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Auction: 6026 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Comm Medals
Lot: 527

THE LEGENDARY BOWCHER LARGE GOLD CORONATION MEDAL George V, Coronation 1911, gold medal by F. Bowcher, 104mm., 764g, crowned conjoined busts of King George V and Queen Mary, wearing coronation robes, signed in the field F. Bowcher F. 1911, rev. GOD SAVE THE KING, the King and Queen enthroned, Britannia holding a wreath above his head, the British Lion seated to his right, Westminster Abbey in the distance, HOMAGE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE 1911 below (BHM.4023), very light edge bruise at 4 and 8 o´clock, good very fine with brilliant surfaces, stamped No.1 on edge, the only example known Estimate £ 12,000-15,000Provenance The Palace Collections of Egypt, Sotheby, Cairo, 24 February to 3 March 1954, lot 2653

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