Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals, Paper Money and Numismatic Books

Irish Medals, WORLD COINS, Irish Medals, Revd. Theobald Mathew, 1847, a copper medal by L.C. Wyon, 58mm (BHM 2269; E 1419; Frazer p.325); Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts (Inc. 1823; Enlarged 1861), a copper Prize Medal by J. Woodhouse, un-named, 63mm (E 1550; Frazer p.196); Centenary of the Birth of Daniel O’Connell, 1875, a copper medal by W.T. Parkes, 42mm (BHM 3011); Irish Artisans Exhibition, 1885, a white metal medal by J. Woodhouse, 33mm (Allen Pt 5); Royal Dublin Society, Irish Artisans Exhibition, Dublin, a copper award medal by J. Woodhouse, named (John Drury, for Billiard Table & Fittings), 55mm [5]. Third and fourth very fine, others in varied state
£70-90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals formed by Major John Crooks.

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Provenance: First two bt J. Lawler, Dublin, and with original pre-World War I envelopes; third bt J.H. Daniels 1924.

John Lawler & Son, 2 Upper Fownes’s Street, Dublin, were dealers in coins, medals, antiques and curios, with a notable sideline in rifles, guns and armaments