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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1830239, member: 19463&quot;]Searching on Bili ex Rex I see there were other medals with write ups mentioning this one.&nbsp; The 1872 version had IH on the bust truncation for the engraver of the head Julius Hogarth.&nbsp; It also changed the Australia to Vict.&nbsp; All but a couple I saw were holed.&nbsp; One for 1889 was dated on the reverse and mentioned the oddity seen on your medal that the 8 in the date was made from a recut 6.&nbsp; In all honesty, I&#039;m less than sure I would have read your coin&#039;s date with the two middle digits different but the references say it is 1869.&nbsp; Some were linked to various expositions and selling souvenirs and Expos was quite fashionable in the day so I doubt the reason for issue is much beyond&nbsp; that.&nbsp; One listed the item as &#039;Carlisle B2&#039; so I assume there is a reference unknown to me by that name.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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