Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Death of Earl Howe, 1799, a copper medal by T. Wyon Sr, bust left, rev. naval trophies, 38mm (BHM 468; E 909); Barber Beaumont, 1803, a copper medal, unsigned, bust left, rev. legend in nine lines, 41mm (BHM 549; E 949); other base metal medals, etc (3) [5]. Mostly very fine (£40-50)

John Thomas Barber Beaumont (1774-1841) raised the Duke of Cumberland’s sharpshooters, the first volunteer rifle corps in Great Britain, in 1803