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Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1439

Great Britain. 1736 Jernegan Cistern Silver Medal. AU. Betts-169. MI-517/72. 39mm/20.4 grams. By John S. Tanner. Obv: Minerva with emblems of war, arts and industry. Rev: Queen Caroline watering young palmettos. Issued by London goldsmith Henry Jernegan in his lottery to dispose of a massive silver wine "cistern" he created and found impossible to sell. Collected alongside the American series as the palmettos led many to mistakenly believe its issuance had something to do with America.

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