Coins, Historical Medals & Paper Money

Opening of the Queen Alexandra Dock, Cardiff, 1907, a bronze medal by Spiridion & Sons, 52mm (W & E 4921.2; BHM 3945; E 1900); George V, Coronation, 1911, medals (2), by J.R. Gaunt, in silver, 63mm (W & E 5120A.1; BHM 4038), and by H. Jenkins, in plated bronze, 64mm (W & E 5152A.3); Investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1911, a silver medal by W. Goscombe John, 35mm (Giordano 23b; BHM 4079; E 1925); George V, Silver Jubilee, 1935, a silver medal by P. Metcalfe, 57mm (W & E 5668A.2; BHM 4249; E 2029a); George VI, Coronation, 1937, a silver medal by P. Metcalfe, 57mm (W & E 7000A.4; BHM 4314; E 2046a); Elizabeth II, Coronation, 1953, a plated medal by Turner & Simpson, 77mm (W & E 8105A.10; BHM 4445); together with other base metal medals for royal events (3) [10]. Very fine and better; the majority in cases, some official £80-100

Provenance: M. Longfield Collection

The 1953 medal in the lot is plated