Auction Catalogue

13 March 2002

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Ancient, Celtic, British and World Coins. Tokens, Tickets and Passes. Historical and Art Medals. Numismatic Books

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1248

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13 March 2002

Estimate: £40–£50

Great Britain, Centenary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1925, a bronze medal by G. Bayes for Pinches, conjoined busts of Edward Pease and George Stephenson left, rev. Vulcan holding a model of the original engine, Locomotion No.1, with a ‘Pacific’ class locomotive in the background, 44mm (Irvine/Atterbury p.139; BHM 4205; E 2001; Moyaux Suppl. 44A; cf. DNW 34, 543). Extremely fine, the small size scarce; in original buff card case [this rather scuffed] (£40-50)