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Country United Kingdom
Type: Commemorative Medal
Year: 1937
Mint: London
Grade: AU
Composition: Silvered Copper
Weight: 22.6 g
Diameter: 34.9 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Shape: Round with a suspension hole and pin on ribbon bar.
Commemorative issue:
The Coronation Medal of King George VI & Queen Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey in 1937.
Obverse:
Large conjoined and crowned busts of their Majesties facing left. Coronation date on the right of King george's bust.
Lettering:
CORONATION OF KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH •
12 MAY
1937
Reverse:
Westminster Abbey from the front with its name in exergue.
the name of the city where the coronation celebration took place and where the medal was distributed is engraved on the ribbon bar: "KNOWLE".
Lettering:
WESTMINSTER
ABBEY
Edge:
Plain.
Source : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2...
Collection : Exonumia