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Historical Medals, Prize Fighting Ring, Banbury, 1789, Isaac Perrins, a copper medal, unsigned, 34mm, 18.74g/12h (DH Warwickshire 13); Birmingham Riots [or the Second Anniversary of the French Revolution], 1791, a white metal medal, unsigned [perhaps by J.G. Hancock], 34mm, 13.56g/12h (DH Warwickshire 34; BHM 360); Victory of 1 June 1794, a white metal medal, unsigned, 28mm, 7.27g/6h (DH Hampshire 39; BHM 385) [3]. First very fine but with rim nicks, second fair, last fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £95
Historical Medals, George III and Queen Charlotte, c. 1790, a copper medalet by C.H. Küchler, 22mm, 2.88g/11h (DH 1133; BHM 339); Charles Fox, c. 1790, medals by W. Lutwyche (2), in copper, 34mm, 24.11g/6h (DH Middlesex 223; BHM 324), in white metal, 34mm, 14.66g/6h (DH Middlesex 224a; BHM 324); King and Constitution, 1793, a white metal medal by C. Twigg and I.S.G., 36mm, 15.11g/12h (DH Middlesex 188; BHM 370) [4]. First extremely fine with much original colour, second about extremely...
Hammer Price: £130
Historical Medals, Anti-Slavery Society, c. 1790, a white metal medal, unsigned [by W. Dixon after W. Hackwood], chained slave kneeling right, rev. whatsoever ye would, etc, 33mm, 11.69g/1h (DH Middlesex 235; BHM 269). Obverse fine, reverse very fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £700
Historical Medals, Anti-Slavery Society, c. 1790, a silver medal, unsigned, chained slave kneeling right, rev. whatsoever ye would, etc, 33mm, 11.76g/12h (DH Middlesex 237; BHM 269; W 2445). Fine, obverse better, old tone, very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £800
Historical Medals, Death of John Howard, 1790, a copper medal by W. Mainwaring, 32mm, 14.28g/12h (DH Middlesex 207; BHM 343); Richard Sheridan, c. 1790, a white metal medal, unsigned [perhaps by W. Mainwaring], 35mm, 16.45g/12h (DH Middlesex 217; BHM 346) [2]. Very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £120
Historical Medals, Birmingham Riots [or the Second Anniversary of the French Revolution], 1791, a copper medal, unsigned [perhaps by J.G. Hancock], monster of Sedition carrying flag with cap of Liberty on the staff, rev. snake basking in long grass, 34mm, 16.62g/12h (DH Warwickshire 34; BHM 360). Usual die flaw on obverse which is half patinated, about extremely fine £200-£300
Hammer Price: £380
Historical Medals, Thomas Paine, 1793, a white metal medal, unsigned [possibly by W. Mainwaring], bust right, rev. man standing, regarding a mountain at right, on which crouches a mouse, two other figures at left, 33mm, 10.48g/12h (DH Middlesex 208; BHM 365). Very fine, rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £400
Historical Medals, Thomas Paine, 1793, a white metal medal, unsigned, man hanging from tree, a tree is known by its fruit…, i die for this damn'd book in speech bubble, rev. may the tree of liberty exist to bear tommy's last friend, 32mm, 10.75g/12h (DH Middlesex 209, the plate coin; BHM 366). Usual small flaws by obverse rim, even wear, fine, very rare £400-£600
Historical Medals, Thomas Hardy Acquitted, 1794, a white metal medal by W. Lutwyche, 33mm, 11.94g/6h (DH Middlesex 206; BHM 379); a copper medal, unsigned, 32mm, 14.82g/12h (DH Middlesex 204; BHM 378) [2]. First fine and free of tin pest, rare, second about very fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £170
Historical Medals, Queen Charlotte’s 51st Birthday, 1795, a silver medal, unsigned [by C.H. Küchler], bust left, rev. frogmore, etc, 34mm, 23.03g/12h (Pollard 10; BHM 390; E 864; cf. DNW 136, 1506). Obverse die flaw in very early stage, about extremely fine, mottled uneven tone, very rare in silver £150-£200
Hammer Price: £360
Historical Medals, Queen Charlotte’s 51st Birthday, 1795, a mule medal in silver by J.-P. Droz, bust of George III right, rev. from the same die as previous, 34mm, 23.20g/12h (DH Middlesex 181 bis; Pollard 10, rev.; BHM 390). Extremely fine, irregular toning, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £240
Historical Medals, Death of Revd. William Romaine, 1795, copper medals (2), by J. Milton, 32mm, 16.49g/6h (DH Middlesex 216; BHM 403); unsigned, 32mm, 13.13g/12h (DH Middlesex 214; BHM 404) [2]. Extremely fine, first toned, second with original colour £80-£100
Hammer Price: £110
Historical Medals, Admiral Sir Alan Gardner Elected, 1796, a copper medal by P. Kempson, Gardner in naval uniform standing in front of a cannon, rev. obelisk at left, fox standing on three blocks, no majesty but that of the people, etc, 33mm, 22.14g/6h (DH Middlesex 226; BHM 411). About extremely fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £190
Historical Medals, Union Mill, Birmingham, 1796, a copper check, caduceus and cornucopia, rev. stamped 153, 33mm, 15.97g (DH Warwickshire 37). Good very fine, patinated £60-£80
Hammer Price: £65
Historical Medals, Naval Thanksgiving at St Paul’s, 1797, medals (3), by J. Milton, in copper, 32mm, 16.24g/12h (DH Middlesex 192; BHM 439), unsigned (2), in copper and white metal, both 33mm, 18.44g/6h, 12.76g/6h (both DH Middlesex 197; BHM 442) [3]. Last good fine, others about extremely fine and better £70-£90
Historical Medals, Naval Thanksgiving at St Paul’s, 1797, a copper medal, unsigned, bust of George III right, rev. providence this day acknowledged, etc, 33mm, 17.93g/6h (DH Middlesex 197; BHM 442). Extremely fine, original colour, attractive reflective surfaces £90-£120
Hammer Price: £80
Historical Medals, Norwich Loyal Military Association, 1797, a copper medal, unsigned, soldier bearing arms in front of a row of tents, Castle and Cathedral in background, rev. arms of Norwich flanked by military ensigns, 32mm, 14.88g/6h (DH Norfolk 3; BHM 443). Very fine £60-£80
Historical Medals, The Greatheed Petition to Dismiss the King’s Ministers, Warwick, 1797, a white metal medal, unsigned, three men in cart exhorting the crowds on either side, gallows above, rev. as if from temple bar some head was cut, and on rebelling trunk the face was put, 36mm, 19.68g/12h (DH Warwickshire 9; BHM 444). A few spots of tin pest, otherwise obverse about extremely fine, reverse very fine, very rare £200-£260
Historical Medals, Farming Monopolies, Birmingham, 1800, a white metal medal, unsigned [by J.G. Hancock for P. Kempson], head left with distended mouth attempting to swallow a globe, rev. Eye of Providence above gloved hand dispensing coins to other hands, 37mm, 15.30g/6h (DH Middlesex 240; BHM 497). Good fine, surfaces dulled £80-£100
Circuses, LAMBETH, [Astley’s] Royal Amphitheatre, oval engraved silver, horseman left, royal amphitheatre, back named (Mr Oliver Jones), 50 x 33mm, 9.14g (W 80, this piece; Young, Theatres & Circus, p.117, this piece; cf. Millett FPL 2008, 104). Very fine and extremely rare; believed only one other specimen known £600-£800
Hammer Price: £600
Circuses, LAMBETH, Astley’s Amphitheatre, William Batty, uniface brass, wm. batty late astley’s amphitheatre, half pit price stamped in centre, 39mm, 10.62g (W 83, this piece illustrated; Young, Theatres & Circus, p.117, this piece). Somewhat spotted, otherwise fine, very rare £80-£100
Clubs and Societies, ST JAMES’S, The Constitutional Club, Life Member, oval brass, legend, rev. arms and supporters, 50 x 40mm, 26.25g (W –). Good very fine; pierced for suspension £20-£30
Hammer Price: £40
Clubs and Societies, ST JAMES’S, Union Club, 1799, copper, clasped hands, union club above, date below, rev. heart, 34mm, 11.96g (W 1773; D & W 194/740). Good very fine, very rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £150
Clubs and Societies, STRAND, Adelphi Society, oval silver, clasped hands, undeb a brawd garwch, rev. the adelphi society instituted 1780, 35 x 28mm, 14.02g (W 2108; cf. Baldwin 61, 540). Lacquered, otherwise fine to very fine; crudely pierced for suspension £60-£80
Clubs and Societies, Society of Bucks, 1796, copper, unsigned [by W. Lutwyche], stag, rev. plough, edge grained, 7.73g/12h (W 1782; D & W 152/394; DH Middlesex 1041e); Lutwyche’s mule Halfpenny, 1797, copper, stag, rev. Britannia, edge payable in london, 10.80g/6h (W 1783; D & W 152/395; DH 1042a); silver, unsigned [by J. Westwood], stag, rev. plough, edge plain, 28mm, 7.39g/12h (W 1781; D & W 152/396; DH 1043) [3]. Varied state, last rare £90-£120
Hammer Price: £90
Clubs and Societies, Uncertain location, 1788, white metal, clasped hands, union above, date below, rev. similar, 25mm, 5.39g (W –; D & W –). Very fine and very rare; worthy of further research £60-£80
Hammer Price: £55
Commerce, COVENT GARDEN, New Street, J. Shakespear, copper, c. 1800, js monogram flanked by flowers, rev. shakespear taylor new street covent garden above a woolpack, 34mm, 17.54g (W –). Good fine, very rare; worthy of further research £50-£100
Hammer Price: £300
Education, COVENT GARDEN, Long Acre, brass, st martin in the fields library and reading room for the working classes, rev. northern schools castle st long acre around central tablet, stamped No.90, 31mm, 9.62g (W 2786, this piece illustrated). Very fine £30-£40
Exhibitions and Museums, BAKER STREET, Madame Tussaud & Sons, brass Shilling [c. 1850], madame tussaud & sons exhibition, centre unstamped, rev. baker street portman square around value, 37mm, 14.60g (W 1041, note; D & W 82/265). Very fine, unissued £30-£40
Exhibitions and Museums, BAKER STREET, Madame Tussaud & Sons, Exhibition, Admit Two (Bank Holidays excepted), a printed card with perforated Admit Two to Extra Rooms, signed by John T. Tussaud, 124 x 95mm (Young, Entertainments, p.42, this item). Very fine £20-£30
Hammer Price: £30
Exhibitions and Museums, MARYLEBONE, Portman Rooms, 1887, brass, admit one and date, un-numbered, rev. bazaar portman rooms november, 38 x 30mm, 9.78g (W 1030). Good very fine; with integral loop for suspension £40-£60
Hammer Price: £25
Exhibitions and Museums, MUSWELL HILL, Alexandra Palace, oval engraved silver, alexandra palace muswell hill around pass, rev. alexandra palace co limited, named (M.B. Samson Esq), 35 x 24mm, 8.78g (W 1001, this piece). Some scratches in centre of reverse, otherwise about very fine, very rare £90-£120
Exhibitions and Museums, PICCADILLY, Egyptian Hall, white metal, by J. Bonomi for Pinches, egyptian hall piccadilly painted by henry warren joseph bonomi james fahey daily at three & eight, rev. Bedouin on camel walking right, panorama of the nile above, 36mm, 17.55g (W 1015, this piece illustrated; Young, Entertainments, p.29, this piece). Extremely fine and very rare £150-£200
Exhibitions and Museums, STRAND, Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpenny, brass, elephant, rev. two-headed cow, edge plain, 9.44g/6h (DH Middlesex 422). About very fine, dulled, rare £40-£50
Exhibitions and Museums, STRAND, Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpenny, white metal, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 7.71g/6h (DH Middlesex 422; cf. DNW 67A, 1437). About extremely fine, very rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £200
Gambling, Cornhill, Richardson, Goodluck & Co, uniface trials in lead of the obv. and rev. of the Halfpenny, 1795, Fortune standing between two lottery wheels, rev. at the offices of richardson goodluck & co no. 12807 the last prize of £30,000 shared was sold in sixteenths, edges plain, 2.91g, 2.95g (cf. W 1716; cf. DH Middlesex 467) [2]. Extremely fine and as made, unusual and very rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £550
Gambling, CORNHILL, Richardson, Goodluck & Co, New State Lottery, 5 September 1803, printed publicity sheet detailing the Scheme, offering 24,000 tickets at a total value of £210,000, prizes to be paid two months after the drawing ends, in full, or on demand, the verso detailing the Capital Prizes sold by the firm in 1802, 220 x 140mm, together with a wooden printer’s block depicting the obv. of their Halfpenny, 1795, 45mm; Pidding & Co, State Lottery of 8,000 Tickets, 4 March 1814,...
Hammer Price: £100
Gambling, COVENT GARDEN, [Henry] Jernegan’s Lottery, 1736, a silver medal by J.S. Tanner after H.F. Gravelot, Minerva standing between trophies and emblems, rev. Queen Caroline waters a grove of palm trees, 39mm, 20.50g (W 1714, this piece illustrated; MI II, 517/72; E 537). Excess of metal on reverse rim, otherwise very fine and toned £60-£80
Gardens, BERMONDSEY, Bermondsey Spa Gardens, Thomas Keyse, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1786, copper, bermondsey spa gardens around conjoined ts between two keys, rev. musical instruments around flaming heart, edge skidmore holborn london, 12.95g/10h (DH Surrey 4; W 1301, this piece illustrated; D & W 65/158; Young, Gardens, p.79, this piece). Collector’s number ‘2122’ in lower obverse field, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, extremely rare £700-£900
Hammer Price: £1,500
Gardens, BROMPTON, Cromwell Gardens, brass Sixpence, c. 1775, legend around value either side, 30mm, 6.54g (W 1311; D & W 67/171; Young, Gardens, p.87, obv. this piece). Small t engraved on lower reverse (similar to others seen), very fine and very rare £120-£150
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