Auction Catalogue

30 June 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Important British and World Coins, Tokens, Historial and Art Medals, Numismatic Books and Banknotes

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1451

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30 June 2004

Hammer Price:
£20

George III (1760-1820), Death of William Beckford, 1770, a copper medal by J. Kirk, three-quarter laureate and draped bust left, rev. legend in 9 lines, 43mm (BHM 141; E 732). Good very fine (£40-50)

William Beckford (1705-70), Jamaican-born alderman and MP for the city of London, served as the city’s Lord Mayor in 1762 and 1769