Auction Catalogue

1 July 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 2039

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1 July 2008

Hammer Price:
£150

18th Century, Cartagena Taken, 1741, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, Don Blass kneels in surrender to Admiral Vernon, rev. six ships entering Porto Bello harbour, 38mm (MI II, 552/168; Betts 306); The Rebels Retreat to Scotland, 1745, a silver medal by T. Pingo, 33mm (Eimer 2; Woolf 53:4; MI II, 607/265; E 600); Battle of Culloden, 1746, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, 42mm (Woolf 55.7b; MI II, 612/276); 50th Anniversary of Wesleyan Methodism, 1789, a white metal medal by W. Mainwaring, 36mm (BHM 334; E 829) [4]. Generally fine, first better but stained on reverse (£100-150)