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Counter Commemorating HMS 'Adventure' and 'Beagle', 1826-1827
Counter Commemorating HMS 'Adventure' and 'Beagle', 1826-27. Obverse across the field: 'GEORGE IV.' Legend: 'H . B . M . S . ADVENTURE AND BEAGLE 1827.' Reverse: Within laurel branches the Royal crown, and below Britannia seated (left), laurel branch in right hand, spear in left arm, Union shield at her side. Commemorates the survey of the Straits of Magellan.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1486 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Counter |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Vessels: | Beagle (1820); Adventure (purchased 1771) |
| Date made: | 1827 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 26 mm |