Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals, Cabinets & Books

Lichfield Cathedral Repaired, 1788, a white metal medal by T. Wyon Sr and J. Ottley, 39mm (BHM 292); Walgherton Female Friendly Dividend Society [Inst. 1833], an oval copper pass, 44 x 36mm (Edge S41; D & W 195/749; cf. DNW 136, 1502); Victoria, Visit to Tamworth, 1843, a copper medal by J. Davis, 35mm (W & E 408.1; BHM 2091); Victoria, Visit to Wolverhampton, 1866, a brass medal by T. Pope, 28mm (W & E 1051.1; BHM 2854); Wolverhampton & Staffordshire Industrial Exhibition, 1884, a white metal medal, unsigned, 45mm (Allen Pt 4); Marriage of the Duke of York, Wolverhampton, 1893, a white metal medal by the Mint, Birmingham, 38mm (W & E –; BHM –); together with other 19th and 20th century medals (42), from Tamworth, Smethwick, Lichfield, Sedgley, Burton-on-Trent, Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Longton, Hanley, Chesterton, Walsall, Crewe, West Bromwich, Wednesbury, Kidsgrove, etc; all contained in a coin cabinet by St Leonards, 33 x 33 x 19mm, comprising 14 trays single-pierced to house a total of 442 coins, brass pulls, double doors, lock and key, felt base [Lot]. Many medals very fine, no duplication; cabinet virtually as new, an excellent base for a Staffordshire collection [weight 7.5 kg] £200-400

Provenance: E.A. Watkin Collection