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Medals, Trinidad, Centenary of the Conquest of Trinidad, 1897, a gold medal, unsigned, uniformed bust of Sir Ralph Abercromby three-quarters left, rev. ships at anchor in the mole of Port of Spain, 39mm, 38.92g (BHM 3623; E 1809b; Roehrs 1623). Virtually mint state and very rare £800-1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins, Tokens and Medals of the Caribbean from the late Raymond Brandon Collection.

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Provenance: Bt Spink October 1976.

Brown (BHM) states the medal was probably struck in Trinidad, however the cataloguer believes it to be a Spink production. It was originally issued with a signed certificate from the Centenary Celebration Committee. The ticket with the Roehrs’ specimen stated ‘about 5 known’