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Coronation of Victoria, 1838.

Coronation of Victoria 1838, the official Gold Medal by Benedetto Pistrucci, bust left, VICTORIA D.G. BRITANNIARUM REGINA F.D. rev Britannia, Hibernia and Scotia offer the crown to Victoria, ERIMUS TIBI NOBILE REGNUM, in exergue, INAUGURATA DIE JUNII XXVIII MDCCCXXXVIII, 36mm, in bespoke leather case (BHM 1801; Eimer 1315). Very small edge test at 3 o'clock on obverse, very small rim knock at 6 o'clock on reverse, light hairlines, about extremely fine.

The official Royal Mint issue. From a mintage of only 1369.

This medal is notoriously difficult to find in top grade. One possible reason is that for most of their existence Victorian medals have been considered "modern" and perhaps not regarded as rare. In reality it's likely that a lot of this issue has already been melted down and many of those that survive were unfairly considered as little more than bullion for much of their life, therefore just not stored very carefully.

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