Coins, Historical Medals & Paper Money

500th Anniversary of the Founding of the College of Arms, 1984, a gilt-bronze medal by Nicola Moss for the Royal Mint, 63mm; 150th Anniversary of the Great Western Railway, 1985, a bronze medal by R. Lowe for the Royal Mint, 63mm; South Pole Expedition, 1986, a bronze medal, unsigned, for the Royal Mint, 63mm; Tercentenary of the Revival of the Order of the Thistle, 1987, a bronze medal, unsigned, for the Royal Mint, 63mm; Quatercentenary of the Spanish Armada, 1988, a bronze medal, unsigned [by M. Canioni], for the Royal Mint, 63mm (E 2160); 800th Anniversary of the Mayoralty of London, 1989, a bronze medal, unsigned, for the Royal Mint, 63mm; 175th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, 1990, bronze medals after B. Pistrucci for the Royal Mint (2), both 63mm (E 2166); Bicentenary of the Launch of ‘The Original’ Lifeboat, 1990, bronze medals by R. Lowe for the Royal Mint (2), both 63mm; 500th Anniversary of the Birth of Henry VIII, 1991, bronze medals by Jane McAdam for the Royal Mint (2), both 63mm; 150th Anniversary of the London-Bristol Railway, 1991, a bronze-gilt medal, unsigned, by the Royal Mint for the Firefly Trust, 63mm; Millennium of the Office of High Sherriff, 1992, bronze medals by F. Mogford for the Royal Mint (2), both 63mm; Tercentenary of the Birth of John Harrison, 1993, a bronze medal, unsigned [by F. Mogford], for the Royal Mint, 63mm (E 2183); 25th Anniversary of the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1994, a bronze medal, unsigned [by M. Rizzello], for the Royal Mint, 63mm; Centenary of the Birth of Reginald Mitchell, 1995, a bronze medal by Avril Vaughan and J. Lobban for the Royal Mint, 63mm; 900th Anniversary of the Order of St John, 1999, a bronze medal, unsigned [by M. Bonaccorsi], for the Royal Mint, 63mm (E 2197) [19]. As struck; all but one 1992 medal in cases of issue £100-200

Provenance: M. Longfield Collection