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3 November 2020

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Coins and Historical Medals

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Lot

№ 754

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3 November 2020

Hammer Price:
£340

Great Exhibition, 1851, For Services, a copper award medal by W. Wyon, bare head of Prince Albert left, rev. wreath, edge named (John, Archbishop of Canterbury), 48mm (Allen HP-A050; BHM 2465). About extremely fine £100-£120

John Bird Sumner (1780-1862); b. Kenilworth; educ. Eton and King’s College, Cambridge; ordained 1803; prebendary, Durham, 1819-28; Bishop of Chester, 1828-48; Archbishop of Canterbury 1848-62