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

Death of Princess Charlotte, 1817, a ‘mule’ copper medal by T. Webb for Thomason, bust right, reverse rock in storm buffeted by waves, 54mm (BHM 939). Extremely fine and extremely rare (£40-50)

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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A curious piece; the obverse reproduces that for the medal to commemorate Charlotte’s betrothal to Prince William of Orange in 1814 (a union which Charlotte later broke off, much to her father’s anger), while the reverse is from Webb’s medal for the death of William Pitt, even retaining the 1806 date of that statesman’s passing