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Auction: 24123 - British and World Coins and Medals featuring the Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 988

Union of Great Britain and Ireland, Act Passed 1800, AE medal, 1800, by J. G. Hancock, lion reclining on an anchor, GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND UNITED MDCCC; above, an open book inscribed ONE LAW, rev. FRIENDSHIP UNION AND PEACE, Britannia and Hibernia stand before a pyramid, 1800 in the exergue, plain edge, 38mm, 29.59g (Eimer 917; BHM 494), a couple of minor contact marks, otherwise with a glossy brilliance to rich brown surfaces, extremely fine; Peace of Amiens, AE Medal, 1802, by C. H. Kuchler, GEORGIUS III • D : G • BRITANNIARUM REX • FID • DEF • &, armoured and draped bust left, rev. TRIUMPHIS POTIOR, Peace extinguishes a pile of arms, open sea beyond, PAX UBIQUE MDCCII in exergue in two lines, plain edge, 48mm, 53.21g (Eimer 941; BHM 535; Pollard 25), some minor marking in the fields, nevertheless with a flashy and toned lustre to brown surfaces, pleasing extremely fine (2)

The Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals


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