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Auction: 25055 - British Medals and World Coins featuring The Hurter-Amman Collection of Ancient and European Gold
Lot: 749

NGC MS62 | Voyage of the Chinese Junk "Keying", WM Medal, 1848, by T. Halliday of Birmingham, THE CHINESE JUNK KEYING | CAPTAIN KELLETT, port view of the junk, EXTREME BREADTH 33 FEET | BURDEN 750 TONS | DEPTH OF HOLD 16 FEET, in exergue in three lines, rev. THIS REMARKABLE | VESSEL IS A JUNK OF THE | LARGEST CLASS, AND IS THE | FIRST SHIP CONSTRUCTED BY THE | CHINESE WHICH HAS REACHED EUROPE, | OR EVEN ROUNDED THE CAPE | OF GOOD HOPE. | THIS JUNK WAS PURCHASED | AUGUST, 1846, AT CANTON, BY A FEW | ENTERPRISING ENGLISHMEN. | SHE SAILED FROM HONG KONG 6TH | DECEMBER, 1846 ROUNDED THE | CAPE 31ST MARCH, 1847 ARRIVED | IN ENGLAND 27TH MARCH, | 1848., in 15 lines, 45mm, 23.60g (Eimer ; BHM 2320), some small areas of staining and minor surface friction, otherwise with handsomely brilliant fields, good extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #8222387-002)

https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222387-002/62/

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Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£250