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Wyon and Pineapples

harashaharasha Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Did that get your attention? Heh, heh.

Posting this medal as it is not the usual fare that we see with Wyon medals.
I input the awardee's name to the Google website and interestingly, I got a hit. Mr. Floud actually was an authority on the cultivation of pineapples.

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  • JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
    That's very cool harasha.
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  • ZoharZohar Posts: 6,713 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very cool.
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  • IosephusIosephus Posts: 872 ✭✭✭
    Very nice!
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  • STLNATSSTLNATS Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭
    Very attractive piece - not unexpected for a Wyon design I suppose - and love it when you can find background on the recipient. Makes it come alive and more significant than just the medal by itself. And the tie to pineapples is a hoot. Congrats!



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  • PatARPatAR Posts: 347 ✭✭✭
    An attractive design to be sure. And, frankly, until now I had not thought about pineapple being grown in South Wales. Neat!
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,011 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Awesome- another great botanical design.

    "Wyon and Pineapples" made me think of the Barbadoes (sic) pennies, though now that I think of it, those were probably considerably pre-Wyon. They do happen to be the first numismatic pineapples that come to my head, though.

    To cultivate pineapples in London, surely one must have needed a greenhouse?

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  • harashaharasha Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I do not know if anyone in London was cultivating pineapples at the time. However, PatAR is on point with Mr. Floud. Dowlais and Aberdare are noted in his references.
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