The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins

Historical Medals, JAMAICA, Opening of Suffield School, 1836, a white metal medal, unsigned, elevation of the School, rev. members upwards of 30,000, etc, 26mm (cf. Roehrs 1562); together with a modern Missouri Compromise bronze medal [2]. First good very fine, pierced for suspension; second extremely fine £70-90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Lyall Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins.

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Provenance: First bt 1992.

The first medal commemorate a new building for the public school first opened in Falmouth in 1814 by the Revd John Rowe. Originally called the ‘Suffered’ School, the name was later changed to Suffield