Coins and Historical Medals

Royal Society of Arts (Inst. 1754), a gold award medal by T. Pingo Jr, Mercury and Minerva (representing Commerce and the Arts) standing before seated Britannia, rev. wreath, named (No. cxcix, To The Revd Charles Hope, mdccxciv, 150,000 Mixed Timber Trees Planted), 44mm, 43.32g (Eimer 9; MI II, 684/401; E 648). Fields brushed, otherwise extremely fine and toned, rare; in fitted case by D. George Collins Ltd, 118 Newgate Street, London £2,000-£2,600