British Medal of Queen Victoria Half Crown Box with two disks inside with ten commandments

after 1850

Medium: electrotype
Dimensions: 5.13 g, 12:00, 32.8 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Henry Champion, B.A. 1860, M.A., LL.B. 1863
Accession Number: 2001.87.30362
Geography: Made in England
Culture: British
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: VICTORIA QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN 1950 Bust, l.

Reverse Description: MODEL HALF CROWN BOX Coat arms, crowned, wreath around Inside: 2 sheets with Ten Commandments

Provenance

Henry Champion, to about 1867; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1867 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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