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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 2398351, member: 29751&quot;]I have been relatively quiet this year so far with new purchases, but I picked up a new Queen Victoria silver medal this week from Atlas Numismatics.&nbsp; Of the 90+ silver medals commemorating the Diamond Jubilee (60th anniversary of reign) and indexed in Laurence Brown&#039;s <i>British Historical Medals (volume 2)</i>, this is one of only 3 listed as RR (very rare, approximate mintage of 30-50 pieces).&nbsp; The relief on this medal in hand is just unreal --&nbsp; I have no idea how many blows were required to strike it up fully on a medal press, but it is impressive.&nbsp; This is indexed by Brown as BHM-3535, and is indexed by Whittlestone &amp; Ewing as #3062.&nbsp; Thanks to [USER=5795]@yarm[/USER]&nbsp; for his help in looking up some of the information on this medal in Brown&#039;s book.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000b3">The description from Atlas:</span></i></p><p><b>GREAT BRITAIN. Victoria. (Queen, 1837-1901). 1897 AR Medal. PCGS SP64+.</b> By J. Carter. 45mm. VICTORIA D:G:BRITANNIARVM REGINA F: D: INDIAE IMPERATRIX. Crowned, veiled, draped bust left; with legends on a wide raised border around / XX JVN. MDCCCXCVII/ IMPERIUM INIVIT / XX JVN. MDCCCXXXVII (20 June 1897; She began her reign 20 June 1837). Angel, seated left, holding trumpet aloft and pointing toward a shield inscribed LX which rests against a tree. Cornucopia to right of angel, steam engine and masted ship in distance, date in Roman numerals and legend on three lines below.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography-6/1897_Medal_QueenVictoria_DiamondJubilee_BHM3535_Silver_PCGS_SP64plus_composite_zps1gpfwifs.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>**Note that in the picture above (formatted to my template) I have desaturated the PCGS CoinFacts images, and decreased the red-hue so that they more accurately represent the medal in hand.&nbsp; I find that TrueView / CoinFacts images are consistently oversaturated and red-shifted in hue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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