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Auction: 21124 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 9: British and World Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 6205

Lord Nelson's Flagship Foudroyant, AE Medal, 1897, struck from salvaged copper, HORATIO VISCOUNT NELSON, bust facing, uniformed head three-quarters, BORN. 29TH SEPTEMBER 1758. DIED. 21ST OCTOBER 1805 in exergue in two lines, below REG. NO. 311490, rev. "FOUDROYANT. LORD NELSON'S "FLAGSHIP", ship at anchor, without rigging, COMMENCED BUILDING, 1789. LAUNCHED AT PLYMOUTH, APRIL, 1798. WRECKED AT BLACKPOOL JUNE 16TH 1897 MEDAL STRUCK FROM COPPER OF VESSEL AFTER BREAKING UP, 37mm (Eimer 1813; BHM 3613), cleaned and retoned, very fine

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