Coins, Historical Medals & Paper Money

Death of cHARLES jAMES fOX, 1806, a copper medal by T. Webb, 53mm (BHM 604; E 979); Reopening of the Royal Exchange, 1844, a white metal medal by Allen & Moore, 51mm (W & E 428A.1; BHM 2173); Inauguration of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, Birmingham, 1857, a copper medal by G.R. Collis, 55mm (BHM 2602); Visit of the Prince of Wales to Ireland, 1868, a white metal medal by T. Ottley, 51mm (W & E 1009A.1; BHM 2884; E 1595); Liverpool Seamen’s Friend Society, a bronze medal by Vaughton, 38mm (D & W 145/338); Institution of Mechanical Engineers Jubilee Meeting, Birmingham, 1897, a gilt medal by A. Fenwick, 38mm; Centenary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1925, a light bronze medal by G. Bayes for Pinches, 45mm (Irvine/Atterbury p.139; BHM 4205; E 2001b); City of Birmingham Fire Brigade Headquarters Opened, 1935, a bronze medal, unsigned, 64mm; 700th Anniversary of the Parliament of Simon de Montfort, 1965, a silver medal by J. Pinches, 57mm, edge stamped no. 174 (MJP p.252) [9]. 1925 medal very fine, others extremely fine; some in cases £120-150

Provenance: M. Longfield Collection