The Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal (french: link=no, Médaille du couronnement de la Reine Élizabeth II) is a commemorative medal instituted to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953.

Award

This medal was awarded as a personal souvenir from the Queen to members of the Royal Family and selected officers of state, members of the Royal Household, government officials, mayors, public servants, local government officials, members of the navy, army, air force and police in Britain, her colonies and Dominions. It was also awarded to members of the Mount Everest expedition, two of whom reached the summit four days before the coronation. It was struck at the Royal Mint and issued immediately after the coronation. For Coronation and Jubilee medals, the practice up until 1977 was that the authorities in the

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decided on a total number to be produced, then allocated a proportion to each of the Commonwealth countries and Crown dependencies and other possessions of

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. The award of the medals was then at the discretion of the government of each territory, which was left free to decide who was to be awarded a medal and why. A total of 129,051 medals were awarded, including: *11,561 to Australians. *12,500 to Canadians.

Description

The Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal is a silver disk, 1.25 inches in diameter. The obverse features a crowned effigy of

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, facing right, in a high-collared ermine cloak and wearing the collar of the Garter and Badge of the

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. There is no raised rim and no legend. The reverse shows the Royal Cypher "EIIR", surmounted by a large crown. The legend around the edge reads "QUEEN ELIZABETH II CROWNED 2nd JUNE 1953". The medal was designed by Cecil Thomas. The dark red ribbon is wide, with wide white edges and two narrow dark blue stripes in the centre, each wide and apart. Ladies who were awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, can wear it on their left shoulder with the ribbon tied in the form of a bow. The medals were issued unnamed, except for the 37 issued to the British Mount Everest Expedition. These were engraved "MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION" on the rim.

Precedence by country

Some orders of precedence are as follows:

Notable recipients

Nepal

* Tenzing Norgay

New Zealand

The following list includes notable New Zealanders who received the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, and is not an exhaustive list of recipients.

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* Hugh Acland * Ernest Aderman * Henry Ah Kew * Robert Aitken *

Tofilau Eti Alesana Tofilau Eti Alesana, AC, born Aualamalefalelima Alesana (4 June 1924 – 19 March 1999) was a Samoan politician who served as the fifth prime minister of Samoa from 1982 to 1985, and again from 1988 until his resignation in 1998. Biography ...

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Ronald Algie Sir Ronald Macmillan Algie (22 October 1888 – 23 July 1978) was a New Zealand politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives for six years in the 1960s. He described himself as "a Tory in the old tradition". Early life Alg ...

Robin Allan Robin Sutcliffe Allan (7 September 1900 – 5 July 1966) was a New Zealand geologist and university professor. The university professor William Salmond was his grandfather. In 1953, Allan was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal ...

Geoff Alley Geoffrey Thomas Alley (4 February 1903 – 25 September 1986) was a New Zealand rugby union player and librarian. He played three test matches for the All Blacks and was New Zealand's first national librarian. Early life and family Born in Amb ...

* Annie Allum * John Allum *

Claude Anaru Karauria Tiweka Anaru (2 June 1901 – 30 October 1977), often known as Claude Anaru, was a New Zealand interpreter, law clerk, local politician and community leader. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Te Whānau-ā-Apanui iwi. He was ...

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* John Andrew * Leslie Andrew * John Andrews *

Will Appleton Sir William Appleton (3 September 1889 – 22 October 1958) was a New Zealand local body politician, advertising agent and leading company director. He was Mayor of Wellington for two terms from 1944 to 1950 after serving as a city councillor fr ...

* Gilbert Archey * Thomas Ashby *

Bernard Ashwin Sir Bernard Carl Ashwin (22 September 1896 – 12 February 1975) was a New Zealand senior public servant and economist. He was born in Paeroa, New Zealand, on 22 September 1896. Ashwin was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael a ...

* Alexander Astor

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* Wiri Baker * Doug Ball * Harry Barker * Bill Barnard *

Fred Barnard Frederick Barnard (16 May 1846 – 28 September 1896) was an English illustrator, caricaturist and genre painter. He is noted for his work on the novels of Charles Dickens published between 1871 and 1879 by Chapman and Hall. Life and work ...

* Jim Barnes *

Miles Barnett Miles Aylmer Fulton Barnett (30 April 1901 – 27 March 1979) was a New Zealand physicist and meteorologist. Born in Dunedin, New Zealand, he studied in that country but obtained his PhD in the United Kingdom at the University of Cambridge. H ...

* Bill Barrett * Harold Barrowclough *

Cyril Bassett Cyril Royston Guyton Bassett, VC (3 January 18929 January 1983) was a New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that could be awarded to British and Empire forces at the time. ...

* Eric Batchelor *

Ed Bate Sir Walter Edwin Bate (12 March 1901 – 12 September 1999) was a New Zealand politician. He served as mayor of Hastings from 1953 to 1959. Early life and family Born in Greenmeadows on 12 March 1901, Bate was the son of Peter Bate and Flore ...

Ernest Bathurst The Mayor of Ashburton officiates over the Ashburton District of New Zealand's South Island The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more ...

* Ken Baxter * Clive Beadon *

C. E. Beeby Clarence Edward Beeby (16 June 1902 – 10 March 1998), most commonly referred to as C.E. Beeby or simply Beeb, was a New Zealand educationalist and psychologist. He was influential in the development of the education system in New Zealand, fi ...

Matt Benney Cecil Henry "Matt" Benney (6 July 1902–12 December 1980) was a New Zealand civil servant and politician. Biography Early life Benney was born at Kaumati in the Hauraki district in 1902. He came from a family closely associated with mini ...

* Carl Berendsen *

Fred Betham Gustav Frederick Dertag Betham (11 April 1915 – 31 March 1984), also known by the Samoan name Fereti Misipita, was a Western Samoan politician and diplomat. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1948 to 1971 and as Minister ...

* Thyra Bethell * William Blacklock *

Tom Bloodworth Thomas Bloodworth (10 February 1882 – 11 May 1974) was a New Zealand politician. He was a Member of the Legislative Council and its last Chairman of Committees. Political career Born in Maxey, Northamptonshire in 1882, Bloodworth was a me ...

Denis Blundell Sir Edward Denis Blundell, (29 May 1907 – 24 September 1984) was a New Zealand lawyer, cricketer and diplomat who served as the 12th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1972 to 1977. Early life and family Denis Blundell was born in W ...

Roger Blunt Roger Charles Blunt (3 November 1900 – 22 June 1966) was a cricketer who played nine Test matches for the New Zealand national cricket team. Personal life Blunt was born in England, but his family moved to New Zealand when he was six months ...

* Bert Bockett * William Bodkin *

George Bolt George Bruce Bolt (24 May 1893 – 27 July 1963) was a pioneering New Zealand aviator. Biography Bolt was born in Dunedin in 1893. He formed the Canterbury Aero Club in 1910, helping to make and fly gliders on the Cashmere Hills. He used the ...

Charles Bowden Charles Clyde Bowden (July 20, 1945 – August 30, 2014) was an American non-fiction author, journalist and essayist based in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Background He attended the University of Arizona and then the University of Wisconsin, where h ...

Fred Bowerbank Major General Sir Fred Thompson Bowerbank (30 April 1880 – 25 August 1960) was Director-General of Medical Services for the New Zealand Army and Air Force between 1939 and 1947.Obituary in the ''British Medical Journal'', September 24, 19 ...

* Michael Bowles * Warwick Braithwaite *

Thomas Brash Thomas Cuddie Brash (29 November 1874 – 19 January 1957) was a leading figure in New Zealand's dairy industry and one of only four lay moderators of the General Assembly in the history of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. He w ...

* Cyprian Brereton * William Bretton * Bob Briggs *

William Bringans Alexandra (Māori: ''Manuherikia'' or ''Areketanara'') is a town in the Central Otago district of the South Island of New Zealand. It is on the banks of the Clutha River (at the confluence of the Manuherikia River), on State Highway 8, by roa ...

Walter Broadfoot Sir Walter James Broadfoot (6 April 1881 – 10 September 1965) was a New Zealand politician of the United Party, and from 1936, the National Party. He was a cabinet minister from 1949 to 1954 in the First National Government. Biography Ea ...

* Bill Brown *

Malcolm Burns Sir Malcolm McRae Burns (19 March 1910 – 17 October 1986) was a New Zealand agricultural scientist, university lecturer and administrator. Early life, education, and family Burns was born in Ashley Bank, North Canterbury, on 19 March 19 ...

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* Peter Butler

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* John Cairney *

Frank Callaghan Francis Raymond Callaghan (15 April 1891 – 10 March 1980) was a New Zealand teacher, agricultural instructor and scientific administrator. Callaghan was born on 15 April 1891 at Lincoln. He succeeded Ernest Marsden as secretary of the ...

Flora Cameron Flora Jean Cameron (24 December 1902 – 13 January 1966) was a New Zealand nurse, nursing instructor and administrator. Biography Cameron was born in Richmond, New Zealand, on 24 December 1902. She did her nursing training at Christchu ...

* Dick Campbell * Alan Candy * Edward Caradus * David Carnegie * Harold Caro *

Clyde Carr Clyde Leonard Carr (14 January 1886 – 18 September 1962) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party, and was a minister of the Congregational Church. Biography Early life and career Carr was born in Ponsonby, Auckland in 1886. His fa ...

Turi Carroll Sir Alfred Thomas "Turi" Carroll (24 August 1890 – 11 November 1975) was a New Zealand tribal leader, farmer and local politician. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi and was a nephew of Sir James Carroll. He was ...

Ernest Caygill Ernest Robson Caygill (13 December 1886 – 21 March 1971) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in eleven first-class matches for Canterbury from 1910 to 1914. In 1953, Caygill was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. See a ...

* Charles Henry Chapman *

Johnny Checketts John Milne Checketts, (20 February 1912 – 21 April 2006) was a New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War, who was credited with the destruction of enemy aircraft, three probably destroyed and 11 damaged. Born in Invercargill, Checketts ...

Hector Christie Hector Christie (7 December 1881 – 4 April 1957) was a New Zealand lawyer, local politician and scouting leader. He was born in Wanganui, New Zealand, on 7 December 1881. In the 1946 New Year Honours, Christie was appointed an Officer of ...

* George Clifton * George Clinkard * Harry Combs *

Eric Compton Eric Henry Compton (14 March 1902 – 2 April 1982) was a New Zealand police officer. He served as Commissioner of Police between 1953 and 1955. Compton was born in Hastings, New Zealand, on 14 March 1902. In 1953, he was awarded the Queen ...

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Phil Connolly Philip George Connolly (14 November 1899 – 13 February 1970) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Early life Connoly was born in Dunedin on 14 November 1899 to Hugh Babbington Connolly and Evelyn Emily Connolly (née Smith). H ...

* Philip Cooke *

Bert Cooksley Bertie Victor Cooksley (13 July 1892 – 26 July 1980), always known as Bert Cooksley, was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. Biography Cooksley was born in 1892 in Dunsandel, Canterbury. He attended Dunsdale School. He fa ...

* Ernest Corbett * Frank Corner *

Joe Cotterill Joseph Bernard Francis Cotterill (26 September 1905 – 8 July 1982) was a New Zealand trade unionist, sport administrator and politician of the Labour Party. Biography Early life and career Cotterill was born in 1905 in Wanganui, both his p ...

* Charles Cotton *

Robert Coupland Robert William Coupland (24 September 1904 – 29 September 1968) was a New Zealand cricketer and senior tourism official. He played seven first-class matches for Otago between 1930 and 1933. Life and career Bob Coupland was born in Christchu ...

* John Court * James Crichton * William Cunningham * George Currie

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Clifford Dalton (George) Clifford James Dalton (20 May 1916 – 17 July 1961) was a New Zealand nuclear scientist and inventor of the fast breeder reactor. Early life and education Son of New Zealand-born parents, carpenter and builder George Dalton and tea ...

* Joseph Darnand * Arthur Davenport * Alfred Davey *

Eliot Davis Eliot Rypinski Davis (15 August 1871 – 5 January 1954) was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 22 June 1934 to 21 June 1941 when his term ended; then from 8 September 1941 to 7 September 1948 and 8 September 1948 to 31 Decemb ...

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Stanley Dean Stanley Sydney McPherson Dean (8 March 1887 – 17 March 1971) was the manager of the New Zealand national rugby union team on their tour of Australia in 1922 and the ' Invincibles' of 1924–1925 who went unbeaten on their tour of Britain, Ir ...

* James Deas * Helen Deem * Reginald Delargey *

Rangitīaria Dennan Rangitīaria Dennan (née Ratema; 14 July 1897 – 13 August 1970), known as Guide Rangi, was a New Zealand tribal leader, teacher and tourist guide. Of Māori people, Māori descent, she identified with the Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Tarāwhai, ...

* Edwin Dixon * Frederick Doidge * Viva Donaldson *

Arthur Donnelly Sir Arthur Telford Donnelly (6 June 1890 – 1 February 1954) was a New Zealand lawyer and sports administrator, and chairman of the Bank of New Zealand. Life and career Born in Christchurch, Donnelly was educated at Christchurch Boys' High Sch ...

Percy Dowse Percy Dowse (4 December 1898 – 9 December 1970) was a New Zealand politician. He was mayor of Lower Hutt from 1950 to 1970. Biography Early life He was born in Lancashire in 1898 and was educated at Wigan Technical College. His coal miner fat ...

Harry Dudfield Harry Dudfield (12 May 1912 – 19 July 1987) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. Biography Dudfield was born in Gisborne in 1912. He worked for A. and T. Burt until World War II, when he became a soldier and served in the M ...

Roger Duff Roger Shepherd Duff (11 July 1912 – 30 October 1978) was a New Zealand ethnologist and museum director. Biography Duff was born in Invercargill, New Zealand in 1912. He is the son of Oliver Duff founding editor of the New Zealand Listener, and ...

* Mason Durie

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* James Elliott *

Keith Elliott Keith Elliott, VC (25 April 1916 – 7 October 1989) was a New Zealand soldier who served with the New Zealand Military Forces during the Second World War. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the en ...

* Ned Ellison *

Sam Emery Samuel Horouta Emery (1885 – 20 April 1967) was a New Zealand labourer, farmer, rugby player, storekeeper, carrier, businessman, local politician. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngati Mahuta, Ngati Maniapoto, Ngati Pukeko and ...

Mary Enright Mary Teresa Enright (22 July 1880 – 21 January 1966) was a New Zealand teacher, journalist and community worker. She was born in Charleston, West Coast, New Zealand, on 22 July 1880. In the 1948 King's Birthday Honours, Enright was appo ...

* Pat Entrican * Dean Eyre

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Robert Falla Sir Robert Alexander Falla (21 July 1901 – 23 February 1979) was a New Zealand museum administrator and ornithologist. Early life Falla was born in Palmerston North in 1901 to George Falla and his wife, Elizabeth Kirk. As his father was work ...

Flora Forde Flora McMillan Forde (9 June 1883 – 13 December 1958) was a New Zealand political activist, feminist and welfare worker. Early life Forde was born on her parents' farm in Wyndham, Southland, New Zealand on 9 June 1883. Her parents were ...

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Victor Galway Victor Edward Galway (24 May 1894 – 9 July 1960) was a New Zealand music academic, organist, conductor and composer. Biography Victor Galway was born in Colchester, Essex, England in 1894. He studied organ under Frederick Ely. In 1911 he ...

* Elizabeth Gilmer

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* Tristan Hegglun * Edmund Hillary *

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* Clive Hulme

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Paddy Kearins Patrick Kearins (14 July 1894 - 7 September 1974) was a Member of Parliament for , in the North Island of New Zealand. Biography Early life and career Kearins was born 14 July 1894 to Patrick Kearins. He became a farmer in Kopaki and in Oc ...

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* Korokī Mahuta *

Jack Marshall Sir John Ross Marshall New Zealand Army Orders 1952/405 (5 March 1912 – 30 August 1988) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He entered Parliament in 1946 and was first promoted to Cabinet in 1951. After spending twelve years ...

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Percy Storkey Percy Valentine Storkey, VC (9 September 1893 – 3 October 1969) was a New Zealand-born Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwe ...

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* Harold Tait * Peter Tait * Hepi Te Heuheu * Blair Tennent * David Thomson * Percy Thomson *

Jim Thorn James Thorn (1 June 1882 – 21 November 1956) was a New Zealand politician and trade unionist. He was an organiser and candidate for the Independent Political Labour League, Social Democratic Party then the Labour Party. Biography Early lif ...

* Edward Thorne * Leonard Thornton * Eruera Tirikatene * Ernest Toop * Geoffrey Tremaine *

Leonard Trent Group Captain Leonard Henry Trent, (14 April 1915 – 19 May 1986) was a New Zealand aviator, senior Royal Air Force officer, and recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded ...

* Tualaulelei Mauri *

Tupua Tamasese Meaʻole Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole (3 June 1905 – 5 April 1963) was a Western Samoan paramount chief. He held the royal title of Tupua Tamasese from 1929 to 1963, and O le Ao o le Malo (Head of State) jointly with Malietoa Tanumafili II from 1962 unti ...

Harold Turbott Harold Bertram Turbott (5 August 1899 – 16 March 1988) was a New Zealand medical doctor, public health administrator, broadcaster and writer. For four decades he broadcast a weekly talk on health on the radio. Early life Turbott was bo ...

* George Turkington *

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* Charles Turner * Patrick Joseph Twomey * Arthur Tyndall

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Charles Upham Charles Hazlitt Upham, (21 September 1908 – 22 November 1994) was a New Zealand soldier who was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) twice during the Second World War - for gallantry in Crete in May 1941, and in Egypt, in July 1942. He was the ...

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* Ron Wakelin * Mark Wallace *

Robert Walls Robert Walls (born 21 July 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented and in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s and 1970s. In a playing career that spanned three decades Robert played a combined 259 games ...

Fintan Patrick Walsh Fintan Patrick Walsh (13 August 1894 – 16 May 1963) was a notable New Zealand seaman, trade unionist and farmer. He was born in Patutahi, Poverty Bay, on the East Coast of New Zealand in 1894, and died in Wellington in 1963. He was a fo ...

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* John Walsh * Bob Walton *

Joseph Ward Sir Joseph George Ward, 1st Baronet, (26 April 1856 – 8 July 1930) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 17th prime minister of New Zealand from 1906 to 1912 and from 1928 to 1930. He was a dominant figure in the Liberal and Un ...

* Alwyn Warren *

Ellenor Watson Ellenor Catherine Watson (née Squires, 22 April 1907 – 24 June 1966) was a notable New Zealand rural women's advocate and community leader. She was born in Nelson, New Zealand, in 1907. In 1953, Watson was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II ...

James Wattie Sir James Wattie (23 March 1902 – 8 June 1974) was a New Zealand clerk, accountant, company manager, industrialist, philanthropist and race-horse owner. Wattie was born in Hawarden, New Zealand in 1902. In 1934, he founded food processing co ...

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Clifton Webb Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck (November 19, 1889 – October 13, 1966), known professionally as Clifton Webb, was an American actor, singer, and dancer. He worked extensively and was known for his stage appearances in the plays of Noël Coward, i ...

* John Weeks * Stephen Weir *

George Weston George Weston (March 23, 1864 – April 6, 1924) was an American-born Canadian businessman and the founder of George Weston Limited. He became Toronto's biggest baker with Canada's largest bread factory. Weston began his career at the age of 12 a ...

* Ronald Erle White * William Whitlock * Agnes, Lady Wigram *

Leonard Wild Leonard John Wild (28 October 1889 – 23 July 1970) was a New Zealand teacher, agricultural scientist, lecturer, principal, educationalist, and writer. Early life Born at Oraki near Riverton in Southland in 1889, he received his secondary e ...

* Lionel Wilkinson * Gordon Wilson *

Ivon Wilson Ivon Vernon Wilson (1885–1974) was a notable New Zealand dentist and regional promoter. He was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1885. In 1953, Wilson was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. In the 1964 New Year Honours, he wa ...

Joseph Vivian Wilson Joseph Vivian Wilson (1894–1977) was a notable New Zealand public servant and diplomat, and the New Zealand ambassador to France. He was born in Greendale, North Canterbury, New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island cou ...

* Stanley Wilson * Frederick Wood * George Wood * Jack Wright *

Len Wright Sir Leonard Morton Wright (1906 – 22 October 1967) was a Dunedin businessman and was Mayor of Dunedin from 1950 to 1959. He was born in Australia and educated in Sydney. He married Cecily Bell in 1936. He was a tea importer and formed his ow ...

Tonga

* Sālote Tupou III

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