Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Historical Medals, 50th Birthday of Joseph Priestley, 1783, a copper medal by J.G. Hancock, bust right, rev. scientific apparatus on a bench, chimney with smoke at right, 36mm, 17.61g (DH Warwickshire 33; BHM 251; E 807). Usual flaw on reverse rim, good extremely fine, red-brown patina, scarce £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Tokens, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance: R C Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 145 (part); J. Spingarn Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 1262 [from P. Bosco]