Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Sheffield Union of the Order of Druids, a white metal medal, c. 1800, unsigned, 53mm (D & W –); Western Philanthropic Institution [Est. 1811], a white metal award medal by T. Wyon, un-named, 64mm (D & W 197/761); Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1830, a white metal medal by T. Halliday, 49mm (BHM 1458; D & W 329/37; E 1223); Orphan Working School, Hampstead, 1847, a white metal medal, unsigned, 50mm (Taylor 157a; D & W 232/233; E 1421); Liverpool Fancy Fair, 1849, a white metal medal by Allen & Moore, 45mm (BHM 2360); Visit of the Royal Agricultural Society to Chelmsford, 1856, a white metal medal by Pinches, 50mm (Taylor 50b; MJP –; cf. DNW M8, 2084); Exhibition of Art Treasures, Manchester, 1857, a white metal medal by Pinches, 41mm (BHM 2609; E 1513b); Death of Prince Albert, 1861, a white metal medal by T. Ottley, 53mm (W & E 848.1; BHM 2698); Preston Exhibition of Art and Industry, 1865, a white metal medal by J. Moore, 44mm (Allen Pt 4; D & W 94/364); Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, Borough of Croydon, a white metal medal by J. Moore, 51mm (W & E 2275G.1; BHM 3261); St Thomas Church, Leeds, 1893, a white metal medal by T. Fattorini, 38mm; Borough of Plymouth Extended, 1896, a white metal medal by S.A. Daniell, 38mm (cf. DNW M14, 1133) [12]. Second fine, others generally very fine, some scarce £150-200

Provenance: Second, third and fourth P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 415 (part); ninth Baldwin Auction, 22 March 2001, lot 307 (part); last D.G. Vorley Collection, Glendining Auction, 2 June 1994, lot 839 (part)