Auction Catalogue

24 June 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Commemorative Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 2070

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24 June 2009

Hammer Price:
£1,400

George III (1760-1820), MUDIE'S NATIONAL MEDALS, 1820, copper medals (16) from the series of 40 by J. Mudie for Thomason (BHM 1057; E 1136); in the library book-like case for a complete set,together with 8-page pamphlet list of details and separate small folio book, An Historical and Critical Account of a Grand series of National Medals, published under the direction of James Mudie, Esq., London, 1820, 151pp, 10 plates, case bound in modern green [but not recent] cloth [Lot]. Library case in excellent original condition, medals mostly extremely fine, pamphlet and book in good order but some foxing to latter £900-1,200

The medals included are: 1) George III, Dedication, 1817; 1a) uniface striking of the obv. of the Dedication medal; 2) Bombay and EIC Victory 1804; 3) Lord Howe, 1794; 5) Admiral Duncan, 1797; *6) Nelson, Trafalgar, 1805; 9) Maj-Gen. Hutchinson, 1801; 11) Presentation of Colours, 1813; 12) Wellington, English in the Peninsular, 1808; 14) John Moore, Corunna, 1809; 16) Wellington, Talavera, 1809; 17) Wellington, Torres Vedras, 1810/1; 29) Prince Regent, Treaty of Paris, 1814; 30) Visit of the Allied Sovereigns to England; 34) Marquis of Anglesey, 1815; 37) Surrender of Napoleon, 1815; 40) Ionian Islands, 1817