Auction: 24124 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 36: British and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1803
The Church and King Club, Manchester, Frosted Silver and Lunette Medal, 1790, by [?], MAY OUR HAPPY CONSTITUTION IN CHURCH & STATE EVER CONTINUE UNIMPAIRED, H.M. King George III, standing before church, CHURCH AND KING CLUB MANCHESTER, in exergue in two lines, rev. Third Attempt / Of / The Dissenters / In The Short Period Of / Three Years / To Obtain A Repeal Of / The Corporation And Test Acts / Those Barriers Of The / British Constitution / Was Frustrated In The / House Of Commons / By A Majority Of CLXXXIX / March 11 / MDCCXC, in sixteen lines, 44mm, (Eimer 833; BHM 344), suspension loop damaged, some light scratching to reverse lunette, otherwise about extremely fine
The members of the Church and King Club commissioned this medal - they being the most "Responsible and Opulent Neighbouring Gentlemen" in Manchester - to commemorate the defeat of the dissenters in Parliament.
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Sold for
£110
Starting price
£30
