Great Britain Historical Medals
Lot 3747 Session 14 (4.30pm Thursday 24 November) Leslie J Carlisle C Great Britain Historical Medals
Estimate $300
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SOLD $280
THOMAS HOLLOWAY MEMORIAL MEDAL, 1858, in bronze (62mm), by J.Moore, (BHM 2635; Eimer 1525), obverse, bust of Holloway left, reverse, 'Memorial Medal/Of/Holloway's/Pills & Ointment/Introduced To The Public/15 Octr 1837/Profile Of The Proprietor/This Holloway/Engraved From Life/By/Joseph Moore/Birmingham/1858'. Some light hairlines, otherwise extremely fine and scarce.
See Andrews 660-672 for the series of tokens produced in 1857 and 1858 by Professor Holloway and with same obverse design by J.Moore, used in colonial Australia.
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