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Br. 174, McLachlan 137. 48mm. 62.5g. Plain edge. Signed J.S. WYON. This is one in a series of medals issued to commemorate the Prince of Wales’ visit to Canada in 1860 for the opening of Victoria Bridge in Montreal. The design, with the Prince’s portrait on the obverse and his feathers on the reverse, was executed by M.D. Wyatt and engraved by J.S Wyon. Examples exist in bronze, white metal, and silver. A single example was struck in gold. Scott Miller explains the way these medals were distributed at the ceremony for the opening of the Victoria Bridge in “Medallic Memorials of the Visit of the Prince of Wales to North America in 1860,” published in Canada’s Money: Coinage of the Americas Conference (1992): “Despite the presence of the Prince and the usual complement of dignitaries, the laying of the last stone was not a very impressive affair. The visitors were taken by special train to Point St. Charles, the entrance at the Montreal side. After the Prince patted the bed of mortar, the final granite stone was lowered from the scaffold into place. Although the arrival of the Prince was met with great enthusiasm, the crowd was silent after the stone was laid, so that the Times correspondent likened it to the laying of a tombstone over the grave of 15 million pounds. The Prince then went by car to the middle of the bridge where he drove the final silver rivet. Afterward, the Prince was presented with a gold medal to commemorate the occasion, and his suite with similar ones, but in silver." “Besides its use as a commemorative by the Grand Trunk Railway Company, the Prince of Wales appears to have obtained a number of specimens for his personal use.” The medal shows an old cleaning with fine hairlines on each side, with scratches and a couple of rim dents, EF. Scarce. 1pc. From the Geoffrey Bell Collection.
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Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street (1 street north of Bloor), Toronto, Ontario, M4W 2G8, Canada
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Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street (1 street north of Bloor)
Toronto, ON
M4W 2G8
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HST of 13% will be applied to any purchaser from ON; HST of 14% will be applied to any purchaser from PE; HST of 15% will be applied to any purchaser from NS, NB, NL, PE; All other provinces in Canada 5% will be applied. No tax is charged on out of Country purchases.
Taxes:
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13% |
HST |
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5% |
GST |
| HST |
14% |
HST |
| HST |
15% |
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