Owner Comments:
Purchased from Atlas Numismatics on 4/12/2016.
Listed in British Historical Medals (BHM) as #3535, very rare (RR)
Listed in Whittlestone & Ewing as #3062, very rare (RR)
Not listed in Eimer.
Graded by PCGS as SP64+ Secure - only example certified thus far.
The listed rarity of "RR" implies a mintage around 30-50 pieces struck. This is one of the scarcest medals commemorating the 60th anniversary of Queen Victoria's reign.
Atlas Description:
GREAT BRITAIN. Victoria. (Queen, 1837-1901). 1897 AR Medal. PCGS SP64+. 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. BHM-3535 (Silver). Struck for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Scarce in silver.