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Click here to subscribeANGUS, Forfar, John Steele, Halfpenny, 1797, 11.73g/6h (DH 25); Montrose, James Bissett & Son, Halfpenny, 1796, 8.95g/6h (DH 28), Andrew Nicol, Halfpenny, 1799, 11.51g/6h (DH 32) [3]. Good very fine and better, first with some original colour £70-£90 --- Provenance: DH 28 N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 55, 8 October 2002, lot 147 (part) [from W. Allen May 1964]
LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, Alexander Ewing, Farthing, 1799, 3.18g/6h (DH 28); George Randolph, Farthing, 1799, 3.29g/5h (DH 39) [2]. First about very fine, second extremely fine but lightly lacquered £80-£100 --- Provenance: DH 28 N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 55, 8 October 2002, lot 179 (part) [from W. Allen August 1972]; DH 39 W.J. Fleming Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 62 (Sydney), 17-18 November 1999, lot 309 (part), D.E. Litrenta Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 69A, 16 March 2006, lot 133 (part)
MIDLOTHIAN, Edinburgh, Anderson, Leslie & Co, Halfpenny, 1797, 11.30g/6h (DH 8); Euphame Campbell, Halfpence (2), 1795, 11.38g/6h (DH 13b), 1796, 6.61g/6h (DH 14a) [3]. First very fine, others about extremely fine and better, DH 13b with much original colour £80-£100 --- Provenance: DH 14a bt R. Gladdle
CHESHIRE, Nantwich, Old Bank, Shilling, 1811, 4.03g/12h (D 1), Stockport, Thomas Cartwright, George and Ralph Ferns, Shillings, 1812 (2), 4.39g/6h (D 4), 4.59g/6h (D 6), Sixpence, 1812, 2.03g/6h D 8) [4]. First very fine, others about fine and better £50-£70 --- Provenance: D 1 bt Spink; D 8 Glendining Auction, 30 January 1997, lot 1071 (part)
DEVON, Barnstaple, Joseph Evans, John Bowhay, Michael Nott and R. Gribble, Sixpence, 1811, 1.86g/12h (D 15); issuer uncertain, Shilling, 1811, 3.72g/12h (D 12) [2]. Good very fine and better, toned, first rare £60-£80 --- Provenance: D 12 W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1647 (part) [from S.E. Schwer 1984], Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 62 (Sydney), 17-18 November 1999, lot 1147; D 15 bt Kidson-Trigg
KENT, Folkestone, John Boxer, Shilling, 1811, 4.40g/12h (Thompson B2; Mays 2; D 1), Sixpence, 1811, 2.16g/12h (Thompson D3; Mays 5; D Not Local 14) [2]. First has been been wiped, otherwise extremely fine, second with spot on reverse, otherwise very fine and toned £90-£120 --- Provenance: First BDW Auction 7, 21 September 1994, lot 264 (part); second DNW Auction 36, 12 June 1998, lot 361
NORTHUMBERLAND, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, John Robertson, Shillings, 1811 (5), 4.43g/6h, 4.26g/6h, 4.26g/6h, 4.10g/6h (all D 11), 4.10g/6h (D 12), Sixpence, 1811, 1.92g/6h (D 14) [6]. First and D 12 about extremely fine, others in varied state £60-£80 --- Provenance: D 11 at 4.10g Glendining Auction, 30 January 1997, lot 1071 (part)
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Newark, Thomas Stansall, Charles Moore, Richard Fisher, William Fillingham, William Readett and Thomas Wilson, Shillings, 1811 (2), 3.71g/12h (D 4), 3.91g/12h (D 5), and an imitation Shilling, 1811, reading stanzail, etc, 3.89g/12h (D 8; Wager p.52) [3]. First good very fine, second good fine, last about fine but very rare £70-£90 --- Provenance: D 4 SNC July 1997 (3898); D 5 A Collection of British Tokens, Baldwin Auction, 8 February 2003, lot 301 (part)
SOMERSET, Frome, Willoughby & Sons, Mrs Jane Sinkins, Henry Ryall, William Sparks, William Gerard, Griffith & Gough, Shillings, 1811 (3), facing bust of Alfred the Great, revs. cross, 4.28g/12h, 4.26g/12h, 4.21g/12h (all D 71) [3]. Last good fine, others good very fine and better, toned £100-£150 --- Provenance: First two BDW Auction 7, 21 September 1994, lot 269 (part)
STAFFORDSHIRE, Bilston, George Rushbury and Edward Woolley, Shilling, 1811, 4.01g/12h (D 2), Sixpence, 1811, 1.77g/12h (D 3); Stafford, John Cartwright, Shilling, 1811, 3.92g/12h (D 15) [3]. About very fine and better, first toned £70-£90 --- Provenance: D 2 A Collection of British Tokens, Baldwin Auction, 8 February 2003, lot 301 (part); D 15 SNC July 1997 (3900)
SUSSEX, Chichester, Benjamin and James Caffin, Joseph Redman, William Halsted and Charles Shipham, Shillings, 1811 (2), 3.87g/12h (KR 300; D 8), 3.90g/12h (KR 300a; D 9) [2]. First about very fine but flan crimped, second has been wiped, otherwise extremely fine and toned, rare £90-£120 --- Provenance: D 9 N.W. Evershed Collection, Bonhams Auction, 13 September 1994, lot 248 (part)
SUSSEX, Chichester, Thomas Dally & Co, Shilling, 1811, 4.17g/12h (KR 302a; D 10); issuer uncertain, Shillings, 1811 (2), 3.77g/12h, 3.73g/12h (both KR 302b; D 11) [3]. First extremely fine, others very fine, all toned £70-£90 --- Provenance: First two T. McGoldrick Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 354 (part), N.W. Evershed Collection, Bonhams Auction, 13 September 1994, lot 248 (part)
YORKSHIRE, Bradford, James Laycock, Shillings, 1812 (2), arms, revs. Justice standing, 4.44g/12h, 4.17g/12h (both D 3) [2]. First extremely fine but bright from past cleaning, second good fine but reverse scratched £40-£60 --- Provenance: First Glendining Auction, 30 January 1997, lot 1071 (part)
YORKSHIRE, Leeds, John Smalpage and S. Lumb, Shillings (3), 1811 (2), 4.74g/6h (D 23), 4.50g/6h (D 30), 1812, 4.81g/6h (D 31); Workhouse, Shilling, 1812, 4.58g/12h (D 32) [4]. First two extremely fine, former wiped, latter with much original brilliance, others good fine £90-£120 --- Provenance: D 23 and D 30 Glendining Auction, 30 January 1997, lot 1071 (part); D 31 A Collection of British Tokens, Baldwin Auction, 8 February 2003, lot 301 (part); D 32 bt Kidson-Trigg
GLAMORGANSHIRE, Merthyr Tydfil, William Crawshay, Shilling, 1811, 4.50g/12h (D 1), Morgan Lewis, Morgan Morgan, David Williams and William Williams, Shilling, 1811, 4.04g/12h (D 8); Neath, Hopkin Rees and David Morgan, Shilling, 3.86g/12h (D 10; Wager pp.40-1), Sixpence, 1.82g/12h (D 16) [4]. First about fine, others generally fine, last with flan slightly bent £70-£90 --- Provenance: D 1 Glendining Auction, 30 January 1997, lot 1071 (part); D 8 and 10 A Collection of British Tokens, Baldwin Auction, 8 February 2003, lot 301 (part);
Not Local: British, Westwood’s Shilling, 1811, 4.11g/6h (D 10), Sixpence, 1811, 2.05g/6h (D 18); uncertain manufacturers, ‘For Public Accommodation’ Sixpence, 1811, 1.70g/5h (D 15) [3]. First good very fine, blotchy tone, second about fine, last pierced £80-£100 --- Provenance: D 10 SNC February 1995 (763)
17th Century Tokens, Unattributed, with personal names: W. Clough, Halfpence, 1667 (2), 2.42g/12h, 1.24g/3h (both N 9343; BW. 34); Andrew Tucker, lozenge-shaped Halfpenny, 1669, 1.84g/12h (N 9354; BW. 55) [3]. First fine, others fair £80-£100 --- Provenance: R.H. Thompson Collection, DNW Auction 191, 43-5 May 2021, lot 814, additionally: N 9343 at 2.42g bt N.A. Clark, N 9343 at 1.24g SCMB October 1984 (M 279), P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 328 (part), N 9354 Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 396 (part), P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 328 [from Seaby May 1985]
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, Samuel Burman, copper, 23mm (W 1235), Llewellins Machine Co, brass, rev. stamped 20, 25mm, Cheltenham, Hunt & Co, 1851, copper, 28mm (Allen 245), Gloucester, John Bellamy, 1851, copper, 22mm (W 1640), Marquis of Granby, brass Three-Halfpence, 24mm (Greenaway 1104), Laburnam, J.B. Carless, brass Half-Sovereign, 20mm, Newent, Red Lion Hotel, brass Threepence, 26mm (G 1117), Sharpness, Pier View Hotel, brass Threepence, 26mm (G 1120); SOMERSET, Bath, Crystal Palace, W[illiam] McCoombe, 1851, brass, 23mm (SPHT 36a; Allen 180), Theatre Tavern, H[enry] Sheppard, copper, 25mm (SPHT 115) [10]. Fine to very fine, first very rare £80-£100
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, LANCASHIRE, Blackburn, Ordinance Hotel, brass Twopence, obv. stamped tp, 28mm; Bolton, Botanical Beverage Supply Co Ltd, J.W. Deakin, brass Threepence, 25mm (cf. DNW 135, 1311), James Knowles, brass Threepence by Pope, 23mm (Neumann 28110); Bury, Albion Hotel, John Horrrox, brass Penny, 29mm (cf. DNW 136, 1313), New Market Inn, George Hamilton, brass, 28mm; Liverpool, Royal Colosseum, Joseph Heath, copper, 26mm (W 735), Woolton, D.T. Smith, copper, 30mm; Manchester, Benjamin Lang, brass by Pope, 27mm (W 794), Mush & Clarke, brass, 28mm; St Helens, Golden Cross [Inn], J.A. Boyle, uniface brass Fourpence, 25mm, Raven Inn, Bowling Green, oval brass Threehalfpence, 32 x 23mm; Hearts of Oak Benefit Society, Twopence, 1845, copper, 27mm (W 2184) [12]. First fair but rare, fourth extremely fine, others fine to very fine £90-£120 --- Provenance: Bury Albion Hotel bt Spink; both St Helens R. Lyall Collection, DNW Auction T18, 27 August 2020, lot 751 (part)
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, LONDON, Holborn, William Taylor, specimen or trial brass Threepence and Twopence, both with Red Lion St address, specimen copper Penny, no specific address, all 28mm (cf. Hawkins pl. 26, 12) [3]. Very fine, scarce £30-£50 --- Provenance: P. Jones Collection, additionally: first two DNW Auction 49, 21 March 2001, lot 597 (part), last Croydon Coin Auction 179, 7 January 2003, lot 825 (part)
Co DURHAM, Gateshead, boundary tokens (6), 1824, copper, 32mm, 14.80g (Gardiner p.22; W 2695; D & W 302/18), 1836, copper, 15.37g (G p.22; W 2696; D & W 302/20), 1849, copper, 32mm, 15.66g (G p.22; W 2697; D & W 302/22), 1857 (3), type 1, copper, 31mm, 14.71g (G p.22; W 2698; D & W 302/24), type 2 (2), silver and copper, both 31mm, 14.80g, 14.37g (G p.22; W 2699; D & W 302/26-7) [6]. Very fine and better, but second lacquered and pierced £80-£100 --- Provenance: First two and last D.G. Vorley Collection, Glendining Auction, 2 June 1994, lot 839 (part); fourth and fifth Glendining Auction, 30 September 1998, lot 771
LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, Liverpool Theatre, uniface copper, upper box, 35mm, 13.42g (W 56; D & W 7/67), Royal Colosseum, Joseph Heath, copper (2), 32mm, 14.69g, 26mm, 6.77g (W 733, 735; D & W 8/85-6), St George’s Hall, uniface bronze, organ performance, 30mm, 6.80g (W 747; D & W 62/136); Manchester, Queen’s Theatre Ltd, copper, 30mm (W 462; D & W 37/393) [5]. First fine, others very fine £70-£90 --- Provenance: First A Group of Theatre Passes, SNC February 2004 (TT 2849); last three bt B.M. Greenaway
LONDON, Baker Street, Madame Tussaud & Sons, copper Sixpences (2) [c. 1850], madame tussaud & sons exhibition, stamped 45 and 1202, revs. baker street portman square around value, both 37mm, 14.86g, 13.81g (W 1042; Young, Entertainments, p.41; D & W 83/266) [2]. Very fine £40-£50 --- Provenance: First Baldwin Auction, 5 June 2004, lot 364
LONDON, Covent Garden, Theatre Royal, First Theatre, 1762, uniface copper, upper gally., 29mm, 7.44g (W 115; D & W 12/120); Second Theatre, 1809, copper (2), first g[allery] p[rinces] s[ide], rev. p, 35mm, 12.80g (W 137; D & W 14/156), b[ox] k[ings] s[ide], rev. k, 29mm, 10.28g (W 141; D & W 12/131) [3]. Fine and better, but reverses of last two rubbed £90-£120 --- Provenance: Second Morton & Eden Auction 10, 23-4 November 2004, lot 788 (part)
LONDON, Crystal Palace, The Crystal Palace L[awn] T[ennis], oval brass, stamped 217 1934, 39 x 32mm (Allen 1931/010); L[ondon] C[ounty] C[ouncil] Parks Dept, L[awn] T[ennis] Grass Courts, oval brass (2), stamped 5088 1923, 56148 1923, both 38 x 30mm (W 1474) [3]. First good fine, second excavated, last very fine £20-£30 --- Provenance: First DNW Auction 48, 30 November 2000, lot 380
LONDON, Drury Lane, Theatre Royal, Second Theatre, 1776, uniface copper, drury lane and date around first gally., pellet decoration at centre, p stamped at left, back stamped 47, 32mm, 9.44g (W 197 var.; D & W 19/208 var.). Good very fine, attractive patina £80-£100 --- Provenance: A. Clunes Collection, SCMB August 1972 (TP 537); SNC August 2007 (TP 010); DNW Auction T7, 7 October 2009, lot 597
LONDON, Drury Lane, Theatre Royal, Fourth Theatre, copper, upper gallery, 31mm, 9.73g (W 215; D & W 20/230); 1888, brass, Augustus Harris, the armada, 25mm, 4.11g (W 237 (ii)) [2]. Fine to very fine £40-£50 --- Provenance: First DNW Auction 58, 24-5 June 2003, lot 1318; second bt B.M. Greenaway
LONDON, Finsbury Circus, London Institution, 1807, 30 Guinea Subscription, brass, by W. Wyon, number (1081) engraved below lion, 43mm, 32.18g (W 2670; D & W 156/434); London Institution, 1807, copper, number (500) engraved below arms, 43mm, 46.55g (W 2671; D & W 157/435) [2]. First good fine, second good very fine but wiped £60-£80 --- Provenance: Bt H. Simmons February 2007. The recipient of the first medal was Jeremiah Harman (1763-1844), Higham House, Woodford, Essex, banker and art collector, principal partner in the firm of Harman & Co, Adams court, Old Broad street, a director of the Bank of England from 1794 to 1827 and its Governor from 1816-18 (for another medal awarded to him see DNW 249, 1145); the recipient of the second medal was Thomas Pollock, chemist and druggist, 129 Fenchurch street
Sir Robert Walpole, a cast copper satirical medal after L. Natter, undated [c. 1741], 49mm (MI II, 562/194); Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, 1742, a copper medal, unsigned [after L. Natter], 40mm (MI II, 567/201; E 567); Duke of Marlborough, 1742, a copper medal by J.A. Dassier, 55mm (Eisler 331; MI II, 568/202; E 568) [3]. First scratched in obverse field, second with faint graffiti below bust, otherwise all very fine £100-£150
George Cooke, 1805, a copper medal by T. Webb, 53mm (BHM 570; E 973); Church and King, 1807, a white metal medal by P. Kempson and S. Kindon, 42mm (BHM 630); George III, Grand National Jubilee, 1809, a filled brass medal, signed M & P (perhaps N. Marchant and L. Pingo), 51mm (BHM 655) [3]. First two scratched, last with two carbon spots on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine or better; second and third pierced, last with ring and ribbon attached £100-£150
Sheffield Sunday School Union Golden Jubilee, 1862, a copper medal, unsigned, 38mm (Grant III, p.320; cf. DNW 193, 1175); Incorporation of the Town of Barrow [-in-Furness], 1867, a copper medal, unsigned, 38mm; Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, Australia, a bronze medal by Stokes & Martin, 32mm (W & E 2389B.2; BHM 3319); West Ham School Board, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (C. Doughty...1893), 35mm; Plymouth Exhibition, 1904, a bronze medal, unsigned [by J.A. Restall], 39mm (Allen Pt 4; cf. DNW M2, 2293); Arts & Crafts Exhibition, Shrewsbury, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (A. Tipton, 1906), 38mm; Currant Bread Competition, a silver award medal by J.A. Restall for T. Ottley, named (Second Prize Awarded to A.W. Mills, Aylesbury 1910), hallmarked Birmingham 1908, 39mm; The Royal Agricultural Show, Shrewsbury, 1914, a white metal medal, unsigned, 38mm (W & E 5497A.2; BHM 4105) [8]. Very fine and better, but first two lacquered and sixth has been wiped £120-£150 --- Provenance: P. Jones Collection, additionally: first P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 415 (part), second Baldwin Auction, 22 March 2001, lot 307 (part), third Croydon Coin Auction 167, 9 January 2001, lot 741, fifth Baldwin Auction, 3 November 2001, lot 300, seventh P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 54, 19 June 2002, lot 604 (part) [from A.C. Eimer May 1982]
Bellahouston Academy, Glasgow, a silver award medal by D. Cunninghame, named (Mathematics, Rebecca G. Abercrombie, Session 1882-83), 38mm (Brodie 531); Scottish Arboricultural Society, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Adam Spiers, for Exhibit of Timbers, Edinburgh, 1907), 35mm (Brodie 156, this piece) [2]. About extremely fine, first cleaned in the past, second has been lacquered £50-£70 --- Provenance: P. Jones Collection, additionally: first Bonhams Auction, 9 December 1998, lot 212 (part), second N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 41, 3 June 1999, lot 156 [from J. Whitmore May 1987]
Edward III (1327-1377), An Important Gold Leopard of Edward III’s Third (Florin) coinage, First issue, January 1343 [O.S.] Lot 154 + Edwr’ · d’ · gra’ · rex · angl’ · z · franc’ · dns : hib’ (stops small annulets) Crowned leopard séjant left, tail turned between his hind legs and passing behind him; around his neck a banner carrying the quartered arms of England and France ancient. + : Domine : ne : in : fvrore : tvO : argvas : me : (stops small double annulets) Voided cross with ornate quatrefoil finials within quatrefoil tressure, lis on cusps and lions in spandrels. 3.48g/53.7gr/6h (Stewartby p.196; SCBI Schneider –; N 1106; S 1477). Obverse about very fine, retaining light surface marks consistent with a field find, reverse better than very fine and retaining original brilliance, exceptionally rare; by far the finer of the two known specimens available to commerce £100,000-£140,000 --- Provenance: Found with a gold Noble of Edward III in north Norfolk, October 2019 (BM. 2020T40; PAS NMS-30E3B9); disclaimed 18 November 2021. Four other examples are known: British Museum, purchased in 1810, part of the collection formed by Barré Charles Roberts (1789-1810) [previously from the collection of the Coventry antiquary Thomas Sharp (1770-1841), and published in the Gentleman’s Magazine, 1800, vol. ii, p.945]. British Museum, purchased in 1915 from the estate of John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) [previously in the collections of John Brumell (1771-1850: Sotheby Auction, 19-27 April 1850, lot 196, £126), Edward Wright Wigan (1823-71) and Sir John Evans (1823-1908)]. Ashmolean Museum, purchased in 1956 from the Richard Cyril Lockett (1873-1950) Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 11-17 October 1956, lot 1223, £920 [previously Puttick & Simpson Auction, 29 June 1922, £170]. Private Collection, purchased from the Lord Stewartby (1935-2018) Collection, Part III, Spink Auction 239, 26 September 2016, lot 893, £4,300 [previously Spink Auction 164, 23 July 2003, lot 379, £4,400]. The Roman Empire had a sophisticated economy with coinage in gold, silver and bronze. While this system survived to some extent in the Byzantine territories, in most of western Europe silver alone became the staple circulating medium in the ninth century. In Italy, by the 13th century, the increasing volume and importance of trade required increasingly larger amounts of specie. Perhaps due to the influence of the Arabic-inspired gold coinage of the kings of Sicily, the trading republic of Florence introduced the gold florin in 1252 and the neighbouring city state of Genoa quickly followed suit. An unsuccessful attempt was then made in 1257 to introduce a gold penny in England. The Venetians struck the zecchino from 1284, destined to become the staple of eastern Mediterranean trade for the next 500 years. Charles of Anjou, King of Naples, introduced a gold coinage in 1277 with his salut d’or and, not to be outdone by his great-uncle, the king of France ordered the striking of a gold coin in August 1290, the florin d’or à la reine, based on the size and weight of the Florin but showing the power of the monarchy with a seated image of the king holding an orb and fleur-de-lis. These coins sometimes carried a privy mark of a pear with leaves, the badge of the Florentine banking company of Peruzzi, who were involved at the time in operating mints on the king’s behalf. By the mid-13th century in western Europe trade, and later banking and coinage, were increasingly concentrated in the hands of Italians. As more and more goods were bought and sold by merchants, larger and larger sums were required for payment, some offset by the growing use of credits within the merchant societies, but others settled in full with Italian gold. At the time, the English economy was generally in credit, the export of wool creating an inflow of money, silver to facilitate everyday trade and foreign gold coins for the transactions of the king, the nobility and the wealthy merchant classes. An attempt was made to introduce a large silver coin in England in 1280 with the limited striking of Edward I’s groat. This proved unsuccessful and may have delayed a similar attempt to create a bi-metallic system. By the mid-1330s, however, the situation had changed. There was a dearth of circulating coin in England to the detriment of everyday trade. As Mavis Mate tells us, ‘In 1339 the situation appeared so serious that the magnates in Parliament voiced a fear that the shortage of silver coins might bring internal trade to a halt’. This was coupled with Edward III’s war with France which drained any remaining money from England and sent it overseas in an attempt to gain allies in his dispute with Philip VI of France. These incentives were mainly paid to the princes in the Low Countries, including Edward’s brothers-in-law, Renaud, Duke of Gelderland and William, Margrave of Jülich, amongst others. These payments were sometimes made in English wool which the recipient could then sell on the European market, but more often was facilitated and paid by the Italian banking houses such as the Bardi and Peruzzi. This was normally done in gold florins, usually of Florentine origin. For example, by the end of 1339, Edward owed Duke John of Brabant a staggering 307,000 florins and a further 52,750 florins were due to the Duke of Gelderland. At around the same time, he promised to pay the Margrave of Jülich 7,000 florins a l’écu and 20,000 small gold florins for military assistance rendered during the previous months. For a man with pretensions like Edward, seeking to unite the thrones of England and France, transactions like these must have made him acutely aware of the irony of not having his own economically and politically prestigious international currency in gold. A truce in the war with France, brokered at Malestroit in January 1343, gave the King a chance to turn his attention to matters other than the war. At the request of Parliament he sought to restore the domestic silver coinage. In early 1343, Edward received a letter from a little-known Italian moneyer called Peter Circos offering to undertake a reform of the currency. Catherine Eagleton and Richard Kelleher explain ‘The petition relates primarily to silver coinage but, almost as an afterthought, Circos added a final line mentioning that if the king wanted to have gold money, he knew how to make that as well’. Circos was not given the appointment, but in December 1343 the task of introducing a gold coinage went to the mintmasters George Kirkyn and Lotto Niccolyn of Florence. The Proclamation, reprinted in NC 1900 by Sir John Evans, translates from Norman-French thus: “The King to the Sheriffs of London, Greeting. As it has been accorded and agreed by our prelates and other great persons of our Kingdom of England, for the common profit of our people of the said kingdom that three coins of gold be made in our Tower of London, that is to say:- One coin of two Leopards, the piece current for six shillings, which shall be of the weight of two small florins of Florence of good weight; and one coin of gold of one Leopard, weighing the half of the other aforesaid coin, the piece current for three shillings. And one coin of gold of a Helmet, weighing the fourth part of the aforesaid first coin, the piece current for eighteen pence. The which coins of gold ought to have course among all manner of persons within the said realm of England. Given at Westminster on the 27th day of January” [1343 O.S]. T...
BELGIUM, Independence, 1830, a copper medal by A.A. Caqué, 51mm; Death of the Duke of Orléans, 1842, a copper medal by L.J. Hart, 73mm (BDM II, 433); Visit of Queen Victoria to Belgium, 1843, a copper medal, unsigned, 42mm; Opening of the Brussels-Paris Railway, 1846, a copper medal by L.J. Hart, 73mm (BDM II, 434) [4]. Very fine or better but last pierced at top, first rare £80-£100
FRANCE, Queen Marie-Amelie, a uniface bronze medal, unsigned and undated, mounted on velvet within wooden frame, 60mm (medal), 142 x 142mm (frame); Louis Philippe, 1830, a miniature gilt-bronze medal, unsigned, 11mm; Birth of the Count of Paris, 1838, a copper medal by J.P. Montagny, 26mm; Provisional Government, 1848, a brass medal, unsigned, 27mm; Burning of the Château d’Eau, 1848, a brass medal, unsigned, 28mm; Proclamation of the Second Republic, 1848, a brass medal, unsigned, 27mm; Hôtel de Ville, 1848, a copper medal, unsigned, 28mm; Gloire d’Italie, 1849, a white metal medal, unsigned, 35mm [8]. First about extremely fine but frame chipped at corners, others very fine or better £80-£100
FRANCE, Capture of Antwerp, 1832, a copper medal by E. Gatteaux, 50mm (BDM II, 207); Visit of Ferdinand II of Naples and Sicily to the Paris Mint, 1836, a copper medal by L. Petit, 51mm; Return of Napoleon’s Remains to France, 1840, a restrike bronze medal by J.-J. Barre [struck after 1880], 70mm (BDM I, 129) [3]. First two extremely fine, last about extremely fine £100-£150
FRANCE, Duc d’Orléans, 1842, a copper medal by J.-J. Barre after Marochetti [struck 1845-60], 71mm (BDM I, 130); Duke of Nemours Appointed Regent, 1842, a copper medal by V.M. Borrel, 52mm (BDM I, 223); Émile de Girardin, 1849, a copper medal by V.M. Borrel, 52mm (BDM I, 224) [3]. About extremely fine or better, last rare; first in fitted wooden case £100-£150
ITALY, Luigi Marchesi, 1791, a copper medal by G. Hamerani, 32mm (Svarstad 349); Restoration of the Piazza Campidoglio, 1805, a uniface copper medal by T. Mercandetti, 67mm (BDM IV, 32) [2]. First good extremely fine, second with minor flan flaws and edge knocks otherwise extremely fine, both rare £100-£150
NETHERLANDS, Crown Prince William, a uniface cast silver portrait medal, unsigned and undated, uniformed bust left, backed with beige silk, 37mm, 9.14g; Marriage of Prince William of Orange and Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia, 1816, a brass medal, signed A & D.A. [?], 41mm (Diakov –); General Armaments, 1831, a copper medal by D. van der Kellen, 52mm (BDM III, 134) [3]. First good very fine and rare with integral suspension loop [small countermark on loop], second very fine and rare, last cleaned with traces of deposit on reverse otherwise extremely fine £100-£150
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![BERKSHIRE, Reading, John Berkeley Monck, Halfcrown, 1811, 9.51g/12h (D 3), Eighteen Pence, 1811, 6.26g/12h (D 4) [2]. First w](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d4e4ce5a-4d3e-4db8-a798-ae3e00a192c4/1476b991-45c6-4239-b5a7-ae3e011c2d01/468x382.jpg)
![LEICESTERSHIRE, County series, ‘Morgan’s’ Sixpences, 1811 (2), 1.88g/12h, 1.73g/12h (both D 7) [2]. First about fine, second](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d4e4ce5a-4d3e-4db8-a798-ae3e00a192c4/3ce47a4c-79c5-4436-a190-ae3e00bce78f/468x382.jpg)
![LINCOLNSHIRE, Lincoln, James Millson and Thomas Preston, Shillings, 1812 (2), 3.91g/12h (D 12), 3.21g/12h (D 13) [2]. Very fi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d4e4ce5a-4d3e-4db8-a798-ae3e00a192c4/6dfe27cf-83f1-4fbe-9688-ae3e011c228c/468x382.jpg)
![LONDON, Bucklersbury, Samuel Lloyd, Shilling, 1811, 3.69g/12h (D 17), Sixpence, 1811, 1.83g/12h (D 36) [2]. First extremely f](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d4e4ce5a-4d3e-4db8-a798-ae3e00a192c4/8bfaa4f2-df0d-4328-8331-ae3e00c637f8/468x382.jpg)
![NORFOLK, Great Yarmouth, Joseph Hunton and James Blyth [of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk], Shilling, 1811, 3.61g/12h (D 15); Frede](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d4e4ce5a-4d3e-4db8-a798-ae3e00a192c4/782a1fd3-d610-40ea-9286-ae3e011c20c1/468x382.jpg)
![NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, Peterborough, Cole & Co, Eighteen Pence, 1811, 5.74g/12h (D 3), Shilling, 1811, 3.80g/12h (D 5) [2]. First](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d4e4ce5a-4d3e-4db8-a798-ae3e00a192c4/fc257852-79e2-4347-bda4-ae3e011c1f04/468x382.jpg)
![YORKSHIRE, Bradford, James Laycock, Shillings, 1812 (2), arms, revs. Justice standing, 4.44g/12h, 4.17g/12h (both D 3) [2]. F](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d4e4ce5a-4d3e-4db8-a798-ae3e00a192c4/9892056f-9190-493e-bf65-ae3e00c2ab78/468x382.jpg)
![FLINT, Holywell, Jones, Oldfield, Sankey & Oakley, Sixpences, 1811 (2), 2.08g/6h (D 6), 2.05g/6h (D 7) [2]. About extremely f](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d4e4ce5a-4d3e-4db8-a798-ae3e00a192c4/abac5b11-709e-4cc9-b675-ae3e00bf844c/468x382.jpg)
![LONDON, Baker Street, Madame Tussaud & Sons, copper Sixpences (2) [c. 1850], madame tussaud & sons exhibition, stamped 45 and](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d4e4ce5a-4d3e-4db8-a798-ae3e00a192c4/c985c2d5-f7ec-49f6-85d5-ae3e011c15ca/468x382.jpg)
![LONDON, Crystal Palace, The Crystal Palace L[awn] T[ennis], oval brass, stamped 217 1934, 39 x 32mm (Allen 1931/010); L[ondon](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d4e4ce5a-4d3e-4db8-a798-ae3e00a192c4/343c5b19-bc33-4a77-974a-ae3e00c47b58/468x382.jpg)
![Sir Robert Walpole, a cast copper satirical medal after L. Natter, undated [c. 1741], 49mm (MI II, 562/194); Robert Walpole,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d4e4ce5a-4d3e-4db8-a798-ae3e00a192c4/26ef95d2-d5ad-4f92-9570-ae3e00b9e506/468x382.jpg)
![Edward III (1327-1377), An Important Gold Leopard of Edward III’s Third (Florin) coinage, First issue, January 1343 [O.S.]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d4e4ce5a-4d3e-4db8-a798-ae3e00a192c4/11166d7e-d79c-4ab3-a450-ae3e00be854e/468x382.jpg)
![FRANCE, Duc d’Orléans, 1842, a copper medal by J.-J. Barre after Marochetti [struck 1845-60], 71mm (BDM I, 130); Duke of Nemo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d4e4ce5a-4d3e-4db8-a798-ae3e00a192c4/ed3dc865-95be-4fba-9b79-ae3e00c0cb9a/468x382.jpg)
![Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Leaf-Pellet issue [C3], Groat, London, mm. cross IIIb on obv. only, leaf on neck, pellets](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d4e4ce5a-4d3e-4db8-a798-ae3e00a192c4/13e1d433-1fc3-4848-a5e5-ae3e00bd8d99/468x382.jpg)