Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1259

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17 March 2004

Hammer Price:
£65

Death of Matthew Boulton, 1809, medals (2), by C.H. Küchler, in white metal, bust right, rev. farewel, 48mm, and by the Soho mint, rev. in memory, etc, 41mm (BHM 661, 662; E 1001, 1003); Death of Prince Albert, 1861, a white metal medal by J. Moore, 43mm (BHM 2697) [3]. First very fine but a restrike from heavily rusted dies, others about extremely fine (£30-40)

Provenance:
From the same source as lot 1041, and sold with a photocopied newspaper cutting which mentions the first medal