Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

John Flaxman, 1854, a copper medal by H. Weigall for the Art Union of London, 56mm (BHM 2530; E 1479); Opening of Calthorpe Park, Birmingham, 1857, a copper-gilt medal by J. Moore and G.R. Collis, 55mm (BHM 2594); University of Edinburgh, Chemistry, 1859, a copper award medal after W. Wyon, named (James Grant, 1865), 45mm; Halton & Aston Clinton Industrial Exhibition, 1868, a copper award medal, unsigned [for J. Smith & Co], named (Sarah Bonest, Mentmore), 51mm (Preston-Morley 654; Allen Pt 2); International Fisheries Exhibition, Edinburgh, 1882, a silver award medal, unsigned [by Hamilton, Crichton & Co], named (Class XII…John Cooper, London, for Cases of Fish and Birds), 45mm (BHM 3129; D & W 57/99; Allen Pt 1; Brodie –; cf. DNW M4, 103); Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (Frances D. Masterton, for Perspective, Session 1900-1901), 48mm; University College, London, Donaldson Medal, 1865, a silver award by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, named (F.H. Hodson, Architecture Construction, 1902-3), 57mm (BHM 2832; E 1582; Taylor 232a); Highland & Agricultural Society of Scotland, Earl of Dalkeith Prize, a bronze award medal by A. Kirkwood, named (J.D. Hay, Glenearn, for Best Animal of Border Leicester Breed, Hawick Show, 1914), 48mm; Polytechnic, Regent Street, Robert Mitchell Trophy, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (H.W. Rigden, for the best Educational Achievement, Session 1921-22), 57mm; Corporation of the Port of Dover, a silver award medal by W.J. Dingley, un-named, hallmarked Birmingham 1927, 51mm; Hinckley Grammar School, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (Kathryn Duve, Discus), 45mm; Clifton College, a bronze award medal by Pinches, un-named, 44mm (MJP p.32) [12]. Flaxman, Calthorpe, Edinburgh 1865 and 1882, Donaldson and Mitchell extremely fine, Halton fine, others generally very fine £200-300

Provenance: First two Baldwin Auction 41, 4 May 2005, lot 1570 (part); fifth and seventh Spink Auction 196, 24-5 September 2008, lots 308 (part), 310