatically translated

Swiss National Exhibition - Usine genevoise de dégrossissage d'or (Geneva; bronze) -  obverse

© Collector 86 (CC BY-NC-SA)

Mint

Usine genevoise de dégrossissage d'or, Geneva, Switzerland (1870-1970)

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