Form:

Circular. Holed at 12 o'clock for a ring.

By:

H. Grueber, London

Date:

1897

Ref:

 AM2: 51; Laidlaw: 0798;

Variations:

Edge:

Upright reeded.

Obverse:

Within a beaded border round the rim, veiled and crowned bust of Queen Victoria, left (similar to the golden jubilee coinage).
Signed: H. GRUEBER LONDON below the truncation. Legend: VICTORIA REGINA.

Reverse:

Three shields with the coat of arms of Ireland (left), England (middle) and Scotland (right). Radiant crown above, and above that
in an arc: THE DIAMOND JUBILEE. Below, two sprigs tied at the foot of roses, thistles and shamrocks. Legend on a band within
a beaded border, above TO COMMEMORATE THE 60TH YEAR OF HER MAJESTYs REIGN and between stops below: 1937-1897.