Coins, Paper Money, Tokens and Historical Medals (12 & 13 December 2016): Lot 2897

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A Collection of City of London Medals, the Property of a Gentleman
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№ 2897

13 December 2016

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Father Mathew [1838], a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Davis], cross above legend in wreath, rev. Father Matthew preaching to a kneeling congregation, edge named (Presented by the Very Revd. Theobald Mathew to John Y. Marshall as a memorial of esteem, March 9th 1843), 44mm (BHM 1868). About extremely fine, toned £120-150

Provenance: J. Spencer Collection, DNW Auction M5, 17 December 2007, lot 1239.

Theobald Mathew (1790-1856), a Capuchin priest popularly known as Father Mathew, established the Total Abstinence Society of Ireland in Cork in 1838

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Coins, Paper Money, Tokens and Historical Medals

№ 2897

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