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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: 1000

Death of George IV AR Medal, 1830, [by B. R. Faulkner], HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY GEORGE IV, bust left, rev. DIED AT WINDSOR CASTLE JUNE 26 1830 AGED 67, panoramic view of the façade of Windsor Castle centred on the King George IV Gateway, as seen from the Long Walk, plain edge, 51mm, 58.33g, (Eimer 1219; BHM 1391), contact marked, with a flashy lustre and aureate hues peek through from the edges of devices, about extremely fine; another, AE Medal, 1830, [by B. R. Faulkner], as before, 51mm, 47.88g (Eimer 1219; BHM 1391), light contact marking, yet with a brilliance and tone to handsome light brown surfaces, reddish in parts, good extremely fine; another, AE Medal, 1830, by W. Bain, GEORGIUS IIII D : G : BRITANNIARUM REX F : D :, laureate head left, rev. DIED JUNE 26 1830, funerary urn on plinth, flags behind, plain edge, 44mm, 33.31g (BHM 1369), bagmarked, yet with a residual lustre upon light brown surfaces, about extremely fine; Improvement in the Art of Coining, AE Medal, 1828, by Thomas Halliday, GEORGIUS IIII D . G . BRITANNIARUM REX F . D ., bare head left, rev. PATRON OF THE ARTS, legend within wreath, plain edge, 42mm, 28.56g (BHM 1333; Eimer 1204b), contact marked but not extensively, pinmarked on obverse, a deep chocolatey tone throughout, very fine (4)

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


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