Auction Catalogue

16 January 2019

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Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

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№ 821 x

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16 January 2019

Hammer Price:
£400

William IV and Queen Adelaide, Coronation, 1831, a group of four gilt cliché impressions of the intended medal by W. Wyon, one of William with no stop at end of legend [this corrected in the finished version], others of Adelaide of varying thickness, one with the design incuse, 32-34mm (cf. BHM 1475; cf. E 1251) [4]. Extremely fine and better, an intriguing group £240-£300

Provenance: Almost certainly originating with the Wyon family, and by descent; Stack’s/Bowers/Ponterio Auction (New York), 11-16 January 2018, lot 23163