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1897 Victoria Diamond Jubilee Large Official Gold Medal

1897 Victoria Diamond Jubilee Large Gold Medal Obverse

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1897 Victoria Diamond Jubilee gold medal by George William de Saulles after Thomas Brock and William Wyon (Eimer 1817a, BHM 3506, Wollaston 40). Obverse: left-facing Young Head portrait, after Wyon, an olive branch below and the accession year (1837) with inscription either side which reads 'LONGITVDO DIERVM IN DEXTERA EIVS / ET IN SINISTRA GLORIA’. Reverse: Old Head wearing diadem and veil after Brock, facing left, ‘VICTORIA ANNVM REGNI SEXAGESIMVM FELICITER CLAVDIT XX IVN · MDCCCXCVII ·’ around. Weight: 95.10g. Diameter: 56mm. Grade: VF - Very Fine with minor scratches to surfaces and portraits.
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William Wyon's Young Head Portrait

The obverse of this 1897 medal is inspired by William Wyon's Young Head coinage portrait, used on currency for the first several decades of Queen Victoria's reign. The design, adapted by George William de Saulles, incorporates the youthful left-facing bust, an olive branch, and the date of Victoria's accession to the British throne (1837). The inscription - 'LONGITVDO DIERVM IN DEXTERA EIVS / ET IN SINISTRA GLORIA' - comes from Proverbs 3:16: 'The length of days is in her right hand; wealth and honour in her left'.

Widowed Head Medal Reverse Design

The reverse of this large gold 1897 Diamond Jubilee medal features an older portrait of Victoria by Sir Thomas Brock, similar to the Old Head portrait this artist created for Victoria's coinage. The so-called Widowed Head was used on British currency from 1893. This elegant veiled portrait is accompanied by a long legend which reads 'VICTORIA ANNVM REGNI SEXAGESIMVM FELICITER CLAVDIT XX IVN · MDCCCXCVII ·'.

Official Royal Mint 1897 Diamond Jubilee Medal

This large gold medal was the official Royal Mint issue, made to celebrate Queen Victoria's 1897 Diamond Jubilee, marking 60 years since her accession to the throne. The Royal Mint also issued a smaller gold medal, further examples of the same type in silver and bronze, alongside a wide variety of unofficial medals from a range of makers.