Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, Diedrich Uhlhorn’s Coining Press, 1851, a copper medal, unsigned, 37mm (Allen C340; BHM 2471; E 1464); Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Birmingham, 1874, white metal medals by R. Heaton & Sons (2, one bronzed), both 38mm (W & E 1233.1, 1233.2; BHM 2973; E 1635); New Century, 1901, a cupro-nickel medal by King’s Norton Metal Co Ltd, 45mm (W & E 4090A); Birmingham Mint, Calendar medal, 1985, in bronze, 76mm; Centenary of Imperial Metal Products Ltd, Birmingham, 1989, medals (2), in cupro-nickel and bronze, unsigned, both 39mm; together with other modern medals of the Royal Mint (1), Birmingham Mint (8, one in silver) [16]. First very fine and scarce, others generally extremely fine and better
£100-150