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Dix Noonan Webb [London], Auctions 26 [R.C. Bell], 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41 [Brodie Medals], 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 [Santa Lucia], 52 [Preston-Morley/Spingarn], 53, 54, 55 [Brodie Tokens], 56 [Judson I/Harris], 57 [Judson II], 58, 60, 61 [Mass I], 62, 63 [Spence I], 64, 65 [Mass II/Hogarth/Litrenta I], 66, 67A [Spence II], 68A [R.S. Bole], 69A [Litrenta II], 70B [Spence III], 72 [Greenaway], T5, T6 [Pottinger], T7 [Brown I], T8 [Brown II], T9 [Griffiths library], T10 [Griffiths I/Bennett/Brown...
Hammer Price: £110
Glendining & Co [London], Catalogue of Tokens formed by the late S.H. Hamer, Esq, of Halifax, 26-8 November 1930, 802 lots, 10 plates; together with other miscellaneous catalogues of medals and tokens, etc (26), 1986-93, including Kotzen, Zabriskie, A.P. Adams complete, Mitchiner, Schwer, etc [Lot]. Very fine and better; some recent catalogues neatly priced in pencil £30-£40
Hammer Price: £120
Lincoln, W.S., List of Tradesmen’s Tokens of the Eighteenth Century…Essex…Surrey, London, nd [1892+], 16pp; Wroth, W., Tickets of Vauxhall Gardens, London, 1898, 20pp, 3 plates (Manville 590); Potter, G.W.J., Railway Medals and Tokens, Brighton, 1901, 19pp, 4 plates (Manville –); [Anon], Catalogue of 18th Century Lancashire Tokens…from the Collection of R. Stanton, Lancaster, 1903, 20pp (Manville –; cf. DNW T13, 663); Dack, C., Coins, Medals and Local Tradesmen’s Tokens of the...
Hammer Price: £140
Marsh, M.A., The Gold Sovereign, 1st edn, Cambridge, 1980, x + 72pp, illustrations in text, dj (Manville 1434); Fearon, D., and Reeds, B., The Sovereign, Croxley Green, 2001, 79pp, illustrations in text, dj (Manville 1896); Dick, J., and Richardson, T. (eds), The Quartermaster Collection, Kogarah, NSW, 2009, xv + 219pp, illustrations in text, dj, casebound; Hill, S., The Bentley Collection of British Milled Sovereigns, London, 2013, 446pp, illustrations in text, dj [4]. Publishers’...
Hammer Price: £190
Pirie, Elizabeth J.E., Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles 5: Grosvenor Museum, Chester, Part I, London, 1964, xx + 43pp, 16 plates (Manville 1129, recté 1964), 4pp appeal note from the Chester Archaeological Society concerning funding for the Willoughby Gardner collection, 1952, tipped-in; Pridmore, F., Coins and Coinages of the Straits Settlements and British Malaya 1786 to 1951, London, 1968, 271pp, 12 plates; Glendining & Co, sale catalogues of the Pridmore Collection, 1981-2, Part I...
Hammer Price: £20
Spink [London], Auctions 7 [McGoldrick], 26 [Jan I], 28, 35 [Jan II], 43 [Baldwin Welsh], 51 [Sykes], 53 [Gerson I], 58 [Gerson II], 62, 63 [Cruttwell], 67 [Wetton], 74 [Fraser], 81, 84, 85, 89, 90, 92, 96, 98, 1979-93; together with duplicate catalogues for Auctions 28, 35, 43, 53, 62, 63, 74 and 81; Spink’s Numismatic Circular, December 1992, centenary issue [Lot]. Very fine and better; some neatly priced in pencil with buyers’ names, several with PRLs tipped-in £30-£40
Hammer Price: £25
Elizabeth I, a cast bronze badge, unsigned, bust left in ruff, rev. phoenix rising from flames, crowned royal monogram above, 47 x 42mm (cf. MI I, 124/70; cf. E 48B). A later copy, possibly 19th century, extremely fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £170
James I and Prince Charles, a cast silver counter stamped in imitation of engraving, second issue [c. 1620-5], facing bust of James I wearing hat, rev. facing bare-headed bust of Prince Charles with moustache and beard, 26mm, 2.65g (MI I, 376/272; E 174). Very fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £100
Marriage of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, 1625, a cast silver medal, unsigned [by P. Regnier], busts vis-a-vis, rev. Cupid walking right, holding roses and lilies, 23mm, 2.13g (MI I, 238/1 var.; E 105Ab). Good very fine £80-£100
Charles II, Coronation, 1661, a gold medal by T. Simon, crowned bust right, rev. King enthroned, being crowned by Peace, 29mm, 12.02g (MI I, 472/76; E 221). File-marks on edge and minor marks in fields, otherwise about extremely fine, very rare £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £5,500
Anne, Coronation, 1702, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Croker], bust left, rev. Anne, as Pallas, hurls thunderbolt at monster, 35mm, 16.05g (MI II, 228/4; E 390). Small spot in reverse field, otherwise extremely fine and toned £200-£260
Hammer Price: £900
Union of England and Scotland, 1707, a silver medalet, unsigned, bust of Anne left, rev. two cherubs holding crown over arms of Britain, 24mm, 3.12g (MI II, 297/114). Extremely fine £100-£120
George II, Coronation, 1727, a silver medal by J. Croker, laureate bust left, rev. King, enthroned, being crowned by Britannia who holds cornucopia, 35mm, 18.57g (MI II, 479/4; E 510). Extremely fine, toned £200-£260
Hammer Price: £380
Queen Caroline, Coronation, 1727, a silver medal by J. Croker, bust left, rev. Queen standing between Religion and Britannia, 35mm, 20.01g (MI II, 480/8; E 512). Extremely fine, toned £200-£260
Hammer Price: £240
Death of Lord Nelson, 1805, a silver medal by T. Webb, undraped bust left, rev. Bellona advancing across the sea towards galleys to right, 53mm (BHM 577; E 957). Fields lightly hairlined, otherwise good extremely fine and toned, very rare in silver £1,000-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,300
Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1807, a silver medal by T. Webb, bust of William Wilberforce right, rev. Britannia seated left, attended by Victory and other allegorical figures, 53mm (BHM 627; E 983; Roehrs 1692). Extremely fine or better, toned [slabbed NGC MS 63] £1,000-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,000
British Battles, 1815, a tubular brass box medal by E. Thomason inscribed ‘British Victories’, lid inset with portrait medalet of Wellington, containing 24 [of 26] brass medalets, each with winged Victory, revs. the battles named (lacks Talavera, Arroyo del Molino, and Nive; Ciudad Rodrigo duplicated), each 16mm, tube 42 x 19mm (Eimer 84; BHM 888; E 1076) [25]. Tube good very fine, medalets mostly about as struck £200-£300
Hammer Price: £400
Waterloo Medal [1815], a reduced-size silver striking of Pistrucci’s original by Pinches, four conjoined busts left, allegorical and mythological scenes around, rev. Victory guiding equestrian figures of Wellington and Blücher, scenes from battle of giants around, hallmarked London 1966, 64mm (cf. BHM 870; cf. E 1067). Extremely fine and attractively toned; in original fitted case £150-£180
Hammer Price: £320
George IV, Coronation, 1821, a silver medal by B. Pistrucci, laureate bust left, rev. Britannia, Scotia and Hibernia approaching the enthroned King being crowned by Victory, 35mm (BHM 1070; E 1146a). Extremely fine and toned; in contemporary case £200-£260
Hammer Price: £550
Royal Society of Arts, Isis Medal, a silver award by T. Wyon Jr, head of Isis left, rev. wreath, named (Mr Geo. Steart, MDCCCXXI, For His Improved Tablets For Drawing On), 40mm (E 644). About as struck, set in glazed lunette; in contemporary fitted case £150-£180
Royal Pavilion, Brighton, 1832, a white metal medal by J. Langridge, view of the Pavilion, royal arms in exergue, rev. view of the entrance gateway, 57mm (BHM 1643; E 1264). Some minor marks, otherwise extremely fine, very rare £100-£120
Royal Naval College, a silver award medal by W. Wyon, bust of William IV right, rev. second mathematical prize, named within wreath (Awarded to Richard Stephen Hurt, Midsummer 1832), 58mm (BDM VI, 681). Fields brushed, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £200-£260
Abolition of Slavery, 1834, a white metal medal by J. Davis, in commemoration of the extinction of colonial slavery, etc, rev. slave stands with arms raised, 43mm (BHM 1665). About extremely fine, rare; pierced for suspension £200-£260
Abolition of Slavery, 1834, a white metal medal, unsigned [by T. Halliday], William IV enthroned, two statesmen to either side, rev. group of seven negroes, hands linked, dancing around a palm, 41mm (BHM 1673; E 1276). Extremely fine [slabbed PCGS MS 62] £300-£400
Hammer Price: £300
Foundation of the City of London School, 1834, a silver medal by B. Wyon, façade of building, rev. youth with seated figure of Knowledge, 58mm (BHM 1680; E 1279; Taylor 120a). A somewhat later striking on a thin flan, matt surfaces, extremely fine £100-£120
Hammer Price: £80
Foundation of the City of London School, 1834, a copper medal by B. Wyon, from the same dies as previous, 58mm (BHM 1680; E 1279; Taylor 120a). Good extremely fine £80-£100
Re-opening of the Royal Exchange, 1844, a copper medal by W. Wyon, bust of Thomas Gresham left, rev. statue of Victoria in front of elevation of the Exchange, 73mm (W & E 447; BHM 2185; E 1390). Extremely fine; in fitted case £150-£180
Hammer Price: £180
Christopher Wren, 1846, a copper medal by B. Wyon for the Art Union of London, bust right, rev. façade of St Paul's Cathedral, 58mm (BHM 2232; E 1411). Extremely fine £100-£120
Voyage of the Junk Keying, 1848, a white metal medal by T. Halliday, port view of the junk, rev. legend in 15 lines, 45mm (BHM 2320). Two small flan flaws on reverse, otherwise brilliant, about as struck £200-£260
Hammer Price: £360
Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, Prize Medal, a copper award by W. and L.C. Wyon, conjoined busts of Victoria and Prince Albert left, trident and dolphins in field, rev. Britannia placing a wreath on kneeling figure of Industry, attended by supporters representing the continents, edge named (A.K. Johnston, Class X), 77mm (Allen A25; BHM 2462; E 1456). Good extremely fine £240-£300
Hammer Price: £500
Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, Juror’s Medal, a copper award by W. Wyon and G.G. Adams, conjoined busts of Victoria and Prince Albert left, dolphins below, trident behind, rev. seated figure of Industry attended by Commerce, receiving wreath of Fame, edge named (Sir Baldwin Walker, Juror Exhibition 1851), 64mm (Allen A40; BHM 2464; E 1457). Extremely fine £300-£400
Department of Science and Art, Queen’s National Medal, 1856, a copper award by W. Wyon, coronetted bust left, rev. legend within wreath, edge named (Charlotte M. Tills, London District Female School, Stage 23C), 55mm (E 1511). About as struck; in original fitted case £40-£50
Thomas Holloway, 1858, a copper medal by J. Moore, bust left, rev. legend, 62mm (BHM 2635; E 1525). Light scratch on obverse, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £150-£180
Hammer Price: £220
Royal Botanic Society of London, a silver award medal by B. Wyon, crowned wreath, named on both sides (Awarded to F. Bennett Esq., For Fuchsias, June 12th 1861), 51mm. Extremely fine and toned, rare; in contemporary fitted case £100-£120
Hammer Price: £90
International Exhibition, South Kensington, 1862, a copper award medal by L.C. Wyon [after D. Maclise], Britannia surrounded by symbolic figures, rev. legend in wreath, edge named (A. Keith Johnston, Royal Atlas, W. Blackwood & Son, Class XXIX, Publishers), 77mm (Allen A1; BHM 2747; E 1553). Good extremely fine £100-£120
Marriage of the Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra of Denmark, 1863, a copper medal by L.C. Wyon for Hunt & Roskell, conjoined busts right, rev. plume within wreath, 32mm (W & E 950; BHM 2771). Virtually as struck; in original fitted case £40-£50
Hammer Price: £60
Dublin International Exhibition, 1865, a copper award medal by A. Geefs, arts and manufactures, winged female figure flying right, holding cornucopia, rev. wreath, named (Section XVII, W. & A.K. Johnston), 75mm (E 1577). Good extremely fine £100-£120
Hammer Price: £160
Royal Geographical Society, a copper award medal, unsigned, Minerva standing left, holding wreath and map, rev. named (Martin Stewart, 1870), 39mm (E 1652). About as struck; in contemporary fitted case £40-£50
Royal Geographical Society, Patron’s Medal, a gold award by W. Wyon, coroneted head of Queen Victoria left, rev. ob terras reclusas, Minerva standing left, holding wreath and map, 54mm (BHM 1796). Matt, as struck, very rare, set in glazed lunette; named on band of lunette (A. Keith Johnston, PH. Dr. F.R.S.E.) £10,000-£12,000
Hammer Price: £30,000
Industrial Exhibition Company Ltd, Manchester (Est. 1880), a silver award medal by Elkington, standing robed figure of Industry, flanked by seated female artist and male artisan, rev. legend, un-named, 55mm. Fields tooled and some edge knocks, otherwise good very fine, rare £60-£80
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