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Auction: 9031 - Ancient, English and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 226

George IV, Royal Highland Society, engraved silver-gilt prize medal, 1827, highland infantryman at left, Scotia with spear and shield at right, semper armis nunc et industria above, hallmark for Edinburgh, maker´s mark JM, and duty mark in exergue, rev. voted by the highland society of scotland to messrs thos gibbs and compy picadilly london, honorary permium, for a collection of roots and seeds exhibited by them at the society´s general show of livestock etc at edinburgh 5th december 1827, 55mm., with ornate loop and ring suspension, very fine, scarce, an attractive engraved medal Estimate £ 120-150

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