medal
- Museum number
- 1906,1103.1623
- Description
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Struck copper medal. (whole)
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Portraits of the French and British astronomers Hind, Goldschmidt and Luther; heads, in profile to left, superimposed; beaded border. (obverse)
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Night, as a young woman with long flowing hair, wearing a crown of stars, floats gracefully above the earth, amidst stars, holding in her left hand the edge of a long cloak billowing behind her which partly covering her nakedness, her right arm outstretched as she points to a distant planet; inner and outer beaded borders. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1868
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 69 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- For another version of the medal, bronze, restrike, with a different finish, edge, mintmark, and a slight variation in the signature and the inscription punctuation, see 1931,0507.82.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: Discovery of the hundredth planet (1868)
- Acquisition date
- 1906
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- 1906,1103.1623