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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: 1009

Stone Laying at the Royal Exchange, AE Medal, 1842, by W. Wyon, VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIARUM REGINA F : D :, diademed bust left, rev. IN COMMEMORATION OF LAYING THE FIRST STONE OF THE NEW ROYAL EXHANGE BY H : R : H : PRINCE ALBERT CONSORT OF H : M : QUEEN VICTORIA 17 JANUARY 1842 IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF HER REIGN in ten lines, 45mm, 45.62g, (BHM 2078), pleasing brown surfaces with cobalt highlights, brilliant fields, extremely fine; Royal Exchange Opened, AR Medal, 1844, by W. Wyon, ROYAL EXCHANGE OPENED BY H : M : QUEEN VICTORIA OCT. 28 1844, bust left diademed, rev. FIRST STONE LAID BY H . R . H . PRINCE ALBERT JAN.17 1842, three shields upon a wreath, grasshopper above, edge plain, 28mm, 10.82g, (Eimer 1392; BHM 2186; WE 448), pleasing toning in hues of gold and green, brilliant, about as struck (2)

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


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