Coins, Historical Medals & Paper Money

International Exhibition, South Kensington, 1862, a copper medal by Pinches, 42mm (Allen 200; BHM 2739); Bicentenary of the Birth of Joseph Fry, 1928, a bronze medal by H. Youngman, 51mm (BHM 4221; E 2013); Royal Horticultural Society, Banksian Medal, a bronze award after W. Wyon, named (Awarded by Gt. Yarmouth & Dist. Hort. Society to Dr W. Lee Spink, 1930), 38mm (BHM 1041; E 1138); British Dairy Farmers’ Association, a silver award medal by Mappin & Webb, named (Awarded to Lt.-Col. E.C. Atkins for Shorthorn Cow Sally Wild Eyes 26th, as best recorded Dairy Cow, Staffordshire Agricultural Society’s Show, 1933), hallmarked Birmingham 1932, 51mm; Confectioners, Bakers & Allied Trades Exhibition, London, an oval bronze award medal by Mappin & Webb, named (W. Newman, Brill, 1938), 51 x 40mm; Festival of Britain, 1951, a soap medal by R. Wheen & Sons Ltd, 70mm (Allen D80); Stampex Trophy, award medals after W. Wyon (2), in plated bronze, named (1969, W.J. Allen; J. Fosbery, 1978), both 55mm; Club Philatelique Franco-Britannique, a bronze award medal after W. Wyon, un-named, 55mm [9]. Extremely fine and better; all in cases, mostly of issue £70-90

Provenance: M. Longfield Collection