Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

Lot 1611in 1887 for Queen Victoria’s Jubilee. (F)1612. RARE ENGLISH SPORTING COUNTERSTAMP, CA. 1880. Awell-worn 1870 English half penny has been c/s on the obverse:SNOWFLIGHT/ WITCHERY. This is apparently a relic from theEnglish sport of coursing, which is the pursuit of game or otheranimals by dogs—chiefly greyhounds and other sight hounds—catching their prey by speed, running by sight and not by scent.Both Snowflight and Witchery were champion hounds; Snowflighthaving bested Witchery in winning the Waterloo Cup in 1882. (E)1613. BLUE COAT SCHOOL AWARD MEDAL, 1887. 44.7mm. Silver.(1.38 oz.) XF, but highly polished. At one time there was asuspension loop attached to the rim at 12:00. It is no longer presentand the rim at that point evidences some mutilation. The obverse isengraved: ANNUAL EXAMINATION/ PRESENTED TO/ HERBERTSLATE/ JAS. WHITMORE GOVERNOR/ FOUNDERS DAY. Rx: Adie struck wreath surrounds the engraved inscription: BLUE COATSCHOOL/ OLDHAM/ GOVERNORS SILVER MEDAL/ JUNE 15,1887.The Blue Coat School is a mixed gender Church of EnglandAcademy for 11–18 year olds, located in the town of Oldham,Greater Manchester, England. It was founded in 1834 as a boy’sboarding school. In 1852 it became a co-educational day school.(C)1614. VICTORIA 60 YEAR JUBILEE OFFICIAL MEDAL, 1897. BHM3506; Eimer 1817. 55.6mm. Silver. (2.69 oz.) G.W. De Saulles afterT. Brock & W. Wyon. XFAU with an edge dent at 2:00. Obv: Veiled,diademed & draped bust of Victoria to left with Latin inscriptioncelebrating her 60th year of reign. Rx: Young bare head bust ofVictoria to left with a Latin inscription to either side. (E)1615. ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL ATHLETIC SOCIETY, ND. 51.2mm. Bronze.(Bradley & Reynolds, London) Unc. Obv: ST. PAUL’S SCHOOLATHLETIC SOCIETY on a raised band around the school arms atcenter. Rx: Open wreath around STUDIO/ ET/ SUDORE (Studyand Sweat.) (C-D)1616. DEATH OF QUEEN VICTORIA, 1901. BHM 3869; Eimer 1855.65mm. Silver Plated Bronze., (Lauer) AU with a few scatteredobverse spots. Obv: VICTORIA . QUEEN. OF. GREAT. BRITAIN.EMPR. OF. INDIA around crowned, veiled and draped bust of theLot 1616queen to the left. Rx: A reclining angel holds a medallion portraitof the young queen. Drapery to left and laurel to right enclosinginscription: BORN/ MAY 24 TH 1819/ DIED/ JANUARY 22D/ 1901.Houses of Parliament in the background at left. Eimer notes thatthere are relatively few medals commemorating Victoria’s death.(E)1617. EDWARD VII OFFICIAL CORONATION MEDAL, 1902. BHM3737; Wollaston XVIII. 55mm. Silver. (2.78 oz.) Choice Unc, Obv:EDWARD VII CROWNED 9. AUGUST 1902 around a crownedbust of the king to the right. Rx: ALEXANDRA QUEEN CONSORT9. AUGUST. 1902 around crowned bust of the Queen to the right.(C)1618. WESTERN COLLEGE AWARD MEDAL, 1903. 38.5mm. Silver.AU. Obv: THE WESTERN COLLEGE HARROGATE aroundthe arms of the school surmounted by a bee hive. Rx: Wreathsurrounding an engraved inscription: T.D. SWINBURNE/CONDUCT/ 1903. Silversmith’s hallmark below. (C)1619. OFFICIAL KING GEORGE & QUEEN MARY SILVER JUBILEEMEDAL, 1935. BHM 4249. 31.7mm. Silver. P. Metcalfe, Sc. (RoyalMint). Toned Unc. Obv: Crowned bust of George & Mary to the left;Roman numeral dates for 1910 and 1935 around. Rx: View of theRound Tower of Windsor Castle; STET FORTUNA DOMUS (Maythe fortune of the house long last) above. Housed in is originalgiltstamped plush box of issue. (C-D)1620. 150 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO,1965. Eimer 2106. 44.4mm. Bronze.. Black patinated, Unc. Obv:GUILDENHALL 21 ST JUNE 1965 above the arms of the city ofLondon. Rx: Wreath encloses: IN HONOUR/ OF THE/ REGIMENTSWHICH/ FOUGHT AT THE/ BATTLE OF WATERLOO/ 18 TH JUNE1815. Marked at top “TK&S (Toye, Kenning & Spencer.) This is the219H