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№ 965

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8 September 1998

Hammer Price:
£80

William Murray, Earl of Mansfield, 1777, copper medals by J. Kirk (2), bust right, reverse Justice holds scales, both 37mm (BHM 209; E 771) [2]. About extremely fine and better (£50-70)

William Murray (1705-93); Lord Chief Justice, 1756; created 1st Earl of Mansfield, 1776; known as ‘the father of modern Toryism’