Medal - Titbits Magazine Centenary 1881 - 1981 1981 front Medal - Titbits Magazine Centenary 1881 - 1981 1981 back
Medal - Titbits Magazine Centenary 1881 - 1981 1981 photo
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Medal - Titbits Magazine Centenary

1981 year
Copper-nickel 28.46 g 38.2 mm
Description
Location
United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Queen
Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type
Medals › Commemorative medals
Year
1981
Composition
Copper-nickel
Weight
28.46 g
Diameter
38.2 mm
Thickness
3 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#395428
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

Copies of the first magazine (1881) and the centenary edition (1981)

Script: Latin

Lettering: • CENTENARY YEAR • 1881 ~ 1981 •

Edge

Reeded

Comment

Titbits was a weekly British magazine founded by the publisher George Newnes, first issued in October 1881. It pioneered modern forms of popular, low-brow journalism, but despite the suggestive title and some sensational elements it was not in the least pornographic.