Auction Catalogue

8 April 2020

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Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

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Lot

№ 452

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8 April 2020

Hammer Price:
£2,400

Mudie’s National Medals, 1820, 39 of the set of 40 copper medals by various artists, struck by E. Thomason for J. Mudie, covering events from Admiral Duncan Victory at Camperdown, 1797, to the Ionian Islands, 1817 (BHM 387, 432, 438, 476, 504, 509, 567, 635, 637, 666, 671, 673, 713, 718, 727, 730, 735, 756, 760, 761, 765, 769, 776, 777, 789, 825, 854, 859, 867, 868, 869, 871, 884, 889, 891, 892, 921, 933, 958); together with BHM 596 (Nelson) [40]. Extremely fine or better, an attractive set; in original case with the bound original book £3,000-£4,000

Laurence Brown suggested that BHM 596 was originally intended to be included in the set of Mudie’s national medals