Auction Catalogue

11 December 2002

Starting at 12:00 PM

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English, Scottish and World Coins. Tokens, Tickets and Passes. Historical and Art Medals. World Banknotes

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

Lot

№ 670

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11 December 2002

Hammer Price:
£120

Imprisonment of Sir Francis Burdett, 1810, medals (2), unsigned, in copper and white metal, bust right, rev. the intrepid champion of freedom etc. within a radiate circle, 48mm (BHM 689; E 1011); same subject, copper medal, unsigned, 26mm (BHM 690); Election of Sir Charles Cockerell Validated, 1819, a copper medal by J.P. Suffield, 54mm (BHM 979; E 1111); Rights of the People, 1823, a copper medal, unsigned, 40mm (BHM 1212); Death of Charles Calvert, 1832, a copper medal by W. Wyon, 44mm (BHM 1569); Lord John Russell Elected M.P. for the City of London, 1841, a copper medal by A.J. Stothard, 45mm (BHM 2010; E 1352); together with other political medals and counters (8) [15]. Fine to extremely fine but Calvert tooled; first and seventh in wooden cases (£120-150)

Provenance:
BHM 689 copper, 1212 and 2010 J.L. Wetton Collection