Country ** Exonumia ** (Souvenir Tokens - South Africa) King George V.
Type: Medal / Token
Year: 1911
Mint: South Africa
Mintage: ?
Composition: Aluminium
Weight: 5.9 g
Diameter: 38.2 mm
Thickness: 2 to 3 mm (irregular and fautly edge)
Grade: VF/XF
Shape: Round (Suspension hole)
References: none
Commemorative issue:
Coronation of King George V & Queen Mary in 1911
Obverse:
Conjoined busts crowned facing left. Legend in Gothic letters
Lettering:
H.M. KING GEORGE V. and - QUEEN MARY ✿
Reverse:
‘GOD SAVE THE KING’ around the right-hand edge, with ‘JUNE 1911’, the month and year of the new king’s coronation, appearing along the bottom.
Britannia stands on the left, holding a shield that displays the Union flag in her right hand, and resting her trident (symbol of her mastery over the sea) on the large shield facing the viewer. The label ‘EMPIRE’ (erased here) on at the top of the shield indicates that it symbolises the lands that made up the British Empire in 1911.
Lettering:
CORONATION
GOD SAVE THE KING
JUNE 1911
Edge:
Plain
Fonte : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2...
Collezione : Exonumia