Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens and Commemorative Medals

USA, Assassination of President Lincoln, 1865, a light bronze medal by G.T. Morgan, 76mm (Brooks 116); Loss of the Steamer Metis, 1872, a light bronze award medal by W. and C.E. Barber, un-named, 65mm (Loubat 81; cf. Emporium Hamburg 67, 1393); Tennessee Centennial Exposition, Nashville, 1897, a hollow copper medal, unsigned, 76mm (cf. DNW 105, 1409); Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901, a plated medal by W. & H. Co., Newark, 32mm; 75th Anniversary of Crane Co, Chicago, 1930, a bronze medal by Medallic Art Co, 63mm (cf. Künker 105, 4284); together with another bronze medal of Lincoln, 51mm [6]. Very fine £100-150

The steamer Metis, of the New York and Providence Line, was wrecked in a storm off Watch Hill, Rhode Is., 30 August 1872, with the loss of over 100 lives