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Bicentenary medal
RSA/PR/DE/102/19/20 · Item · 1954-1980
Part of Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)

The obverse shows the heads of Minerva and Mercury, and has been struck from the original die of a medal which the Society first used in 1820. It was designed by William Wyon RA, based on an earlier design by John Flaxman RA. The lettering on the reverse is new and was cut by George T Friend to the design of John R Biggs. The medal is silver gilt