Medal - Herald Sun AFL Centenary (Hawthorn Hawks) 1996 front Medal - Herald Sun AFL Centenary (Hawthorn Hawks) 1996 back
Medal - Herald Sun AFL Centenary (Hawthorn Hawks) 1996 photo
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Medal - Herald Sun AFL Centenary Hawthorn Hawks

1996 year
Stainless steel 7.5 g 27 mm
Description
Location
Australia
Queen
Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type
Medals › Commemorative medals
Year
1996
Composition
Stainless steel
Weight
7.5 g
Diameter
27 mm
Thickness
2 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#285046
Rarity index
95%

Reverse

The AFL Logo for the Centenary Football Season of 1996

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Herald Sun
AFL
100
CENTENARY
1897 - 1996
COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL

Edge

Plain

Comment

his Token was issued by the Herald Sun Newspaper in 1996. The Herald Sun is a daily newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia, published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp.

This Token was part of a Seventeen Token Set that was able to be placed in an album. The Tokens were celebrating the Centenary of the Australian Football League. Sixteen Australian Rules Football Clubs were each represented on a token.



This Token was representing the Hawthorn Hawks Football Club