World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS
BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS
540 William and Mary (1689-1694-1702), Coronation
Celebrations at Rotterdam, Silver Medal, 1689,
arms and palm tree, distant cityscape beyond,
rev the feast, 32mm (MI 678/55; vL III, 391), very
fine; complimentary Silver Medalet, by James or
Norbert Roettier [1689], laureate bust of William
right, rev sun in majesty, NON DEVIO, 22.5mm (MI
695/92), good very fine, deep tone; Centenary of the
Victory at Alkmaar, 1673, ALCMARIA VICTRIX,
33.5mm (vL I, 168), very fine, X-shape discolouration
on obverse. (3) £120-150
(image reduced)
543 William Booth (1829-1912), Founder of the
Salvation Army and, from 1878, the first General,
Bronze Pressed-metal Portrait, bearded and
uniformed bust left, approx 180mm x 135mm,
maker’s stamp of HB & Co, Birmingham, in
wooden frame. Very fine. £40-50
The portrait adapted from a photograph by Elliott & Fry.
544 The Great Exhibition, Set of White Metal Medalets
(3), by Allen & Moore, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert
and The Prince of Wales, 27mm, in their original
brass box (cf Allen HP-B015, 020, 030); Brunel, The
Thames Tunnel, 1842, by Davis, 43.5mm, these very
fine, second marked on reverse; Copper Tokens (6),
including Middlesex, Anti-Slavery and Wellington,
fair to fine. (8) £50-70
541 Jernegan’s Lottery, Silver Medal, 1736, issued to
purchasers of tickets for the lottery for a silver
“cistern” made by Henry Jernegan, goldsmith, of
Covent Garden, London, 39mm (MI II, 72; Betts
169); George III, Copper Medalet, 1773, by J Kirk,
25mm. Fine and good very fine with lustre. (2) £80-100
542 Centenary of Wesleyan Methodism, Bronze Medal,
1839, by C F Carter, John Wesley left, rev Charles
Wesley almost facing, 38mm (BHM 1899; E 1330),
extremely fine; Assorted 18 th and 19 th Century
Tokens (18), fair to fine. (19) £40-60
545 World War I, British Expeditionary Force, Uniface
Oval Silver Medal, 1917, by the Goldsmiths and
Silversmiths Company, for the Vegetable Show,
Havre, crown on crossed flags, wreath of vegetables
below, 51mm x 34.5mm, integral suspension loop,
Birmingham Hallmark. Matt surface, mint
state. £50-80
546 British Medals (24), 19 th to 20 th Century, Bronze
(10), including portraits (6), White Metal (6), and
other Base Metals (2). Fine and better. (24) £50-70
547 Winston Churchill, Sterling Silver Four Medal Set,
by John Pinches, edge stamped SPECIAL MINT.
STERLING SILVER. A.E. No. 141, in ‘Special American
Express Edition’ case of issue with numbered
certificate. Mint state, toned. (4) £60-80