125 - UNITED KINGDOM — The 1851 World’s Fair in London, by Thomas Ottley.

UNITED KINGDOM — The 1851 World’s Fair in London, by Thomas Ottley. Obverse: Britannia, wearing a helmet, standing facing forward with her head turned to the right, holding an olive branch in her left hand and resting her right hand on a beehive placed atop a globe; at her feet and on either side, symbols of commerce, the navy (a sailing ship on the left), industry, and transportation (a steam locomotive and a cogwheel on the right), as well as a shield bearing the Union Jack. Signed: OTTLEY. BIRM. Reverse: “EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS. LONDON 1851”; in the exergue: “PROPOSED BY H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. / DESIGNED BY / JOSEPH PAXTON ESQRE F.L.S. / ERECTED BY / FOX, HENDERSON & CO.” At the top, the busts of Queen Victoria (on the left, looking to the right) and Prince Albert (on the right, looking to the left) face each other in an oval medallion, surmounted and separated by the crowned British royal coat of arms; in the center, a perspective view of the Crystal Palace surmounting a five-line inscription; the whole framed at the bottom by a garland of roses, thistles, and clovers. Material: White metal. Diameter: 75 mm.