Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

19th Century, Robert Owen, 1832, a copper medal by T. Halliday, draped bust left, rev. rational religion, etc, 45mm (BHM 1573). Extremely fine and very rare (£90-120)

Robert Owen (1771-1858), socialist and philanthropist from Newtown, Montgomeryshire, is best known in a numismatic context as the owner of the Lanark Mills from 1799 to 1827 and the issuer of Scottish countermarked dollars from there