Coins, Paper Money, Tokens and Historical Medals

International Exhibition, 1862, a white metal medal by G. Dowler, Britannia standing on plinth holding flag and olive branch, attendants around, rev. view of the exhibition buildings, 75mm (Allen SK 8115; Taylor 182i; BHM 2721). Good extremely fine, very rare £80-100

Dowler used the same obverse die a decade earlier on an equally rare 1853 medal commemorating the erection of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham (Allen SY 1853/001)