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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: 1341

Memorial Medals (3) | Death of William Pitt, AE Medal, 1806, by T. Webb, GVLIELMO PITT R . P . Q . B, bare head left, rev. PATRIAE COLVMEN DECVS., an island buffeted by heavy waves and lightning, OB . A . MDCCCVI . in exergue, plain edge, 53mm, 73.80g (Eimer 975; BHM 610), bruising to the edges and a light scattering of contact marks, with a residual lustre to chocolate brown surfaces, good very fine; Death of George Canning, WM Medal, 1827, by T. Wingram, RT. HONBLE GEORGE CANNING . PREMIER ., bare head left, rev. FOR LIBERAL & ENLIGHTEND POLICY SURPASS'D BY NONE, Britannia, child and winged figure mourn before urn, DIED . AUG . 8 . 1827 AGED . 57 . in exergue in two lines, plain edge, 37mm, 15.90g, lightly contact marked and some rub to the highest of points, otherwise mostly lustrous, good very fine; Death of Sir Walter Scott, AR Medal, 1832, by W. Bain and B. R. Faulkner, SIR WALTER SCOTT. BART :, bare head left, rev. scene from Lady of the Lake, LADY OF THE LAKE CANTO 1 ST XVII, in exergue in two lines, plain edge, 50mm, 51.25g (Eimer 1262; BHM 1576), some rub to the higher points and a scattering of contact marks, nonetheless with a pleasing lustre to dark blue-grey surfaces, extremely fine (3)

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