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

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№ 1492

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30 June 2004

Hammer Price:
£85

Victoria (1837-1901), Royal Commission Patriotic Fund, 1854, a uniface bronze medal by W.J. Taylor, Gothic head of Victoria left [after W. Wyon], legend around, 55mm. Virtually as struck, rare (£60-80)

The Patriotic Fund was set up by a Royal Commission chaired by the Prince Consort on 7 October 1854. The object of the fund was to collect money for the relief of the dependants of the soldiers, sailors and marines who were killed in the Crimean War. The Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum in Wandsworth, built with money from the fund, was one of several projects that it established