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Two medals in gilded copper on pewter.

Attributed to PB Grimaud and Chartier on the edge:


These two single-sided medals go together, they are the obverse and the reverse.
Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne, prize medal
Minted in 1888.
Beautiful volumes.

Usual wear, small impacts, scratches and minimal deformation, deformation on the reverse side, on the right.

Medium : gilded copper & tin.

Registration :   .(Face with Queen Victoria)   struck in reverse around edge: CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION MELBOURNE

.  struck in obverse .: ARTIBUS DIGNIS HONOR INSIGNIS
.    struck in obverse around lower edge: MELBOURNE MINT MDCCCLXXXVII

Engraver :     ROYAL MINT MELBOURNE (manufacturer)
    STOKES & MARTIN, Melbourne (retailer) .

Dimension : 76mm.
Weight : 105 g (Victoria) + 80 g.
Metal : guilded copper and tin.

Hallmark on the edge:  attributed to “PB Grimaud and Chartier”.

Quick and neat delivery.

The support is not for sale.
The stand is not for sale.



aland's Executive Commissioner for the Exhibition. For his services he was awarded the Exhibition's gold medal from the Exhibition Commissioners.

The New Zealand Court
Despite the economic depression affecting New Zealand at the time, support from local manufacturers and other exhibitors was so strong that New Zealand's allocated display space had to be expanded to three times its original size. This space was the 'New Zealand Court'. It was described by Hector as 'having a length of 220 feet [67 meters] and a width of 100 feet [30.5 meters] ... the general arrangement of the court is intended to carry out a definite de
Usual wear, small impacts, scratches and minimal deformation, deformation on the reverse side, on the right. Registration :   .(Face with Queen Victoria)   struck in reverse around edge: CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION MELBOURNE aland's Executive Commissioner for the Exhibition. For his services he was awarded the Exhibition's gold medal from the Exhibition Commissioners. Despite the economic depression affecting New Zealand at the time, support from local manufacturers and other exhibitors was so strong that New Zealand's allocated display space had to be expanded to three times its original size. This space was the 'New Zealand Court'. It was described by Hector as 'having a length of 220 feet [67 meters] and a width of 100 feet [30.5 meters] ... the general arrangement of the court