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Baptism of Prince James, Duke of York, 1633, in silver (29mm), (by Nicolas Briot), (MI 268/65; Eimer 126B), obverse, Arms of Duke of York with Ducal coronet above an oval shield, around, 'NON.SIC.MILLE.COHORTES', reverse, wreath of roses and lilies around an inscription, 'JACOBUS./DVX.EBOR:/NAT.15.OCT:/BAPTIZ:/24.NOVE:/1633.' Toned, very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
The King's Private Roads pass, 1737, in bronze number 581 (30mm; 10.31g), pierced for suspension, obverse, crowned Royal cypher for George II, reverse, 'The/Kings/Private/Roads/17RA(in script)37'. Nearly very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $240
French Fleet Defeated off Cape Finistere, 1747, in silver (43mm) (MH 345; Eimer 616), by T.Pingo, obverse, bust of Lord Anson left being crowned by Victory with her foot on the prow of a galley, reverse, Victory holding a wreath and trident and standing upon a sea monster, six laurel wreaths around with the names of the principal officers of Anson's ship, Centurion, on her world circumnavigation 1740-1744 (type with Campbel). Nicely toned, a few very minor edge nicks and a few marks in Anson's hair, otherwise extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $1,500
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Love token, created on a shaved down halfpenny (6.07g), with a featured border on both sides, obverse, inscribed, 'JOHN/GRIFFISS/1747', reverse inscribed, 'MARY/GRIFFISS/1747' and with a flower above and a leaf wreath below. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Love token, created on a shaved down halfpenny (8.39g), obverse inscribed, 'John/Taylor/1771', reverse inscribed, 'Mary/Jones/1770'; another, also on a shaved down halfpenny (6.5g), obverse inscribed, 'IBS/1795' with the initials between parallel lines and decoration around, reverse similarly decorated and between parallel lines is inscribed 'AH'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $130
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Love token, created on a shaved down halfpenny (8.81g), obverse inscribed, 'Ned/Birks/1779', reverse inscribed, 'Poly (sic)/Stocker' and with crossed arrows upon a heart at the right side and at the bottom is a standing dog left between foliate sprays. Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $250
Salvation token, created on a George III first issue halfpenny (1770-75) (6.42g) with reverse shaved down and crudely inscribed in running script between lines, 'I Deveulle/is my name/& England is my/Nation/I do in London dwell/and Christ/is my/Salvation'. Fine.
Estimate $100
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Personal token, created on a shaved down halfpenny (7.44g), obverse inscribed, 'JAEN/RICHARDS/ON/1781' with inside of most letters hatched, reverse finely engraved with a standing bird (pigeon?) to right. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Love token, a Georgian penny shaved smooth on both sides, pierced hole at top edge for suspension, obverse, in the centre is stipple inscribed, 'J.Price' with a heart below and an intricate pattern around the outside, reverse stipple inscribed with a similar pattern around the outside and inside this pattern, 'How/Sweet/is/Love'. Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Membership token, created on a shaved down penny or trade token (10.29g), obverse inscribed, 'FREE SONS OF HARMONY,' around the outer edge and in the centre, 'DUBOIS/(4)', reverse plain except for a small engraved spot of foliage at top edge. Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Advertising token, created on a shaved down halfpenny (7.25g), obverse inscribed in running script, 'Edwd/Johnston/Cock founder/Baldwin's/Garden's/Nr 58', reverse plain except for faint outline of a King's bust right. Very fine.
Estimate $70
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Fountain Tavern token, created on a shaved down halfpenny (6.39g), pierced hole at edge, obverse inscribed in running script, 'Mary/Hopper at ye/Fountain/Tavern', reverse also inscribed in running script, 'little/old Bailey/LONDON'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
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Medals, mostly copper, including Benjamin (Thompson) Count Rumford (1753-1814), Royal Society, London 1796; Edward Prince of Wales, Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London 1896; 1854 Relocation (after Great Exhibition of 1851) Series, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert 1854, Crystal Palace, allegorical figures 1854, Crystal Palace, Joseph Paxton (edge knock) 1854. Extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Robert Banks, Lord Hawkesbury, Secretary of State, 1803, in bronze (49mm) by Hancock, bust facing left, obverse, Britannia and Mercury, reverse, (BHM 548, Eimer 947). Extremely fine.
Estimate $120
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Death of Joseph Priestley, 1804, in white metal (56mm), by Halliday, bust facing left, obverse, extensive legend, reverse, (BHM 563). Good very fine.
Estimate $70
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The Pitt Club, badge in silver gilt (30x46mm oval) with wreath and bow surmount, obverse, cameo portrait of William Pitt centre, latin inscription around, reverse, inscription 'In Memory of the Rt Hon.Wm Pitt died 23 Jany 1806 Aged 47' around, engraved 'Peter Faveng Esq'. Scratches bottom edge, good very fine.
Estimate $200
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Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851, exhibitor's medal in bronze (45mm) by W.Wyon, obverse, bust of Prince Albert left, reverse, dove upon a globe, 'Exhibitor' on ribbon across, within open wreath, edge impressed 'Zollverein No.261' (Eimer 1459, BHM 2463). With cabinet friction on high points, rim nicks, otherwise nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $100
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London, City of London School, Henry E.H. Beaufoy Shakespearian prize medal, founded 1851, in bronze by B. Wyon, edge named "Henry Edward Moses, 1866" (BNJ 1910, 57). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $350
Medals, medalets and tokens, 1858-1937, Queen Victoria, Jubilee 1897 (5) including (BHM 3529, Eimer 1820) in silver and aluminium (38mm); (BHM 3539) in silver and bronze (32mm); Matchless Metal Polish, in aluminium (38mm); George V, Coronation, 1911, in gilt (32mm) with Union Jack ribbon; International Fisheries Exhibition, 1922, in gilt lead (44mm); Prince of Wales, Visit to South Africa, 1925, in silver (32mm) (BHM 4200, Eimer 1999); Visit to Tembulanbd, 1925, in white metal (33mm) with ribbon; Visit to Simonstown, 1925, in white metal (32mm) with ribbon; Church Lads Brigade Royal Review, 1927, in bronze (32mm) with ribbon and brooch bar; Empire Day, in bronze (32mm) with ribbon and bars 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938; Edward VIII, Coronation, 1937, in silver (2) (39mm, 52mm), bright bronze (39mm) and aluminium (39mm) with ribbon and crown brooch bar (BHM 4304) and two unlisted, one with Eastern School of Commerce reverse; together with Professor Holloway, London penny and halfpenny tokens, 1858. Two medalets pierced at top, good fine - uncirculated. (21)
Estimate $200
SOLD $340
An assortment, includes, National Rifle Association, 1860 (47mm); Amateuer Athletic Association Championships (39mm); Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London 1886 (51mm); Royal Jubilee Exhibition Manchester, 1887 (44mm); Wembley, Empire Exhibition, 1924 (37mm); Inter Banks Junior Athletic Championships, 1931 (25mm); George VI Coronation medal, 1937 (38mm). All in base metal, fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Opening of Blackfriars Bridge and Holborn Valley Viaduct, 1869, in bronze (77mm) by G.G.Adams, obverse, crowned bust of Queen Victoria left, reverse, views of the bridge and viaduct within two wreaths joined in centre by City of London shield, figures of Londinia and Britannia at side (BHM 2906, Eimer 1604). Edge knock under Queen's neck and scratch on obverse, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Sporting medals, Notts Castle Cricket Club (43mm) "Presented to W. Cooper for best Analysis in Bowling, season 1878"; Radley College Boat Club (28mm) "Trial Eight, 1893 to P.A.M. Nash". Extremely fine - uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
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Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee, 1887, in bronze (77mm) by L.C.Wyon (BHM 3219, Eimer 1733). Small cut on Queen's cheek, spot in obverse field, otherwise nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $360
Opening of the Forth Bridge, 1890, in bronze (64mm) by L.C.Lauer (Nuremburg), obverse, view of the cantilever bridge, reverse, 'The/ Bridge was/ Opened by H.R.H./ The Prince of Wales/ on Tuesday March 4, 1890' and construction details in ten lines (BHM 3399, Eimer 1754). Light scratching and mark in field above bridge, otherwise good extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Agricultural medal, Altrincham Agricultural Society, 1894, prize medal in frosted silver, in lunette (48mm); Edinburgh, North Bridge foundation stone, 1897, in copper (63mm). Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $160
Royal Warrant Holders Association Medal, 1897, in silver (23mm), an unissued and unnamed specimen without suspension fitted, obverse, Queen Victoria Jubilee bust left, reverse, type with two crowns and in a scroll below 'Amalgamated 1897'. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Agricultural medal, Altrincham Agricultural Society, 1905, silver prize medal, in lunette (48mm). In case of issue, uncirculated.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Sir Joseph Banks, The Royal Horticultural Society, (1907), in silver (38mm) (BHM 1041; Eimer 1138), reverse inscribed, 'Awarded/To/Mr. W.H.Righton/For/Two Chrysanthemums/Distinct Varieties/In 9in Pots/1907'. Nicely toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
An assortment, mostly British, various sports and agricultural medals, includes, British Dairy Farmers Association, Dairy Show, 1909, in sterling silver (47mm). Mostly extremely fine. (19)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
RAOB (Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes), Imperial Lodge, Chief Primo jewel in gilt silver and enamel, reverse inscribed, 'Presented to Primo: J.Lee by the Imperial Lodge 577/Morcambre/Apl.18/1912', in case by maker, 'H.Slingsby & Son, Nuneaton'; Imperial Lodge, Attendance jewel in silver and enamel, reverse inscribed, 'Presented/By/Primo:Speight/To Bro: Lee/for Attendance/1910', in case by maker, 'H.Slingsby & Son, Nuneaton'; Knight of Merit jewel in gilt, unnamed, with KOM silver and enamel emblem affixed to ribbon and bottom and top suspender bars inscribed, '1st Deg 18.2.62' and '2nd Deg 2.3.64'; Pride of China Lodge, Roll of Honour jewel in gilt and enamel, with metal emblem affixed to ribbon and inscribed, '1st Deg.4-12-69/2nd Deg.6-9-71/3rd Deg.26-11-74', reverse of jewel inscribed, 'Bro./Harry H.Knight/Pride of China/Lodge No.8304/Exalted/22-3-80'; vintage miniature cup shaped candle holder. Fine - good very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
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