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Image Not Available for Albert Victor Edward of Wales: Recovery from typhoid fever
Albert Victor Edward of Wales: Recovery from typhoid fever
Image Not Available for Albert Victor Edward of Wales: Recovery from typhoid fever

Albert Victor Edward of Wales: Recovery from typhoid fever

Joseph Shepherd Wyon (British, 1836–1873)
Alfred Benjamin Wyon (British, 1837–1884)
1872
MintLondon, Great Britain
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
DimensionsDiameter and weight: 58 mm (2 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Boston Numismatic Society
Accession number98.1274
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ClassificationsNumismatics
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InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed under bust "J.B.WYON SC" and at edge "ALBERT EDWARD PRINCE OF WALES". Reverse: Inscribed at edge "·NATIONAL·THANKSGIVING·FOR·RECOVERY·OF·THE·PRINCE·OF·WALES·" and "FEB:1872", on banderola "ICH DIEU", and below "J.S. & A.B.WYON".ProvenanceBy 1898, Boston Numismatic Society; 1898, gift of the Boston Numismatic Society to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 1, 1898)