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fme_371762 - GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA Médaille de la jonque chinoise Keying

GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA Médaille de la jonque chinoise Keying XF/VF
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Price : 90.00 €
Type : Médaille de la jonque chinoise Keying
Date: 1848
Mint name / Town : UK
Metal : tin
Diameter : 44 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver DAVIS BIRM.
Weight : 26 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Médaille intéressante, un peu tordue avec d’importantes traces de circulation. Patine grise

Obverse

Obverse legend : THE CHINESE JUNK / KEYING.
Obverse description : Jonque chinoise ; légende à l’exergue.

Reverse

Reverse legend : THE CHINESE JUNK KEYING LENGTH 160 FT, BREADTH 33 FT, DEPTH OF HOLD 16FT, HER STERN IS 35FT, HIGH OUT OF THE WATER, HER MAIN CABIN IS 30FT. LONG 25FT. WIDE, BURTHEN ABOUT 800 TONS, HER RUDDER IS OF IMMENSE SIZE AND WEIGHT, BEING MADE OF IRON WOOD, HER ANCHORS ARE MADE OF WOOD, THE CABLES ARE MADE OF BAMBOO, THE ROPES OF BAMBOO RATTEN & INDIAN GRASS, ARRIVED IN THE RIVER THAMES MARCH 27, 1848.
Reverse description : Légende en 17 lignes.

Commentary

Intéressante médaille, d’un diamètre rare pour cette série commémorant l’arrivée de la Jonque chinois en Grande-Bretagne.

Historical background

GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA

(20/06/1837-22/01/1901)

Victoria (1819-1901) was the daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, and granddaughter of George III. She succeeded her uncle Guillaume IV in 1837 and married her cousin Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg in 1840, against her mother's advice. She had nine children by him but became a widow in 1861. While respecting the rules of the parliamentary system, she tried to impose her views in the field of foreign affairs. Her favourite, Disraeli, had her given the title of Empress of India in 1876. Respected and loved, active and authoritarian, Victoria appeared in her time as the symbol of imperialist England. His reign marks the height of British power.

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