The Time Period Game - year 2000 to year 2050

[JayAg47]

My biggest and the smallest numismatic silver coins come from this period!

Yüzlük (100 paras) of Selīm III
42mm
33.14g
Ottoman empire
Istanbul mint.
1789-1807

Nepal 1 Dam, 0.04g
Rana Bahadur Shah
1777-1799

And a couple of coins from a significant period of European history!

Edited March 10, 2023 by JayAg47

[Sulla80]

[JAZ Numismatics]

Adam Eckfeldt struck the first US coinage in 1792 using a screw press of his own invention. By the end of his career at the Philadelphia Mint, he had guided the mint through its transition from horse to steam power, and preserved coins for the mint's collection that are now national treasures. In 1996, the ANA inducted Eckfeldt into the Numismatic Hall of Fame.

But a decade prior to Eckfeldt's tenure, Americans were already experimenting with their own coinage. A proposal for large coppers was put forth by Robert Morris, superintendent of finance under the Articles of Confederation, and approved by Congress. Eckfeldt's father, John Jacob was paid $5.18 on February 8, 1783, to forge the dies. They were cut by silversmith Abraham Dubois, who was paid $72 for sinking and hardening four pairs of dies to produce the 1783 Nova Constellatio patterns. More dies were produced in 1785 (six pairs) with a flamboyantly cursive US on the reverse. Another variety was produced in 1786. The coins circulated throughout the colonies until various states began minting their own, heavier coppers, at which point the Nova Constellatio issues were taken out of circulation.

Edited March 10, 2023 by JAZ Numismatics

[ewomack]

[expat]

Only 1 coin to offer in this period. Single year of issue, Saxony Coventionsthaler 1763. Struck in Dresden (FwoF mintmark).

Friedrich Christian was Elector for only 3 months before dying from smallpox.

Value     4⁄3 Saxon thaler = 1 Conventionsthaler = ⅒ Cologne Mark
Currency     Thaler (1493-1805)
Composition     Silver (.833)
Weight     28.8 g
Diameter     43 mm
Shape     Round
Orientation     Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized     Yes
Number     N# 32813
References     KM# 962, Dav GT II# 2677, Schnee# 1052, Buck# 14

 

 

[John Conduitt]

George III 1st issue Farthing, 1774

Tower. Copper, 23mm, 4.96g. Laureate and armoured bust right; GEORGIVS·III·REX·. Britannia seated with shield bearing the Union flag facing left, holding olive branch and trident; BRITANNIA; date in exergue. Edge: Plain (S 3775).

[DonnaML]

Now I really have to start getting a bit selective!

France, Louis XVI, Ecu de 6 Livres, 1792

Germany - Coins:

Regensburg [Ratisbon] (then a Free Imperial City), AR City View Thaler 1754. Obv. Francis I (Holy Roman Emperor) / Rev. View of Regensburg. Davenport 2618.

Nuremberg (then a free Imperial City), AR City View Thaler 1779. Obv. City View of Nuremberg / Rev. Double-Headed Imperial Eagle (Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor). Davenport 2495.

Prussia, Friedrich II, Reichsthaler, 1786A (Berlin)

Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm II, Reichsthaler, 1790A (Berlin)

Germany - Historical Medals:

GERMAN STATES, Brandenburg-Prussia, Frederick II (the Great), unsigned 1757 AE Medal commemorating Prussian victories over combined forces of France and Austria (the Holy Roman Empire) in Battles of Rossbach [Roßbach] (5 Nov. 1757) and Lissa [a/k/a Battle of Leuthen] (5 Dec. 1757) in Seven Years War. Obv. Frederick II in uniform on warhorse left, facing, sword drawn in upraised right hand, military camp in center background, star fort of Lissa at right, forest to left, cavalry in left foreground, FREDERIC. DG. BORVS. REX. ET. PROTESTANTI, M. DEFENSOR around; in exergue, · LISSA · DEC · 5 / Rev. Large battle scene between armies of Prussia and Maria Theresa of Austria: in foreground, Prussian cavalry at right pursues fleeing Austrian cavalry left; in background, Prussian infantry at right pursues fleeing Austrian infantry left; in center, smoke from artillery rolls over battlefield; QUO · NIHIL · MAJUS · MELIUSVE around; in exergue, ROSBACH · NOV · 5 1757. 48 mm., 35.77 g. Marienburg 4744 [Bahrfeldt, E. Die Münzen und Medaillensammlung in der Marienburg (7 vols., Gdansk, 1901-1910) (The coin and medal collection in Malbork)]; Olding 611 n. 1 [Olding, M. Die Medaillen auf Friedrich den Großen von Preußen 1712 bis 1786 (Osnabrück, 2003)]. Purchased 17 Nov. 1999 from G.R. Bourne, Crewe, Cheshire, UK.*

*The Battle of Rossbach (Roßbach) took place on November 5, 1757 during the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) near the village of Roßbach, in the Electorate of Saxony. Frederick II (a/k/a Frederick the Great), King of Prussia, defeated the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman/Austrian Empire. This battle is considered one his great masterpieces, due to his exploitation of rapid movement to achieve the element of complete surprise and destroy an enemy army with negligible casualties. One month later, on December 5, 1757, at the Battle of Lissa (a/k/a Leuthen), Frederick II used manoeuvre and terrain to decisively defeat a much bigger Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, thus ensuring Prussian control of Silesia during the Seven Years' War. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rossbach; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leuthen.

GERMAN STATES, Brandenburg-Prussia, Frederick II (the Great), 1757 AE Medal commemorating Prussian victory over Austria (Holy Roman Empire) in Battle of Prague (6 May 1757) in Seven Years War, by Johann Georg Holtzhey (1729-1808, Dutch medallist). Obv. Armored and cuirassed half-length portrait of Frederick II facing right, wearing wreath of oak leaves, his hair tied back and falling over his shoulder; around, FRIDERICVS MAGN. D. G. REX BORVSS. EL. BRAND. DVX SILES ET [Frederick the Great, by the Grace of God King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Silesia, Etc.] / Rev. Winged figure of Victory in center, lightning bolts extending from her right hand; captured weaponry, armour and cannon at her feet; she holds shield in her left hand with inscription (largely worn off) ‘VICTORIA FRIDERICI MAGN’ [Victory of Frederick the Great], and, with her left foot, has kicked the crown off the figure of the Holy Roman Empress, Maria Theresa, kneeling right; under Victory's feet, words ALBISIL and MOLDA [Rivers Elbe and Moldau (Vltava)]; around, FAMA PRUDENTIA ET VIRTVTE [Fame Wisdom and Courage]; in exergue in three lines, AVSTR · EXERC · PROPE · PRAG · FVNDIT / CÆSO ET · PRAGA · OBSESSA · / VI · MAJI · MDCCLVII [Total defeat of the Austrian army near Prague, and Prague besieged, the 6th of May, 1757]. 48 mm., 39.4 g. Olding 604a [Olding, M. Die Medaillen auf Friedrich den Großen von Preußen 1712 bis 1786 (Osnabrück, 2003)]. (Common flan flaw in form of surplus blob of metal over first ‘V’ in ‘VIRTVTE’ in obverse legend.)*

*In the Battle of Prague outside that city on May 6, 1757, during Third Silesian War between Frederick the Great and Maria Theresa (broadly, part of Seven Years War), Frederick's 67,000 Prussians forced 60,000 Austrians to retreat into the city of Prague and besieged the cty, but, having lost 14,300 men (the Austrians lost more than 13,000), decided he was not strong enough to attack Prague. However, Prussia's continued control of Silesia was confirmed. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Prague_(1757).

GERMAN STATES, Prussia, "Moses Mendelssohn" AR medal by Jacob Abraham & Son [Abraham Abramson], undated [1774]. Obv. Bust left, MOSES MENDELSSOHN above, I. ABRAHAM & F. [= and son] beneath truncation / Rev. Butterfly perched on skull right (with coronal suture visible on skull, curving from top of skull where butterfly sits, down to right eye socket), PHAEDON above; in exergue in two lines, NATUS MDCCXXIX [Born 1729].  43 mm., 27.75 g.  See Friedenberg, Daniel M., Jewish Medals From the Renaissance to the Fall of Napoleon (1503-1815) (Jewish Museum, New York, 1970) at pp. 54-55, 131 (ill. p. 54). Purchased from Educational Coin Company, Highland NY, 20 Jan. 2011.*

*See Friedenberg p. 131: "Medal was issued to honor Mendelssohn, the great German Jewish leader of the Haskalah, for writing Phaedon, modeled on the Platonic dialogue. This well-known work was published in 1767." See also id. pp. 54-55, in the book's discussion of the medallists Jacob Abraham and his son Abraham Abramson [N.B., the references to Mendelssohn's physical handicaps are not phrased as sensitively as they might be today]: "We are fortunate that both father and son engraved some of their most prominent co-religionists. The most important of these medals, struck about 1774, is an homage to Moses Mendelssohn, the very great leader of the Haskalah movement. Both father and son collaborated on this work, which without question is among the dozen most important Jewish medals ever issued. On the obverse we see facing left the bust of Mendelssohn, with the overly massive shoulders butting the head, as is typical of hunchbacks. The long, searching nose, the high forehead, the deepset eyes, and thin, fixed mouth all reveal the restless mind of a scholar. The reverse shows a skull with a delicate butterfly perched on top, indicative of the immortality of the spirit. The symbolism refers to the well-known philosophic work by Mendelssohn entitled Phaedon, modeled on the dialogue of the same name by Plato. Happily for collectors, the medal was immediately recognized as an extraordinary piece, and many were struck. From certain imperfections seen on some copies, the writer is of the opinion that later dies were made or the dies were reused after corrosion."

Great Britain to follow.

[DonnaML]

Great Britain:

George II AV Half-Guinea 1756, Spink 3685, KM 587 [Standard Catalog of World Gold Coins (6th ed 2009)], Bull 658 [Maurice Bull, English Gold Coinage 1649-1816 (Spink 2020)]. By John Croker. Obv. Old laureate head left, GEORGIUS·II· DEI·GRATIA· / Rev. Ornate crowned quartered shield of arms, divided date above, legend around, ·M·B·F·ET·H·REX·F·D·B·ET·L·D·S·R·I·A·T·ET·E·17 – 59 [King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg Arch-Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire]. 20 mm., 4.2 g. Purchased from Dix Noonan Webb Auction (now Noonans) 252, 12 April 2022, Lot 175.

George III AV Spade Guinea 1793, Spink 3729, KM 609 [Standard Catalog of World Gold Coins (6th ed 2009) at p. 693], Bull 723 (ill. p. 554) [Maurice Bull, English Gold Coinage 1649-1816 (Spink 2020)]. Obv. Laureate bust right (5th bust “H”), GEORGIVS • I I I • DEI • GRATIA • / Rev. Crowned spade-shaped shield, quartered; around, M•B•F•ET•H•REX•F•D•B•ET•L•D•S•R•I•A•T•ET•E• [King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg Arch-Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire], 1793 beneath shield (date var. with Italic “1”, high “7” linked to shield,  “9” not touching shield; see Bull p. 554). 24 mm., 8.40 g. Purchased from Noonans Auction 260, 28 Sep 2022, Lot 1437.*

*See Bull p. 549, explaining the rather unusual appearance of the spade guineas (somewhat resembling an ancient clipped siliqua!): “To discourage the illegal practice of clipping the legends were intended to be very close to the edge of the flan. As a result, due to the slight variations in the diameter of the blank flans and the occasional subtle miss-alignment in striking, tops of some of the lettering are often missing.”

George III AE Cartwheel Twopence 1797, Soho Mint. Obv. Laureate and draped bust right, GEORGIUS III D : G • REX / Rev. Britannia seated left on rock in sea, holding spray (flowering branch) in upraised right hand, with left hand holding transverse trident and resting on shield; ship on horizon to left; BRITANNIA above, date 1797 below (Legends incuse on raised rim). 41 mm., 56.1 g. S. 3776. Purchased from Karl Stephens Inc., March 1986.

3d, George II & III

 

Coronation Medals:

Great Britain, George III, Official AR Coronation Medal, 1761, by Laurence Natter. Obv. Laureate and armored bust right, GEORGIVS. III. D.G.M. BRI. FRA. ET. HIB. REX. F. D., initials L.N. [Laurence Natter] on truncated right shoulder / Rev. King seated left on throne holding long scepter in left hand and raising right arm towards Britannia standing right holding crown above his head, with shield and trident behind her; lion crouched behind throne, facing, holding orb; PATRIAE . OVANTI [For his rejoicing country] around; in exergue in two lines, CORONAT. XXII. SEPT and year 1761 in modified “Gothic” Roman numerals (CIƆIƆCCLXI). 34mm. BHM 23 (ill. p. 8); Eimer 694 & Pl. 78; Wollaston p. 10, no. xiii(a) & ill. 16. Mintage 800 (Wollaston p. 16). Purchased from Hedley Betts, Oct. 2020.

Great Britain, Queen Charlotte, Official AR Coronation Medal, 1761, by Laurence Natter. Obv. Draped bust right, CHARLOTTA. D.G. M. BR. FR. ET. HIB. REGINA, beneath truncation, initials L.N. F. [Laurence Natter Fecit]. / Rev. The Queen standing facing, holding left hand to heart and scepter in right hand, crowned by Fame hovering above; to right, flaming altar with globe beside it; initials L.N. to right of altar; above, in ribbon, QVAESITVM. – MERITIS [Sought for his deserts (Horace)]; in exergue in two lines, CORON. XXII. SEPT / MDCCLXI. 34 mm. Eimer 696 & Pl. 78; BHM 66; Wollaston pp. 11-12, no. xiv  & ill. 22. Mintage 400 (Wollaston p. 16). Purchased from Sovereign Rarities, Ltd., London, UK, Jul. 2022 

Tokens:

Elephant & Castle Coventry halfpenny token 1792

Great Britain, Anti-slavery halfpenny token, 1795 (AE 30 mm., 9.4 g.), catalogued as No. 1039a at p. 304 of P. & B. Withers, The Token Book: British Tokens of the 17th 18th and 19th Centuries and their Values (Galata 2010). Obv: African slave kneeling right, hands raised together in chains, AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER / Rev. Clasped hands, MAY SLAVERY & OPPRESSION CEASE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD (rosette before legend)/ Edge: PAYABLE IN DUBLIN CORK OR BELFAST.

Edited 03.13.23 to add another token from this period that I forgot to post previously: Pidcock farthing token 1795, with elephant on obverse and cockatoo on branch on  reverse. Withers 1067.

 

Edited March 13, 2023 by DonnaML

[Qcumbor]

Great Britain, George III - Six pence, 1787

 

Great Britain, George III - Penny, 1797

 

France, Louis XVI - Cinquieme d'ecu, 1784

 

France, Louis XVI - Trente sols, 1792

 

Siege de Mayence (Mainz) - 2 sols, 1793

 

The siege of Mainz (source Wikipedia)

"In the siege of Mainz (German: Belagerung von Mainz), from 14 April to 23 July 1793, a coalition of Prussia, Austria, and other German states led by the Holy Roman Empire besieged and captured Mainz from revolutionary French forces. The allies, especially the Prussians, first tried negotiations, but this failed, and the bombardment of the city began on the night of 17 June.

Within the town the siege and bombardment led to stress between citizens, municipality and the French war council, governing since 2 April. The city administration was displaced on 13 July; this increased the stubbornness of the remaining population. Since a relief army was missing, the war council was forced to take up negotiations with the allied forces on 17 July; the remaining soldiers capitulated on 23 July.

Nearly 19,000 French troops surrendered at the end of the siege, but were allowed to return to France if they promised not to fight against the allies for one year. Consequently, they were used to fight French royalists in the Vendée region of France. They left the town singing La Marseillaise (also known as the Chant de guerre de l'Armée du Rhin).

The Republic of Mainz, the first democratic state on the later German territory, was subsequently dissolved. Mainz received a Prussian commander to administer the city. The bombardment had left devastating traces in the townscape: some civil buildings and aristocratic palaces like the comedy house, the electoral pleasure palace Favorite, the House of the Cathedral Provost, Liebfrauen- and the church of Society of Jesus had been destroyed, as well as St. Crucis, the Benedictine abbey St. Jacob on the citadel and the remains of St. Alban's Abbey. The cathedral had been heavily damaged.

The biggest impact of the occupation and siege was that the city's part in the old imperial electoral structure finally came to their end. Thus the events of the year 1793 also marked the end of Aurea Moguntia, the Latin nickname for the city: "Golden Mainz". The city lost its status as the electoral residence.

The shelling of Mainz was widely discussed in Europe. Many people gathered round the town in order to view the siege. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe assisted Duke Carl August of Saxe-Weimar during the siege and wrote a famous book about it."

During the siege, the population there had to mint in emergency for everyday use. Three denominations are known to exist, 1 sol, 2 sols and 5 sols. They're uncommon rather than rare

Q

[robinjojo]

Here are my contributions for 1750 to 1800:

Santiago, 8 escudos, Ferdinand VI,1 751 J.   Salvaged from the Nuestra Senora de la Luz.

KM3 

 

Guatemala, 8 reales, Charles III,, pillar type, 1770.

KM 27.2

 

Potosi 8 reales cob, Charles III, 1770V.

KM 45

26.9 grams

 

United States, "Fugio" cent, 1787, "States United".

8.91 grams

 

India, Princely States, Mysore, 2 rupees, Tipu Sultan, AM 1216 (1787), year 6, Patan Mint.

C 127 

22.7 grams

 

Germany, Free City of Regensburg, thaler, Francis II, 1793.

KM 469

28.03 grams

 

Russia, Paul I, "heavy" ruble 1797 СМ-ФЦ St. Petersburg. 

Bitkin 18 (R)

29.1 grams

 

United States dollar 1799.

 26.7 grams

 

Cisalpine Republic. 1800 year 8 scudo.

Davenport 199

23.12 grams

Edited March 10, 2023 by robinjojo

[shanxi]

China
Qing Dynasty

Emperor: Qian Long (Gao Zong)
Obv: Qian Long Tong Bao - 乾 隆 通 寶
Rev: Ushi left, Ushi right
Value: 1
Year: 1771-1798
Material: AE, 4.08g, 25.01mm
Literature: Hartill 22.432
Recognition mark: Spelling of the Long

[thenickelguy]

1790's Prosperity To Old England Halfpenny Conder Token

[shanxi]

The forty-eighth period starts - year 1800 to 1850.

 

Europe 1850

Source: Wikipedia,  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_en_1850.pdf Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

For two days it is:

year 1800 to the year 1850

Edited March 12, 2023 by shanxi

[JayAg47]

One of my favourite coin! an 8 reales with oriental chopmarks.

and my oldest coin from the USA, a pathetic looking half cent! (either 1828 or 1825)

[DonnaML]

France 1800-1850

Coins:

France, Second Republic, AV (.900 fineness) 20 Francs, 1848, Paris Mint (mintage 1,544,043). Obv. Génie (Winged Genius) of France standing three-quarters right, using right hand to inscribe Constitution of 1848 on tablet set on column, holding tablet upright with left hand; date “24.25 FEV./1848” inscribed on tablet in two lines*; in left field, fasces topped by Main de Justice (Hand of Justice) with two fingers raised in blessing gesture; in right field, Gallic rooster standing left; RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE around; in exergue, signature “Dupré” [for engraver Augustin Dupré] / Rev. Denomination and year 20/FRANCS/1848 in three lines encircled by oak-leaf wreath; LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ around; below wreath, Mintmark “A” [= Paris] flanked on left by privy mark of hand with forefinger pointing right, and on right by privy mark of dog’s head right (the marks of the Mint Director [for period 1846-60] and Chief Engraver [for period 1843-55], respectively)/ Edge inscription DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE ⁎⁎⁎. 21 mm., 6.46 g. KM (Krause-Mishler) 757, Yeoman 8.*

*The dates of 24-25 Feb. 1848 inscribed on the tablet on the obverse signify the dates during the Revolution of 1848 in France when King Louis Philippe abdicated (24 Feb. 1848) and the opposition began meeting to organize the Second Republic and draft the Constitution of 1848. (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution_of_1848.) The gold 20 Francs coin with an obverse depicting a standing Genius and a tablet with these dates inscribed was issued in only two years, 1848 and 1849. The obverse design was revived from 1871-1914, but without any inscription on the tablet. 

France, Second Republic, AV (.900 fineness) 20 Francs, 1849, Paris Mint (mintage 61,092). Obv. Head of Cérès right wearing wreath of oak-leaves and ears of corn (grain); in left field, fasces topped by Main de Justice (Hand of Justice) with two fingers raised in blessing gesture; in right field, laurel branch; REPUBLIQUE ⁎ FRANÇAISE around; beneath head of Cérès, L. MERLEY. F. [for engraver Louis Merley; F. = Fecit (he made this)] / Rev. Denomination 20/Francs in two lines encircled by wreath consisting of laurel branch to left and oak branch to right, tied together by ribbon at bottom; beneath wreath, mintmark “A” [= Paris] above year 1849, flanked on left by privy mark of hand with forefinger pointing right, and on right by privy mark of dog’s head right (the marks of the Mint Director [for period 1846-60] and Chief Engraver [for period 1843-55], respectively)/ Edge inscription DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE ⁎⁎⁎.  21 mm., 6.43 g. KM (Krause-Mishler) 762, Yeoman 10.*

*This type of gold 20 francs coin with Cérès on the obverse was issued only for the three-year period 1849-1851 (overlapping in its first year with the second and final year of the Génie type), and was replaced in 1852 by the 20 francs piece bearing the image of Napoleon III on the obverse, minted from 1852-1870. The 1849 Cérès 20 francs coin is the rarest of the three, with a mintage of only around 60,000, compared to approximately 4 million in 1850 and 13 million in 1851.  

Historical/Commemorative Medals:

(Footnotes omitted in all cases)

France, Directorate, AE Conquest of Upper Egypt, An 7 (1798) [struck 1806], Napoleon Bonaparte as Général de l'armée d'Orient (struck 1806 after Napoleon’s coronation as Emperor), Paris Mint. Artist: André Galle, under director Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon. Obv. Bust of Memnon (after the “Colossi of Memnon” in Luxor [ancient Thebes] in Upper Egypt, which actually depict Pharaoh Amenhotep III) left, wearing wearing nemes [royal striped headdress] with uraeus [sacred cobra, worn by deities and pharaohs] at forehead, no beard, CONQUÊTE DE LA - HAUTE EGYPTE. around from 7:00, GALLE F. [fecit] beneath truncation, AN VII. below bust / Rev. Crocodile left chained to palm tree behind with wide spreading branches [design modeled on chained crocodile depicted on the reverse of “COL NEM” dupondius of Augustus and Agrippa (RIC I 158)], GALLE on ground line to right; in exergue, DENON DIREXIT. 35 mm., 20.89 g., 12 h.  Laskey IX at p. 18 [Capt. J.C. Laskey, A Description of the Series of Medals Struck at the National Medal Mint by Order of Napoleon Bonaparte (London 1818)]; Millin & Millingen 19 at p. 9 [Aubin Louis Millin de Grandmaison & James Millingen, Medallic History of Napoleon (London 1819)]; Scargill 4 at p. 7 [Ann Mudie Scargill, Medallic History of Napoleon Bonaparte (London 1820)]; Hennin 896 at p. 688 [Michel Hennin, Histoire numismatique de la révolution française . . . depuis l'ouverture des Etats-généraux jusqu'à l'établissement du gouvernement consulaire (Paris 1826)]; Julius 694 at p. 43 [Sammlung Dr. [Paul] Julius, Heidelberg: Französische Revolution Napoleon I. und seine Zeit : Medaillen, Orden und Ehrenzeichen, Münzen (Auktion 11 Jan. 1932, Otto Helbing Nachf., München, Auktions-Katalog 66) (available at https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/auctionlots?AucCoId=514029&AuctionId=534684] [see David Block, “Books about Napoleonic Medals,” Numismatics International Bulletin, Vol. 19, No. 12 (1985), pp. 365-368 at p. 368, available at https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/522907?page=21: “This sale did not take place; the Julius Collection was not sold until 1959”); Todd p. 79 (ill. pp. 22 & 81) [Richard A. Todd, Napoleon’s Medals: Victory to the Arts (The History Press, UK, 2009)]. Purchased from Germania Inferior Numismatics; ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction 24, 28 March 2022, Lot 1653 (“From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire”), ex Phidias, vente numismatique, Paris, France.

France AE Medal, Peace of Luneville, 1801. Artist: Bertrand Andrieu, Minted by Paris Mint. Obv.: Bust of Bonaparte wearing military uniform, head bare, facing right; around, BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRAN.SE. [variety with legend beginning beneath Bonaparte’s bust]; on bust truncation, ANDRIEU F./ Rev.: Pax standing left with olive branch in raised right hand and cornucopia held in left arm; around, PAIX DE LUNEVILLE; in exergue, LE XX. PLUVOISE / AN IX [= 9 Feb. 1801]; on ground left in small letters, ANDRIEU F.  41 mm, 38.74 g. Laskey XXI at p. 45; Bramsen I 107 at p. 18 [Ludvig Ernst Bramsen, Médaillier Napoléon le Grand, ou, Description des médailles, clichés, repoussés, et médailles-décorations relatives aux affaires de la France pendant le consulat et l'empire, Vol. I, 1799-1809 (Copenhagen 1904), available at Neuman Numismatic Portal]; Millin & Millingen 41 at pp. 16-17 (ill. Pl. XII); Julius 905 at p. 57; St. James’s Auctions, 3 Oct. 2011, Christian C. Jones Collection of Napoleonic Coins & Medals, Lot 1052.1 at p. 13 (ill.).

France, AE Medal, First Empire, Coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1804 [2 December]. Artists: Jean-Bertrand Andrieu, Romain-Vincent Jeuffroy, and Dominique-Vivant Denon. (Signed under bust truncation in two lines: DENON DIR. | ANDRIEU F. [Fecit]; signed in reverse exergue beneath year: DENON DIR. - JEUFFROY F. [Fecit].)  Obv. Laureate head of Napoleon right, NAPOLEON - EMPEREUR / Rev. Napoleon, wearing imperial robes, holding long eagle-tipped scepter in right hand and wearing the sword of Charlemagne on his left side, stands facing on shield held aloft by Roman Senator to left and French farmer-soldier to right. Behind Roman Senator in left field an open book reads “LOIS, LOIS” [“Laws, Laws”]; behind farmer-soldier in right field is a plowshare. Above, LE SENAT – ET LE PEUPLE; in exergue, AN XIII [1804/1805]. Bramsen I 326; Laskey XXXVIII at p. 75; Millin & Millingen 83 at p. 32 (ill. Pl. XXXII); Julius 1260 at p. 79; Todd pp. 107-108 (ill. p. 108); Christian C. Jones Collection of Napoleonic Coins & Medals, Lot 1071.1 at p. 19 (ill.) [not my specimen]. 40 mm., 31.1 g.

Miniature AR Napoleon coronation medal, same description (except unsigned). 14 mm., 1.25 g.  Bramsen I 329 at p. 55;  Laskey XLI at p. 76; Millin & Millingen 86 at p. 32 (ill. Pl. XXXII) (“The small medals were thrown by the heralds among the people”); Julius 1269 at p. 79. Purchased from Guy Braun, Landivisiau, Finistère, France, Oct. 2022.

France, AE Medal, First Empire, Battle of Jena, Milan Mint 1806. Artist: Luigi Manfredini (initials “L.M.” on obverse neck truncation). Obv. Bust of Napoleon right wearing iron crown with laurel wreath around it; around, NAPOLEO GALL. IMP. ITAL. REX. GERM. RVTH. BORVSSICVS; beneath bust in two lines, MEDIOLANI [MILAN]/ MDCCCVI / Rev. Napoleon as Jupiter, holding thunderbolt aloft in right hand and scepter in left, seated facing three-quarters right, legs “side-saddle” to left, upon an eagle with body facing, wings spread, and beak right, grasping a large thunderbolt while crouched upon it; around, SAXONIA LIBERATA BORVSSIS DELETIS [“Saxony liberated; the Prussians destroyed”]; below eagle, IENAE [Jena]. 40 mm., 44.6 g. Bramsen I 539; Millin & Millingen 204 at p. 70 (ill. Pl. XL); Julius 1599 at p. 98;  Christian C. Jones Collection of Napoleonic Coins & Medals, Lot 1104.2 at p. 30 (ill.) [not my specimen].

France, AE Medal, First Empire, Entry into Madrid, 1808. Artists: Jean-Bertrand Andrieu, N.G.A. Brenet, and Dominique-Vivant Denon (ANDRIEU F. on obverse neck truncation; on reverse, BRENET. F. to lower left and DENON. D. to lower right). Obv. Laureate head right, NAPOLEON - EMP. ET ROI. around / Rev. Facade of the Puerta de Alcalá in Madrid; above, PORTE DE ALCALA; in exergue in three lines, ENTRÉE DES FRANÇAIS A MADRID | LE IV. DECEMBRE | MDCCCVIII. 40 mm., 33.86 g. Bramsen I 757; Laskey XCVII at p. 157; Millin & Millingen 234 at p. 79 (ill. Pl. XLII); Julius 1946 at p. 119 (example in silver); Christian C. Jones Collection of Napoleonic Coins & Medals, Lot 1120.2 at p. 35 (ill.) [not my specimen].

France, AE Medal, First Empire, Entry into Moscow, 1812. Artists: B. Andrieu & N. Brenet. Obv. Laureate head of Napoleon right, NAPOLEON – EMP. ET ROI.; on neck truncation, ANDRIEU F. / Rev. View of fortifications and gateway of Moscow with Kremlin buildings, etc.; French eagle atop standard planted on walls to left of center; French tricolor on top of highest  spire at center; ENTRÉE A – MOSCOU above; in exergue in two lines, XIV. SEPTEMBRE | MDCCCXII. 41 mm., 38.5 g. Bramsen II 1164 ; Laskey CXXVII at p. 204; Millin & Millingen 276 at p. 92 (ill. Pl. LI) ; Scargill 94 at p. 126; Julius 2533 at p. 153; Christian C. Jones Collection of Napoleonic Coins & Medals, Lot 1149 at p. 44 (ill.) [not my specimen]. Purchased from Noonans Auction 256, 15 Jun 2022, Lot 321 [with description “Some edge knocks and bruises, otherwise extremely fine”]; ex Coincraft, London (with undated Coincraft ticket). 

France, AE Medal, Napoleon’s Stay in Elba 1814-1815 [according to Bramsen II at p. 102, issued ca. 1815]. Artists: N.G.A. Brenet & D. Denon (beneath bust truncation on obverse, BRENET F.; on lower right on reverse inside border, BRENET N. DENON D.). Obv. Uniformed bust of Napoleon right, bareheaded, NAPOLEON – EMP. ET ROI. / Rev. Fortune, semi-draped, seated on a cliff by the sea, her toes resting on her wheel on rocky seashore below, with her head turned right to look at eagle (representing France) standing on cliff next to her with beak left and wings closed; around, SEJOUR A L'ILE D'ELBE - * [5-pointed star] MDCCCXIV. ET MDCCCXV; all surrounded by double border containing miniature depictions of 12 signs of zodiac. 41 mm., 34.3 g. Bramsen II 1583, p. 102; Julius 3272, p. 196; Scargill 116, p. 150; Christian C. Jones Collection of Napoleonic Coins & Medals, Lot 1161.1 at p. 48 (ill.) [not my specimen].

[John Conduitt]

George III Three Shilling Bank Token, 1813

London. Silver, 35mm, 14.75g. Head 2; GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX. BANK TOKEN 3 SHILL. 1813, within wreath of oak leaves. Plain edge (S 3770). Issued by the Bank of England during the Napoleonic Wars, prior to the 1816 British Currency Act.

[DonnaML]

Great Britain, Coins (Medals to follow):

George III AV Third Guinea 1808 S.3740, Friedberg 367, KM 650, Bull 879 (Rev. Crown). Purchased March 2022 from Auktionen & Münzenhandel Dr. Christoph Stadler e. K, Bremen, Germany.

George IV AV Sovereign 1826 S.3801 (Rev. Crowned shield). Purchased from Dix Noonan Webb [now Noonans], Auction 251, 8 March 2022, Lot 359.

William IV AV Sovereign 1832. Obv. Second bust, bare head right, GULIELMUS IIII D : G: -BRITANNIAR: REX F: D :  / Rev. Crowned quartered shield of arms in frame, ANNO - 1832 below, edge milled. 7.81 g.  Spink 3829B, KM 717 [Standard Catalog of World Gold Coins (6th ed 2009) at p. 699]. Purchased from Sovereign Rarities Ltd., Auction 7, 21 Sep 2022, Lot 165.

George III AR impaired (circulated) proof Bank of England Dollar [value 5 shillings], 1804, Soho Mint, struck over a Spanish Empire Eight Reales. Obv. Type “D”: First bust right, laureate and draped, GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX. [stop after REX], C.H.K on truncation (for engraver C. H. Kuchler), first leaf in wreath points to end of letter E in DEI / Rev. Type “2a”: Britannia seated left, in her left hand a spear, her left arm resting on a shield above an overflowing cornucopia, in her upraised right hand an olive branch, beehive of industry to left, inverted letter K in relief under shield, all within a castellated oval garter with the words FIVE SHILLINGS at top and DOLLAR at bottom; surrounding garter inside toothed border, BANK OF - ENGLAND, date 1804 below. S. 3768, ESC 1946 at p. 280, Type D/2a [Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage since 1649 (Spink, 7th ed. 2020)], old ESC 160 at p. 54, Type D/2a [H.A. Seaby & P.A. Rayner, English Silver Coinage from 1649 (Seaby, 4th ed. 1974)]. 41 mm., 25.99 g.  Purchased from Sovereign Rarities Ltd., Auction 7, 21 Sep 2022, Lot 184 (described as “An impaired proof, moderately circulated and with some edge flaws, retaining faint brilliance in fields, toned, good very fine”), ex Spink (with old Spink tag).

George III AR Crown 1818, edge LIX, S. 3787, old ESC 214. Purchased from Dix Noonan Webb [now Noonans], Auction 251, 8 March 2022, Lot 334.

George IV AR Crown 1822, edge TERTIO, S. 3805, old ESC 252.

Victoria AR Crown 1845, Young Head, edge VIII, S. 3882, old ESC 282. Purchased from Dix Noonan Webb [now Noonans], Auction 251, 8 March 2022, Lot 413.

George III AR Halfcrown 1819, S. 3789

George IV AR Halfcrown 1826, S. 3809 &
William IV AR Halfcrown 1834, S. 3834

[Qcumbor]

USA - draped bust half cent, 1804

 

Great Britain, George III - Shilling, 1816

 

Great Britain, William IV - Shilling, 1834

 

France, Bonaparte 1° consul - 20 francs, l'an 12 (1803-1804)

 

France, Louis XVIII - 2 francs, 1823

 

France, Louis Philippe - 20 francs, 1848

 

France, 2° republique - 2 francs, 1849

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[robinjojo]

Here are some representatives for 1800-1850, with a theme of war, a struggle for independence and the founding of a republic: Mexico.

Mexico, Ferdinand VII, 8 reales, 1809TH, Mexico City.

KM 110

26.88 grams

 

Mexico, Ferdinand VII, 8 escudos,1809HJ, Mexico City.

KM160

27.00 grams

 

Mexico, insurgents, Morelos, silver 8 reales, "SUD", 1812, struck type.  Purchased from Richard Long.  Very rare

KM 234.a

27.7 grams

 

Mexico, insurgents, Morelos silver 8 reales "SUD", 1813, cast type.  Purchased from Richard Long in 1987.

KM 235

29.37 grams

 

Mexico, insurgents, Morelos, AE 8 reales, "SUD", 1813.

KM 234

19.00 grams

 

Mexico, insurgents, Congress of Chilpanzingo and LVS countermarks, 8 reales no date (September 1813 - November 1813).

KM 281

24.6 grams

Note:  The countermarks are on a cast 8 reales based on a coin from Mexico City, Charles IV, possibly dated 1807.

 

Mexico, insurgents, Morelos copper 8 reales "SUD" TC (Tierra Caliente), 1813.

KM 248

 

Mexico, Republic, 8 reales, 1823 JM, Mexico City.

KM 376.2

26.9 grams

 

Mexico, Republic, 8 reales, 1824 RL, Durango, "defiant snake" type.  Purchased from Freeman Craig in 1982.

KM 376.1

26.03 grams

 

Mexico Republic 8 reales 1824 JM Mexico City, facing eagle, round tail variety.

KM 377.10

27.00 grams

Note: First year of facing eagle type.  Mexico City also produced "hook neck" profile eagles in 1824.  The facing type are much scarcer, but not in as much demand by collectors, generally speaking.

 

Mexico, Republic, 8 escudos, "hand over book",  Guanajuato, 1836 PJ.

KM 383.7

 

Mexico, Republic, 8 reales, 1844 PM, Guanajuato.

KM 377.8

27.17 grams

 

Mexico, Republic, 8 escudos, "hand over book", Guadalupe y Calvo (GC), 1849 MP.

KM 383.6

Edited March 13, 2023 by robinjojo

[ewomack]

 

 

[Sulla80]

Although I do not collect coins this modern - I have a weakness for coins of failed republics...

This coin from the early 19th century comes from the new world.  Cartagena was the first city to rebel against Spain, declaring independence of the province of Cartagena (Colombia), November 11, 1811.

The signers of this declaration pledged their "lives" and "last drop of blood" to the success of their independence from Spanish rule: "and for the greater firmness and validity of this declaration we solemnly pledge our lives and property, swearing to shed the last drop of our blood rather than fail to fulfill such a sacred commitment."

(for the original in Spanish see WikiSource Acta de Independencia de Cartagena)

[DonnaML]

After covering French coins & medals, and British coins, here are some British medals from the 1800-1850 period. (I definitely have more British medals from that period than any previous 50-year period, not even counting quite a few I bought decades ago -- most of them in bronze and white metal -- that I've never photographed. After all, we're getting into peak Victorian era here, when historical and commemorative medals in all metals and price ranges were probably at the height of their popularity with the British public. Art medals didn't really become popular, in either Great Britain or France, until later on.)

Official Coronation Medals:

Great Britain, George IV, Official AR Coronation Medal, 1820, by Benedetto Pistrucci. Obv. Laureate bust left, GEORGIUS IIII D.G. BRITANNIARUM REX F.D. / Rev. King enthroned left, crowned by Victory behind him; before him stand Britannia, Hibernia, and Scotia; PROPRIO JAM JURE ANIMO PATERNO around; in exergue, INAUGURATUS DIE. JULII. XIX ANNO. MDCCCXXI. 35 mm., 16.93 g. BHM 1070 (ill. p. 264) [Brown, Laurence, British Historical Medals Vol. I, 1760-1837 (Seaby 1980)]; Eimer 1146a (ill. Pl. 125) [Eimer, C., British Commemorative Medals and their Values (2nd ed. 2010)]; Wollaston p. 12, no. xv & ill. 24 [Henry Wollaston, British Official Medals for Coronations and Jubilees (1978)]. Mintage in AR: 800 (see Wollaston p. 16). Purchased from Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) Auction 267, 1 Feb. 2023, Lot 788; ex Sir Gerard Clauson Collection of British Historical Medals [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Clauson : “Sir Gerard Leslie Makins Clauson (28 April 1891 – 1 May 1974) was an English civil servant, businessman, and Orientalist best known for his studies of the Turkic languages”]. [Footnote omitted.]

Great Britain, George IV, Official AE Coronation Medal, 1820, by Benedetto Pistrucci. [Same description & catalogue references.]

Great Britain, William IV, Official AE Coronation Medal, 1830, by William Wyon. Obv. Bare head right, WILLIAM THE FOURTH CROWNED SEP:8 1831; under head, W. Wyon, S. / Rev. Diademed head of Queen Adelaide right, ADELAIDE. QUEEN CONSORT. CROWNED SEP: 6 1831; under head, W. Wyon, S. 33 mm. BHM 1475; Eimer 1251 & Pl. 137; Wollaston p. 12, no. xvi & ill. 25.

Great Britain, Victoria, Official AE Coronation Medal, 1838, by Benedetto Pistrucci. Obv. Bust left, wearing plain diadem, with hair tied straight back, VICTORIA D.G. BRITANNIARUM REGINA F.D., initials B.P. under head / Rev. Queen seated on dais facing left, holding scepter in left hand and orb in right hand, with lion behind holding thunder of Jove in right paw; standing to left, Britannia, Hibernia, and Scotia, all helmeted,  offer the imperial crown to Queen; ERIMUS TIBI NOBILE REGNUM; in exergue, INAUGURATA DIE JUNII XXVIII MDCCCXXXVIII. 36 mm. BHM 1801 [Brown, Laurence, British Historical Medals Vol. II, 1837-1901 (Seaby 1987)]; Eimer 1315 & Pl. 144; Wollaston p. 13, no. xvii & ill. 26; Whittlestone & Ewing 88 (ill. at p. 18). Purchased from Charles E. Kirtley, 8 Jan. 2000.

Unofficial 1838 Pistrucci Coronation Medal & 1837 City of London Medal by Wyon:

Great Britain, Victoria, Unofficial Large AE Coronation Medal, 1838, by Benedetto Pistrucci (same portrait used on official coronation medal), for Rundell, Bridge & Co. Obv. Bust left, wearing plain diadem, with hair tied straight back, ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA, signed below as 'Benedetto Pistrucci Chief Medallist Royal Mint' / Rev. Legend and date in 5 lines, DA FACILEM CURSUM ATQUE ADNUE COEPTIS 1838. (Legend is version of invocation at beginning of Vergil’s first Georgic, i.e., “da facilem cursum atque audacibus adnue coeptis” [meaning “Grant [me] an easy journey and nod in approval of the bold things begun [by me],” but omitting “audacibus”/bold]; as set forth on this coin, the legend has been translated as “Give an easy passage and support our undertakings.”) 87 mm., 328 g. Eimer 1309 & Pl. 144; BHM II 1802; Whittlestone & Ewing 90 (obv. ill. at p. 18; obv. is also the cover illustration) [Whittlestone, Andrew & Michael Ewing, Royal Commemorative Medals 1837-1977, Vol. 1, Queen Victoria 1837-1901 (2008)]. Purchased from Bonham’s, Knightsbridge, London, UK, Auction Sale No. 28052, 09.09.1999, Lot 106.*  

*See BHM II 1802 at p. 15, noting that “[t]he head on the obverse varies only slightly from that used by the same artist on the official coronation medal.” It is likely that the Royal Mint’s permission was required for the manufacturer (Rundell, Bridge & Co.) to publish a medal with a design essentially the same as the one that Benedetto Pistrucci was hired to create for the Mint. Although BHM does not mention any documentary evidence of such permission, it does cite (see id.) a letter dated 6 July 1838 from Rundell “requesting permission from the Master of the Mint to have struck [an additional] 24 gold and 24 silver shell medals of the obverse of this piece. A reply from G.W. Morrison on behalf of the Master of the Mint was made on 7 July stating that ‘the Master of the Mint has been pleased to comply with your request and has given the necessary authority to Mr. Pistrucci accordingly.’” It follows logically that the Mint must also have given permission for the use of the design in striking the medal itself.

Great Britain, 1837, AE Commemorative Medal for the Corporation of the City of London (No. 5), Queen Victoria’s Visit to the City of London, by William Wyon. Obv. Diademed head of Queen Victoria left, VICTORIA REGINA, Wyon's name engraved at truncation / Façade of the Guildhall with Royal Standard flying above; in exergue, IN HONOUR OF HER MAJESTY’S VISIT/TO THE CORPORATION OF LOND/9TH NOV: 1837. 54 mm. Eimer 1304 & Pl. 141, BHM II 1775 (ill. p. 7), Welch 5 & Pl. II (see pp. 43-46) [Welch, Charles, Numismata Londinensia, Medals Struck by the Corporation of London to Commemorate Important Municipal Events, 1831 to 1893 (London 1894)], Whittlestone & Ewing 72A (ill. p. 16)].*

*See BHM Vol. II p. 7: This medal is number [five] of the series published by the Corporation of the City of London to commemorate important events in the life of the City and was authorized by the Royal Entertainments Committee, the body responsible for the organization of the Queen’s entertainment. . . . An undated bill from William Wyon, now in the archives of the Corporation of London, refers to ‘one gold, 34 mounted, 195 plain silver, 530 bronze, 10 ornamental cases (Royal Family) and 397 plain cases’. . . . The whereabouts of the gold specimen referred to by Wyon is not now known, possibly it has not survived and it would appear from the mint records . . . that at least 1625 examples in either silver or copper were struck. . . . Wyon’s portrait of the Queen was used on various other medals and was also the basis for Sir Henry Corbould’s design for the penny black postage stamp” – i.e., the first postage stamp. 

See also the discussion of Wyon’s portrait for this medal, as compared to Pistrucci’s portrait for the official coronation medal, at Wollaston pp. 80-81 [[H. Wollaston, British Official Medals for Coronations and Jubilees (1978)]: “In 1837 when Victoria succeeded William IV, William Wyon was the Chief Engraver of the Mint and Pistrucci the Chief Medallist of the Mint. Both claimed the privilege of designing the coronation medal as they did in 1830 [for William IV, when Wyon was chosen].  Pistrucci was selected. Perhaps as compensation Wyon did a portrait of the young Queen for use on coins [and this medal]. . . . [Pistrucci’s] finished product was generally criticized. Wyon’s design of the young head, on the other hand, was highly praised. Some did so on artistic grounds. Others used the opportunity to decry the work of a foreign medallist, Pistrucci, and to eulogize the work of an English medallist, Wyon. Critics of Pistrucci's medal carried their vendetta into politics. Questions were asked in the House of Commons [requiring a response from the Master of the Mint that didn't attempt to defend Pistrucci other than by offering] an apology excusing him on the grounds of his eyesight . . . . Although Wyon lost to Pistrucci in the contest as to which of them should design the coronation medal, he was the ultimate victor in perpetuating the young Queen’s portrait. His head was chosen for the first postage stamp issued in 1840. His head was also chosen to be put on one side of the official medal for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897. On the other side was the head of the old Queen by T. Brock.”   
 

Mudie Medals Struck in 1820 for British Military and Naval Victories in Napoleonic Wars:

Great Britain, Admiral Lord Nelson Memorial, 1805 (Struck 1820). Obv. Bust three-quarters left, uniformed, ADM. LORD NELSON / Rev. Britannia (Mudie p. 40) or Bellona [Roman goddess of war] (BHM & Eimer) standing right, on the prow of a galley with lion’s head at prow, holding trident in left hand and thunderbolt in raised right hand. NILE 1. AUG 1798. COPE-NHAGEN 28 APRIL 1801. TRAFALGAR 21 OCT 1805 around. AE 41 mm. By T. Webb/J.P. Droz. Mudie 6 at Ch. VI pp. 27-40 (ill. Pl. 2) [James Mudie, An Historical and Critical Account of A Grand Series of National Medals (London 1820)], BHM I 595 [Brown, Laurence, British Historical Medals Vol. I, 1760-1837 (Seaby 1980)], Eimer 962 (ill. Pl. 103), Bramsen I 436 [Ludvig Ernst Bramsen, Médaillier Napoléon le Grand, ou, Description des médailles, clichés, repoussés, et médailles-décorations relatives aux affaires de la France pendant le consulat et l'empire, Vol. I, 1799-1809 (Copenhagen 1904), available at Neuman Numismatic Portal]. Purchased from Noonans Auction 256, 15 Jun 2022, Lot 310.

Great Britain, Siege of Acre, 1799 (Struck 1820). Obv. Bust l., uniformed, ADMIRAL SIR S. SMITH/ Rev. British Lion, within a rocky pass, protects Syrian camel from menacing French tiger. In exergue: ACRE DEFENDED. BUONAPARTE REPULSED SYRIA SAVED. XX MAY MDCCLXXXXIX. AE 41 mm. By G. Mills/ N.G.A. Brenet. Mudie 7, Eimer 906, BHM 476. [Photo of Reverse only.]

Great Britain, English Army in Egypt, 1801 (Struck 1820). Obv. Bust facing, uniformed, LIEUT: GENL.: SIR R: ABERCROMBY. Rev. Horse standing, r.; beyond, three pyramids. ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH ARMY IN EGYPT. In exergue: 8 March 1801. AE 41 mm. By T. Webb. Mudie 8, Eimer 929, BHM 504. [Photo of Reverse only.]

Great Britain, Egypt Delivered, 1801 (Struck 1820). Obv. Bust three-quarters l., uniformed. MAJOR GEN. LORD HUTCHINSON. Rev. Exchanging a treaty, Hutchinson facing the Bey of Egypt, who holds the reins of a rearing horse; a pyramid beyond. EGYPT DELIVERED. In exergue: SEPT 11 MDCCCI. AE 41 mm. By T. Webb/A. Dupre. Mudie 9, Eimer 934, BHM 509. [Photo of Reverse only.]

Great Britain, Battle of the Pyrenees (The English Army Pass the Pyrenees), 1813 (struck 1820). Obv. Bare head of Wellington right, ARTHUR DUKE - OF WELLINGTON / Rev. British lion on right, with thunderbolt[?] in mouth, attacks and savages French eagle beneath it on left, Pyrenees in background, THE ENGLISH ARMY PASS THE PYRENEES around; in exergue, MDCCCXIII with J. MUDIE below. By N.G.A. Brenet. AE 41 mm. Mudie 23 at Ch. XXIII pp. 104-107 (ill. Pl. 6), BHM I 760, Eimer 1034 (ill. Pl. 110), Bramsen II 1285 [Ludvig Ernst Bramsen, Médaillier Napoléon le Grand, ou, Description des médailles, clichés, repoussés, et médailles-décorations relatives aux affaires de la France pendant le consulat et l'empire, Vol. II, 1810-1815 (Copenhagen 1907), available at Newman Numismatic Portal]. Purchased from Noonans Auction 256, 15 Jun 2022, Lot 322; ex Coincraft, London, with undated Coincraft ticket.

Great Britain, Napoleon's Flight from Elba/Congress of Vienna, 1815 (struck 1820). Obv. French eagle with thunderbolt (symbolizing Napoleon) approaches the French coast, Isle of Elba in background, to left TEMPLUM. JANI (Temple of Janus), with four-sided Janus on corner of roof, its doors lying broken (symbolizing the breaking of peace). In exergue: XXVI. FEBRUARY MDCCCXV. / Rev. Mercury, displaying a scroll inscribed TO ARMS, flying over globe carrying the news of Napoleon's flight, DECLARATION OF THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA. In exergue: XIII MARCH. By N.G.A. Brenet/ A.J. Depaulis. AE 41 mm., 41.8 g. Mudie 32, Eimer 1064, BHM 869, Bramsen II 1597.

Great Britain, Battle of Waterloo medal, 1815 (Struck 1820). Obv. Bust r. HENRY WILLIAM MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY. Rev. Equestrian figure of Anglesey l., leading a cavalry charge. CHARGE OF THE BRITISH AT WATERLOO. Ex. JUNE XVIII. MDCCCXV. AE 41 mm. By G. Mills/ A.J. Depaulis. Mudie 34, Eimer 1069, BHM 859.

Great Britain, Surrender of Napoleon, 1815 (struck 1820). Obv. Bust of Napoleon right, uniformed; NAPOLEON BONAPARTE; signature below / Rev. British man of war Bellerophon, in full sail, with Imperial Eagle on flag staff; Napoleon stands on quarterdeck with right hand inside coat; another ship beyond; SURRENDERED TO H.B.M.S. BELLEROPHON CAPT. MAITLAND. Exergue: XV JULY. MDCCCXV; signatures below. By T. Webb/N.G.A Brenet. AR 41 mm., 38.8 g. Eimer 1078, Mudie 37, BHM 884, Bramsen II 1691. Purchased at Spink Auction 136, Oct. 7, 1999, Lot 992.

Great Britain, Admiral Lord Exmouth and the Bombardment of Algiers by the British Fleet, 1816 (struck 1820). Obv. Uniformed bust of Lord Exmouth, right, ADMIRAL LORD EXMOUTH / Rev. Neptune with trident pointing downwards, subduing and pacifying a hippocamp (sea-horse) beneath him, which he stands upon while it swims left on surface of ocean, with its head turned back towards him; in exergue, ALGIERS AUGUST 18 / 1816. By L. Brenet and F.-P. Gerard. AE 41 mm. Mudie 39, Eimer 1085 & Pl. 117, BHM 921. Purchased February 2022.*

*Issued in 1820 as part of James Mudie’s series of 40 medals commemorating British Military and Naval Victories, this medal is one of the few in the series that does not directly relate to the Napoleonic Wars. Instead, it commemorates the British attack on Algiers in 1816 to free European slaves from captivity. See BHM at p. 223:

“The city of Algiers continued to support piracy and was used as refuge for those engaged in the slave trade. The British fleet under Lord Exmouth successfully bombarded the city upon the refusal of the city to abolish Christian slavery, a new treaty with the Dey abolishing this followed and Exmouth received honors from most of the states of Christendom.” 

Concerning the reverse design, Mudie states as follows at p. 149 of in his book An Historical and Critical Account of A Grand Series of National Medals, published in 1820 simultaneously with the medals (I own a copy of the original edition): “The superiority and grandeur of Britain on the Ocean, are here typified by Neptune controuling [sic] a Sea-Horse, which, from the inscription on the exergue. . ., more immediately relates to the successful attack on the chief piratical state of Barbary.”
 

 

Edited March 13, 2023 by DonnaML

[thenickelguy]

1824 Nova Scotia Halfpenny

 

 

1824 Nova Scotia One Penny

 

1831 Capped Bust Half Dollar

[thenickelguy]

I have a lot I could post in this 1800 1850 period

Here's an 1828 12 Star variety Half Cent

[shanxi]

China

Emperor: Xuan Zong (Dao Guang)
Board of Works, new branch
Av: Dao Guang Tong Bao - 道 光 通 寶
Rv: Boo Yuwan
Value: 1 cash
Year: 1824-50
Material: 3.1g, 22.7mm
Ref.: Hartill 22.593
Identifying marks: Tong with closed head and two dots