Auction Catalogue

6 October 2010

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books including the David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 566 x

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6 October 2010

Hammer Price:
£3,200

Political and Social series: Medals, Daniel Mendoza and William Ward, 1791, a white metal medal by W. Mainwaring, bare heads of pugilists vis-à-vis, rev. boxers, oak branch above, date in exergue, 35mm, 11.83g/12h (DH 35; BHM 356). Extremely fine and very rare £1,500-2,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection.

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Provenance: F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Lincoln January 1911]; Baldwin’s Auction 19, 4 May 1999, lot 517; J. Spingarn Collection FPL (88); J. Spingarn Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 1116; bt J.S. April 2002