The Time Period Game - year 2000 to year 2050

[Dafydd]

This was a purchase this month and is a Half Crown. I was actually looking for a shilling of this date and had been for some time but bought this. Bizarrely  I found the shilling  yesterday  from the same dealer but was the very last item on his shillings listing and I missed it. I came across it on Ebay and recognised the dealer. Had I noticed the shilling I would have passed on the Half Crown

I have always admired the first issue of George IV , my only criticism is that the reverse features the emblems of England , Scotland and Ireland but somehow overlooks Wales, not great if you are a Welshman!

I had only recently mentioned this coin in a post and then it turned up which is a great example of what I call serendipitous synchronicity. 

[thenickelguy]

Indonesia Palembang Sultanate Pitis Teboh 8 sided

Dated 1219(AH) struck 1804 AD ( tin )

Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II (1767–1852)

[shanxi]

The forty-ninth period starts - year 1850 to 1900.

 

The world 1859-1860

Source: Wikipedia, creative commons, User:Urnanabha

 

For two days it is:

year 1850 to the year 1900

[JayAg47]

Japanese Gold Meiji 2 BU-BAN-KIN
EDO (1868 - 1869),
3.08g.

And a half dollar from the kingdom of Hawaii

[AussieCollector]

Arrrrgh, the time period completely got away from me. I have quite a few coins from 1700 to 1800, oh well.

[DonnaML]

9 minutes ago, AussieCollector said:

Arrrrgh, the time period completely got away from me. I have quite a few coins from 1700 to 1800, oh well.

I'd still like to see them!

[Qcumbor]

USA, Braided hair large cent - 1853 (gift from our own @Curtisimo, we miss you buddy...)

 

USA, Colombus half dollar - 1893

 

Great Britain, Victoria - Shilling, 1897

 

France, Napoleon III - 50 francs, 1857

 

France, 3° république - 20 francs, 1877

Q

 

 

[John Conduitt]

Victoria ‘Bun Head’ Penny, 1865

London. Bronze, 31mm, 9.38g. Laureate and draped bust (2nd portrait); VICTORIA D:G:BRITT:REG:F:D:; toothed border. Redesigned Britannia seated with shield, holding trident, facing right; ONE PENNY; date in exergue (KM 749).

[expat]

Norwegian 1 and 2 Ore

 

[shanxi]

China, Qing DYnasty
Emperor: Xian Feng
Province: Jiangsu
Obv: Xian Feng Zhong Bao 咸 豐 重 寶
Rev: Dang 當 Wushi 十五(value 50), Boo Su
Value: 50
Year: 1851-1861
Material: AE, 44g, 53.5mm
Ref: Hartill 22.897, "He" Bao with seven strokes "at".
Ref 2:Zhongguo Guqian Daji, vol.4, page 1571 top.

[AncientOne]

 

1860 Murphy, Miners and Planters 5 Dollar Banknote

 

1863 10 Cent Fractional Currency. George Washington

 

1864 Confederate 50 Dollar banknote

 

1874 Three cent nickel

 

 

[expat]

1883 CC

Morgan dollar

 

[ambr0zie]

Some of my coins from my country from this period 

 

[Heliodromus]

Here's another "young victoria" penny, but with the rose-thistle-shamrock (england-scotland-ireland) in exergue. No welsh leeks back then!

Not part of my collection as such - just bought a few years ago for sentimental value. I grew up in the UK and used to collect pre-decimal coinage out of change as a kid, as well as my dad sometimes exchanging a pound or two for pennies at the bank (240 pennies to the pound!), which we'd spread out over the floor and search for rare dates/mints. Back then - late 1960's - you could still find the occasional young victoria penny in change.

A penny was actually worth something back then too. You could buy a small chocolate bar at the railway station vending machine for 2d !

Edited March 14, 2023 by Heliodromus

[Troyden]

Menelik II of Ethiopia.

1 birr, circa 1900; silver; diameter: 40 mm, weight circa 28 g.

[thenickelguy]

1893 Isabella Commemorative Quarter

Columbian Exposition

[thenickelguy]

1858 Flying Eagle Cent

1859 Indian Head Cent with Laurel Wreath Reverse

1895 Indian Head Cent

1865 Two Cents

[thenickelguy]

1851 Silver Three Cents

1974 Three Cents

1882 Seated Dime

1875 S Twenty Cents

1877 Fifty Cents

1878 S Trade Dollar

 

[Dafydd]

 

 

Towards the end of the period and again no consideration of Wales on the reverse.

1893  Queen Victoria shilling Krause 780. Uncirculated.

I must confess to having scores of Morgan Dollars within this time period but would not want to dilute this great eclectic thread with the mundane. Morgan dollars were an irresistible challenge because you simply cannot avoid them but my interest in VAN varieties waned quite quickly. Nevertheless an interesting series and iconic coin.

[ewomack]

 

 

 

Edited March 14, 2023 by ewomack

[DonnaML]

With apologies for the delay, before I post anything for the 1850-1900 period, I have some more British historical/commemorative medals from the 1800-1850 period that I wanted to post. Not because they're in particularly good condition, or historically important, or worth much, but just to give some idea of the vast numbers of events -- many, but certainly not all, related to royal births, marriages, deaths, etc. -- for which inexpensive medals were issued in 19th Century Great Britain. A lot of them, unlike previously, struck in "white metal." See this explanation in the Newman Numismatic Portal's dictionary: 

https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/dictionarydetail/517021

"White Metal.  An alloy with a base of tin, with or without lead, and any of several other medals – copper, antimony, bismuth for the most part. The resulting color can be silver- white to gray depending upon the dominance of the tin or lead (and whether the piece has toned). If tin is the more dominant element it is whiter in color; if lead, it is more gray. White metal is not a specific composition and its formulation cannot be distinguished by inspection alone. Tin is always present, with one or more of the above mentioned metals, tiny quantities of other metals may also be present, even zinc, nickel or silver.

White metal is closely related to pewter. Also white metal has several synonyms and has been called a number of terms in various commercial applications. These include; alpacca, argentine, Babbitt metal, britannia metal (or simply britannia), British plate, hard metal, prince's metal, white brass, even Queen's metal. The use of white metal was widespread in Great Britain where an entire industry existed in the 18th and 19th centuries to manufacture such objects.

Tin and pewter had been worked by man for centuries, tin having been known since prehistoric times. Pewter was known in Greek and Roman times and in use in Great Britain before 1000. The tin mines of Wales and Cornwall supplied England with an ample supply of quality metal. By the 1700s British pewter workers were quite skilled with guilds to protect the quality of their finished products. By the mid-18th century, however, a few such workers sought to improve their product more so.

Working in secret metal workers developed an alloy that was an improvement over the tin and lead composition of pewter. We know today their secret was to add copper and antimony. An account published in 1834 gave credit to two Sheffield workers known only as "Jessop and Hancock" but this account also stated the new metal was formed by adding melted copper, antimony and brass to molten tin. The alloy was harder than pewter, brighter, easier to work and – best of all – it did not require the constant polishing that pewter does. A contemporary account in 1769 called it "Vicker's" white metal.

First white metal medals.  Objects of white metal must have been made in 1760 or before because the first medals of the new composition were struck for the marriage of George III and Queen Charlotte in 1761 and also two medals for the coronation later that same year (Brown 17, 34, 64).

In the next forty years, to the end of the 18th century, over 100 medals appeared in white metal. The bulk of the medals then – as for white metal medals of all times – were not the elegant, important, costly issues, but instead were the souvenir, low-cost medals, the kind that were sold to the public, often hawked to the people on the streets. Mostly they were holed or looped so they could be worn (because of their light weight), they were struck for public occasions like a coronation or struck for a society that could not afford a more expensive metal, like a temperance society.

White metal was later called britannia for most of the utensils and tableware made of the composition, for teapots, tankards, candlesticks and lamps. It was desired over pewter for its bright color and ease of maintenance. Attempts to make rolled plate with britannia and silver (a kind of Sheffield plate) were unsuccessful in the 1820s. However the development of silverplating in the late 1840s in Great Britain found white metal could be satisfactorily silverplated; but its light weight was less desirable than the heavier copper alloys of brass and bronze. White metal had been gilded and bronzed on medals as early as 1805 and 1809. . . .

It is estimated that over half of all the medals issued in Great Britain in the 19th century were made of white metal (over 40% of all listed in Brown were struck in white metal and there are others not listed in Brown). Two-thirds were medal issues with other compositions as well – with white metal for the cheapest alloy, usually in the greatest quantity. . . .

Medals of white metal were struck into the 20th century. With the rise of popularity of aluminum, particularly after 1890 with the low cost electrolytic method of extracting pure aluminum from aluminum oxide ores, led to the decline of white metal and the rise of aluminum for inexpensively struck medals and low-value coins."

5 of the 11 medals below were struck in white metal. In general, the white metal medals one finds for sale are considerably more worn than specimens in silver or bronze.

Great Britain, George III Preserved from Assassination, 1800, AE 38 mm., by P. Kempson. Obv. Crown below rays within a wreath entwined with a ribbon inscribed GOD GIVE PRAISE. Above: PRESERVED FROM ASSASSINATION. Below: MAY 15 1800 / Rev. Angel kneeling on a cloud holding a plaque bearing the portrait of the king and protecting it with a shield from an arrow. GOD  SAVE THE KING. BHM Vol. I 486 (p. 119).

Great Britain, George III, 1812, AE 53 mm., Parliamentary Thanks for Wellington’s Services in the Peninsular War, by T. Webb. Obv. Bare head of the Duke of Wellington, left, ART • COMES DE WELLINGTON (Arthur, Earl of Wellington [created Earl 28 Feb. 1812]) / Rev. VOTA / PVBLICA within closed wreath. BHM Vol. I 746 (ill. p. 181); Eimer 1029 (ill. Pl. 109).

Great Britain, George III, 1814, WM 49 mm., Peace of Paris, Obv. Conjoined heads right of the four Allied commanders (Emperor of Russia, King of Prussia, Wellington, & Blücher), above on ribbon: NON NOBIS SED MUNDO NATI (Born not for ourselves but for the good of the world); below: MDCCCXIV; around: EMP: OF RUSSIA . KING OF PRUSSIA . DUKE OF WELLINGTON & MARSHAL BLUCHER / Rev. Britannia seated on rock with shield and rudder, at her feet a cherub with an open book inscribed with figure XIX on left page and, on right page, PEACE / TO / EURO / MAY 30 / 1814; around, NULLA DIES PACEM NEC FOEDERA RUMPET (No day shall break either the peace or the treaties). Signed “K & S” [P. Kempson & Son] at base of rock. BHM Vol. I 812 (p. 195) [rev. based on BHM Vol. I 527 (p. 129)].

Great Britain, George IV, 1820, Death of George III, AE 41 mm., by J. Marrian. Obv. Laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust of George III, left, GEORGIUS . III . D . G. REX / Rev. Britannia kneeling left, in attitude of grief, in front of monument, lion and shield beside her; in exergue, NAT . 4 JUN 1738 . COR 22 SEPT 1761 / MORT 29 JAN . 1820 (Born 4 June 1738 crowned 22 September 1761 died 29 January 1820). BHM Vol. I 997 (p. 241).

Great Britain, 1820, Return to England of Queen Caroline, AE 40 mm., by P. Kempson. Laureate & draped bust of Queen Caroline, head left, hair tied in chignon; CAROLINE D : G. BRITT : REGINA (Caroline, by the Grace of God, Queen of the Britains) / Rev. Britannia standing on seashore welcoming ship; in two lines above: HAIL! BRITAIN’S QUEEN THY VIRTUES WE ACKNOWLEDGE / AND LAMENT THY WRONGS; in exergue, RETURNED TO ENGLAND / JUNE 5 . 1820. Eimer 1130 (ill. Pl. 123); BHM Vol. I 1021 (p. 247).

Great Britain, George IV, 1821, unofficial Coronation Medal, AE 49 mm., by T. Halliday and P. Kempson & Son. Obv. Laureate head of George IV, left; GEORGIUS IV . D : G : BRITT : REX F : D : / Rev. The coronation scene; in exergue, GEO : IV . CORONAT : / MDCCCXXI. BHM Vol. I 1073 (p. 264).

Great Britain, George IV, 1821, Death of Queen Caroline, WM 40 mm., by P. Kempson. Obv. Laureate & draped bust of Queen Caroline, head left, hair tied in chignon; CAROLINE D : G. BRITT : REGINA (Caroline, by the Grace of God, Queen of the Britains) [same as obv. of “Return of Caroline” medal, Eimer 1130] / Rev. A funerary urn on a plinth, inscribed CR, beneath a weeping willow tree; HERE CALUMNY AND SLANDER CEASE TO WOUND; exergue, DIED AUG. 7 . 1821 Aet 53yrS. Eimer 1148, BHM Vol. I 1138 (ill. p. 277).

Great Britain, Victoria, 1837, Death of William IV, WM 35 mm., by T. Ingram. Obv. Bare head of William IV, right; GULIELMUS IIII D : G : BRITANNIAR : REX F : D : / Rev. Inscription within open wreath BORN / 21 AUGT. 1765 / DIED AT WINDSOR / 20 JUNE 1837 / IN THE 7TH. YEAR / OF HIS REIGN, / BELOVED. / REVERED. LAMENTED. BHM Vol. I 1721 (p. 415). 

Great Britain, Victoria, 1840, Birth of Princess Royal (Victoria ["Vicky"]), AE 40 mm., by A.J. Stothard. Obv. Heads left of Victoria & Albert, conjoined; VICTORIA REGINA ET ALBERTVS PRINCEPS / Rev. in five lines, OB FILIAM NATAM NOVS XXIO MDCCCXL within a wreath. Eimer 1346 (ill. Pl. 148), BHM Vol. II 1953 (ill. p. 45).

Great Britain, Victoria, 1844, Wellington Statue in Front of Royal Exchange, WM 44 mm, by J. Davis (signed DAVIS BIRM.) Obv. Royal Exchange Building; NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE LONDON; in exergue, FIRST STONE LAID JAN. 19. 1842 BY / H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT./ OPENED BY/ H.M.G.M. VICTORIA/ 1844 / Rev. Equestrian statue of the Duke on horseback, right; on plinth names of 8 victories (SERINGAPATAM / ASSYE / TALAVERA / BADAJOZ / SALAMANCA / VITTORIA / TOULOUSE / WATERLOO); above: THE WELLINGTON STATUE IN FRONT OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE LONDON; in exergue, ERECTED / JUNE 18. 1844. BHM Vol. II 2196, Whittlestone & Ewing 438.1 (ill. p. 53).

Great Britain, Victoria, 1849, Death of Queen Adelaide, WM 27 mm., by Allen & Moore. Obv. Bust of Queen Adelaide facing, wearing a bonnet; around border above, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER ADELAIDE; in border beneath portrait, • BORN 13 AUG 1792 • / Rev. A celestial crown above a veiled Imperial Crown on a plinth inscribed: ADELAIDE/ BORN 13 AUG 1792 / DIED 9: DEC: 1849; above, BELOVED – LAMENTED. BHM Vol. II 2343, Eimer 1436, Whittlestone & Ewing 585A (ill. p. 65).

 

Edited March 15, 2023 by DonnaML

[Edessa]

Common, but one of my favorites.

Hanover. Victoria, AD 1837-1901. AV Two Pounds (28mm, 12h). Jubilee coinage. London mint. Dated 1887. Obv: Crowned bust left. Rev: St. George on horseback rearing right, holding reins and sword and slaying dragon to lower right. Ref: SCBC 3865. In NGC encapsulation 6450509-009, graded MS 62. Ex CNG 120 (11 May 2022), Lot 1282. 

[robinjojo]

I photographed a couple of coins today, despite a power outage due to a wind storm, to add to the lineup for the period 1850 to 1900.

United States, 20 dollars 1852 O (New Orleans).

 

France, silver medal, University of France, circa 1850s.   Dies engraved by Alphée Dubois (1831–1905).

27.9 grams

 

Mexico, Republic, 8 reales, 1863 FR, Oaxaca .

KM 377.11

26.8 grams

 

Mexico, Republic, 8 reales, 1863 ML, Ce (Real de Catorche).  Very rare.

KM 377.1

27.05 grams

 

France, The Commune of Paris, 5 francs, 1871 A, trident privy mark.

KM823, Gad-744, F-334

25.00 grams

The Commune of Paris was an uprising of National Guard troops, workers and social progressives following France's defeat in the Franco Prussian War (July 19, 1870 – January 28, 1871).  The Commune lasted from March 18, 1871 to May 28, 1871, when it was  bloodily crushed by the national government of the Third Republic under Chief Executive Adolphe Thiers at the end of May during La semaine sanglante ("The Bloody Week").

 

France, silver medal,  1871, issued by the Communications Ministry of war.

116.6 grams

 

Mexico, Republic, AV 20 pesos, 1872 S, Guanajuato.

KM 414.4

 

Japan, trade dollar, 1877, Meiji year 10.  Rarest date

Davenport 275

27.19 grams

 

German New Guinea, 1894, 5 marks, "Bird of Paradise".

KM 7

27..8 grams

 

China, 50 cents, Kirin Province, 1899.

KM 388

13.12 grams

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 15, 2023 by robinjojo

[shanxi]

China
Ruler: Guang Xu
Province: Jiangnan (Kiangnan)
Obv: In the center: Guang Xu Yuan Bao 光緒元寶, in Chinese and Manchu.
Above: 江南省造, read backwards (Jiangnan Province).
戌 戊 =1898
Bottom: 库平七分二釐, read backwards (value).
Rev: dragon frontal, KIANG NAN PROVINCE, 7 2 CANDAREENS
Value: 10 cents
Year: 1898
Material: Ag, 2.63g, 18.87mm
Ref.: Y#142a

[DonnaML]

1850-1900 Commemorative and Art Medals (Coins to follow)

France: several Art Nouveau medals.

France 1896. National and Colonial Exhibition, Rouen. Silvered AE by Oscar Roty (1846-1911). Obv. Woman seated r. against tree, barefoot, knitting, against pastoral background, NORMANNIA NVTRIX / Rev. View of City of Rouen, EXPOSITION NATIONALE ET COLONIALE; ROVEN in field above city view; MDCCCXCVI below. 69 mm., 137.3 g.

France 1898, La Source (The Spring) and Le Nid (The Nest), both by Daniel Dupuis (1849-1899); each is AE 66 x 36 mm. Maier 120-121 (ill. p. 187); CGMP [Catalogue général illustré des éditions de la Monnaie de Paris], Vol. 3 (1871-1945), pp. 174-175; re "La Source," see also Mark Jones, The Art of the Medal (British Museum 1979), at p. 124 & ill. no. 328a-b at p. 125.

France 1900. Medal for Universal Paris Exposition of 1900, silvered AE by Oscar Roty (1846-1911). 51 x 36 mm. (Distributed to judges and officials of the Olympic Games held in Paris that summer in conjunction with the Exposition.) Maier 104 (ill. p. 175) [Nicolas Maier, French Medallic Art 1870-1940 (Munich 2010)] ; see also Mark Jones, The Art of the Medal (British Museum 1979), at p. 124 & ill. no. 327 at Pl. 7.

Paris Exposition (L'Exposition de Paris) 1900, AE 53 mm., by Georges Lemaire. Obv. Seated Lutetia [Paris] with lyre and palette to her feet; around, L'EXPOSITION DE PARIS; in right field, 1900 / Rev. Scenes of industry and invention, including camera on tripod, hammer and anvil, etc., with an airship and battleship in the background.

Great Britain:

Great Britain, Victoria, 1851, Exhibitor’s Medal, Great Exhibition, AE 45 mm., by William Wyon.  Obv.  Bare head of Prince Albert left, H:R:H: PRINCE ALBERT PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION / Rev. Dove upon globe inscribed EXHIBITOR with wreath; EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS. MDCCCLI.  / Edge inscription: Zollverein [German Customs Union] No. 699.* BHM Vol. II 2463 (p. 170); Eimer 1459 (ill. Pl. 159).

*See BHM Vol. I p. 170: “This is the Exhibitor’s medal of the exhibition. The edge is inscribed in capitals with the classification of the exhibitor."

Great Britain, Victoria, 1852, Death of Wellington, WM 51 mm., by Allen & Moore. Obv. Uniformed bust of the Duke of Wellington, bare head left, ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON / Rev. Britannia standing weeping before funerary plaque and trophy of arms; WELLINGTON/ BORN/ MAY 1 1769./ DIED/SEPR 14 1852. Victory kneeling to right, British lion crouched to fore. BRITANNIA MOURNS HER HERO NOW AT REST. In exergue: WATERLOO / JUNE 18 1815. BHM Vol. II 2476 (p. 173) (Rev. same as BHM Vol. II 2475).

Great Britain, Victoria, 1856, Peace in Europe, Treaty of Paris [End of Crimean War], WM 52 mm., by Messrs. J. Pinches. Obv. Wreath entwined with a ribbon inscribed with the names of the allied countries (England at 12;00, Sardinia at 3:00, Turkey at 6:00, and France at 9:00); within wreath, inscription THE/ALLIES/GIVE PEACE/ TO EUROPE. MARCH 30TH/ 1856 / Rev. Fall of Sebastopol: Scales within wreath and rays above a trophy of flags; view of the town of Sebastopol within rectangle below; around, FALL OF SEBASTOPOL SEP 8TH 1855; in exergue, a snake cut in two among rushes; below, SINOPE -- HANGO.* BHM Vol. II 2581 (ill. pp. 199-200) (Rev. same as Obv. of BHM Vol. II 2573); Eimer 1509 (ill. Pl. 166).

*See BHM Vol. II p. 198, giving an account of the siege of the town and fortress of Sebastopol, which fell after 349 days, and explaining: “The names SINOPE and HANGO . . . allude to an engagement on 30 Nov. 1853 off Sinope, in Turkey, when a small Turkish fleet was attacked by a superior Russian force. The Turkish forces were totally destroyed except for one vessel which escaped to Constantinople. As a result of this action, the Anglo-French fleet entered the Black Sea on 4 January 1854. At Hango Bay on 5 June 1855, the Russians fired on some British naval personnel who, under a flag of truce, were landing some Russian prisoners. Several men were killed and others wounded, some were taken prisoner. The Russians asserted irregularity on the part of the British, but this was not substantiated.

Great Britain, 1863, AE Commemorative Medal for the Corporation of the City of London (No. 9), Entry of Princess Alexandra of Denmark into the City of London on 7 March 1863 (in advance of her marriage on 10 March to the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII). By J.S. and A.B. Wyon. Obv. Bust of Princess Alexandra left, ALEXANDRA; J.S. WYON SC. beneath truncation / Rev. Londinia in center, draped and wearing mural crown, stands left with right arm outstretched to welcome the Princess standing right, led by the Prince of Wales, wearing Order of Garter, standing facing between them, holding her left hand. On the far left is Hymen, and on the far right, Peace (winged) and Plenty, the latter waiting on bended knee, with cornucopiae overflowing in front of her, to present diamond necklace and earrings which she bears on a velvet cushion. Behind them, the triumphal arch erected at London Bridge to welcome the Princess, surmounted by split quadriga with Britannia at center. WELCOME – ALEXANDRA above; in exergue, a shield with the City arms between the words MAR. 1863; J.S. & A.B. WYON SC. above to right. 77 mm., 249.1 g. Eimer 1561 & Pl. 170; BHM Vol. II 2783; Welch 9; Whittlestone & Ewing 901. Mintage: 350. Purchased April 2022. 

Great Britain, 1882, AE Commemorative Medal for the Corporation of the City of London (No. 17), The Dedication of Epping Forest, by Charles Wiener. Obv. Bust of Queen Victoria l., wearing the small diamond crown, sash and Orders/ Rev. Londinia standing facing the seated Queen within a forest setting, holding gate open to winding pathway, IT GIVES ME THE GREATEST SATISFACTION TO DEDICATE THIS BEAUTIFUL FOREST FOR THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF MY PEOPLE FOR ALL TIME. EPPING FOREST, 6 MAY 1882. 75 mm., 268 g. Eimer 1689 & Pl. 184, BHM Vol. II 3128, Welch 17. 

Great Britain, 1891, AE Commemorative Medal for the Corporation of the City of London (No. 24), Visit of Emperor of Germany, Wilhelm II, to the City of London, by Elkington & Co. Obv. Busts three-quarters right, conjoined, of  Wilhelm II, uniformed and wearing helmet surmounted by eagle, and the Empress, Augusta Victoria, draped (Wilhelm to left over Augusta Victoria to right), with heads turned to right, GULIELMUS II IMPERATOR ET REX / Rev. Londinia to right, wearing a helmet surmounted by a dragon, leans against a stone balustrade of the Embankment, and rests her right hand upon a low throne, on which is seated Germania to left; Londinia points with her left hand to the shipping on the Thames, beyond; St. Paul’s Cathedral is seen to left on opposite bank; Germania, helmeted, holds a sword in her left hand across her lap, her right hand resting on a shield bearing the arms of Germany. In the foreground on left is the British lion peacefully reclining right; below, at the foot of the throne, are two doves; to right, stone facia inscribed with the date JULY 10TH 1891 (incuse). 80 mm., 332 g., 12 h. Eimer 1768 & Pl. 195, BHM Vol. II 3412, Welch 24, Whittlestone & Ewing 1668. Purchased from CNG (Classical Numismatic Group, LLC), E-Sale 511, March 9, 2022, Lot 558.

Great Britain, 1893, AE Commemorative Medal for the Corporation of the City of London (No. 25), Marriage of George Duke of York [future George V] to Princess Mary of Teck, by G.G. Adams. Obv. Busts left, conjoined, she draped, George Duke of York and Princess Victoria Mary of Teck (George to right over Mary to left), T.R.H. THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK around, MDCCCXCIII beneath busts / Rev. The bride and bridegroom, with George to left wearing crown, raising right arm, and gazing upon Mary, advance left in a triumphal chariot driven by Cupid and drawn by two horses, and approach an archway with banners, bearing the monogram G M and inscribed FELICITAS G M, through which is seen St. Paul’s Cathedral; the couple are welcomed by Londinia standing right in front of horses, holding a cornucopiae up  with her right hand towards Mary’s extended right hand. In exergue, JULY 6TH, 1893. 71 mm., 248.5 g., 12 h. Eimer 1780 & Pl. 197, BHM Vol. II 3452, Welch 25, Whittlestone & Ewing 1763. Purchased from CNG (Classical Numismatic Group, LLC), E-Sale 511, March 9, 2022, Lot 760.

Great Britain, 1837-1897, AR Official Royal Mint Diamond Jubilee Medal to Commemorate 60th Anniversary of Victoria's Reign (large), in red leather case of issue. Obv. Bust left, crowned, veiled, and draped, VICTORIA ANNVM REGNI SEXAGESIMVM FELICITER CLAVDIT XX IVN. MDCCCXCVII. / Rev. Young head of the Queen, left, dividing inscription LONGITVDO DIERVM IN DEXTERAEIVS ET IN SINISTRA GLORIA; below, 1837 upon laurel branch tied with ribbon. By G.W. de Saulles, after T.Brock/W. Wyon. 56 mm, 82.5 g. BHM 3506 [Brown, Laurence, British Historical Medals Vol. II, 1837-1901 (Seaby 1987)]; Eimer 1817a & Pl. 200; Wollaston pp. 89-90 & ill. 40.

Edited March 15, 2023 by DonnaML