Irish Coins & Historical Medals

Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland, a silver award medal by W. Woodhouse adapted for the North Wexford and Gorey Poor Law Union Farming Society, crowned harp, rev. wreath, named (Awarded to Chas. M. Doyne, Esq, D.L., Wells, for his red cow ‘Shamrock’, calved Nov. 11th 1881, By Mentor, 1887), 51mm (Lane, Went and Bateson, NSI Occ. Papers 19, no. 2). Virtually as struck, toned £100-£120

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

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Provenance: J. Spencer Collection, DNW Auction M5, 17 December 2007, lot 1228