Token - City of York 1900th Anniversary 1971 front Token - City of York 1900th Anniversary 1971 back
Token - City of York 1900th Anniversary 1971 photo
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Token - City of York 1900th Anniversary

1971 year
Bronze 27.0 g 38.8 mm
Description
Location
United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Queen
Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type
Medals › Commemorative medals
Year
1971
Composition
Bronze
Weight
27.0 g
Diameter
38.8 mm
Thickness
3.2 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#200055
Rarity index
90%

Reverse

City of York 9100th Anniversary with Cross Sword and Mace behind Shield with Featherd Cap above and AD71 to Left 1971 to Right
GC at bottom left of Shield.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CITY OF YORK
1900th ANNIVERSARY
AD71 1971

Engraver: Geoffrey Colley

Edge

Plain

Comment

Issued by the City of York England to promote the 1900th year of the founding in AD71 by Quintus Petillius Cerealis
In 1971 City of York England issued varius Commemorative Medals Coins to commemorate the 1900th Annivery of the founding of York.