1901 Calgary Assembly Medal. Copper. Jamieson Fig. 39. Extremely Fine. 64.5 mm (without integral hanger). 1476.9 grains. Screw mount suspension loop. Obv: conjoined busts of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York at center, legends and ornamental border around. Rev: royal arms at center, date and assembly location below, presentation inscription around. Quite sharply detailed, but with edge bumps and an old long scratch on the reverse. Deep chocolate brown surfaces are glossy, but with some superficial spotting. The added suspension loop certainly suggests that this was worn, though the Duke’s remarks at the Assembly only referred to silver medals having been ordered by King Edward VII, for Head Chiefs. Perhaps lesser chiefs also got bronze medals, or maybe some were purchased after the fact to be worn as celebratory mementos of the event. Ex Coin Galleries, December 2007, lot 2512.
