Commemorative disc (?coin). [LKG 20/01/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Commemorative disc (?coin). [LKG 20/01/2010]
Long description: Commemorative disc (?coin). Small white metal coin with a raised profile portrait of a young Queen Victoria on one side. On the reverse side the words 'BORN MAY 24 1819. CROWNED 28 JUNE 1838'. [LKG 20/01/2010]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Mrs Charles Overy; PRM source Mrs Charles Overy
Date / Period: Date made: After 1848 Date made: Before 1850?, uncertain
Date collected: By 1964
Acquisition information: Donated: 1964
Materials and processes: Material Metal, Process Struck
Dimensions: Diameter 11 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1964.2.27.1
Research and responses: Other information - The actual name of "Princess Helene" is Helena, and of "Princess Louise", Louisa. Queen Victoria also had three other children (Arthur, 1850; Leopold, 1853; and Beatrice, 1857), so it is possible that the discs were made after the birth of Louisa & before that of Arthur (circa 1848 - 1850). [Encyclopædia Britannica Online] [CF 19/9/2000]

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