Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals and Banknotes

Jernegan’s Lottery, 1736, a silver medal by J.S. Tanner, Minerva standing between trophies and emblems, reverse Queen Caroline waters a grove of palm trees, 39mm (MI 517/72; E 537; MG 1228). Extremely fine, attractive olive tone (£20-30)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Historical Medals - The Property of a European Collector.

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Henry Jernegan (d. 1761), banker and goldsmith, Russell Street, Covent Garden, organised a lottery for a large silver wine-cistern, to which Queen Caroline lent her enthusiastic support. People who bought tickets each received one of these medals as a gift