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Auction: 7030 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Comm Medals
Lot: 462

Matthew Boulton, 10th anniversary of his death, 1819, AE 63 m.m, by G. F. Pidgeon, bust (after P.Rouw) right, matthaevs boulton, rev. inventas avt qvi vitam excolvere per artis in four lines; edge inscribed patris amicis m.r.b. and date (BHM.976), toned, light spot behind bust, otherwise almost as struck, rare with the edge inscription Estimate £ 250-350 This medal was issued by Boulton´s son and successor, Matthew Robinson Boulton (´MRB´), who added a dedicatory inscription on the rim to some examples. "These are very much rarer than those specimens with a plain edge" (BHM).

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