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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
03/03/2024 Auction 184	Medals	Lot 955	Harrow School - The Shakespeare Prize - 44mm diameter in bronze by L.C.Wyon, Obverse: Bust of Shakespeare ¾ left, ear-ringed, like the Chandos portrait, HOW NOBLE IN REASON ! HOW INFINITE IN FACULTY ! (adapted from Hamlet), Reverse: Legend in 10 lines: CHARLES J. FOX RUSSELL TO THE BOYS OF HARROW SCHOOL THAT SHAKESPEARE MAY BE TO THEM FOR DELIGHT ORNAMENT AND ABILITY 1870, 50.99 grammes, VF, along with Charles Dickens Uniface 40mm unsigned brass medal GVF More medals like this	£14
03/12/2023 Auction 183	Medals	Lot 743	Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer 1981 Birmingham Mint 39mm diameter in silver Obverse: CD within a wreath, Reverse: St. Paul's cathedral 29th July 1981 above. Prooflike UNC in the box of issue with certificate, City of Lincoln Arts and Crafts Exhibition 51mm diameter in bronze awarded to M.C.Sharpley 1930 for modelling, UNC, boxed, Royal Exchange Opened 1844 51mm diameter in white metal by Allen & Moore BHM 2174 EF, France - Paris Exposition 1878, 51mm diameter in bronze, Obverse: bust left, Reverse: Palace de Trocadero EF, Calendar Medal 2001 William Shakespeare 75mm diameter in bronze by the Royal Mint toned UNC, Dog Show Prize medal 45mm diameter in bronze, undated, unawarded GEF, Coronation of George V 1911 Portsmouth 38mm diameter in bronze A/UNC, R.M.S Mauretania 33mm diameter in bronze, Reverse: View of the ship, Exergue: Built on Merseyside 1937-1937 GEF holed for suspension More medals like this	£120
03/12/2023 Auction 183	Medals	Lot 748	Tercentenary of the Birth of William Shakespeare 1864 42mm diameter in White Metal by H.Brown, Obverse: Draped bust of Shakespeare, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE : BORN APRIL 23. 1564: DIED APRIL 23 1616. Reverse: View of the Birthplace. STRATFORD UPON AVON FESTIVAL 1864. In Exergue: BIRTHPLACE OF SHAKESPEARE. BHM 2806. 29.31 grammes, NEF holed at the top More medals like this	£14
04/06/2023 Auction 181	Medals	Lot 822	Medals and Tokens (10) comprising Medals (7) Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria 1897 56mm diameter in bronze, the Official Royal Mint issue, Eimer 1817, NEF, Coronation of Edward VII 1902 38mm diameter by E.Fuchs Eimer 1870 EF, Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria 1887 39mm diameter in white metal by Heaton, BHM 3249 EF with lustre and some toning, Duke and Duchess of Albany - The Harris Public Library - Laying of the Foundation Stone - The Preston Guild 1882 51mm diameter in white metal pierced for suspension NEF, Anglo-French Working Class Exhibition 1865 Death of Richard Cobden 41mm diameter in bronze by E.Weigand, Eimer 1576, BHM 2839 VF with some edge bruises, Death of Sir Robert Peel 1850 25mm diameter in White Metal by Allen & Moore BHM 2396 GVF, The Reform Bill 1832 Obverse: Britannia stands holding a scroll crown above, and British lion to left, 45mm diameter by Gibson, 12-line inscription on shield, BHM 1584 GVF, Tokens (3) British Naval Halfpenny 1812 Obverse: Nelson left Good Fine, Halfpenny 18th Century (2) Invernesshire - Inverness 1794 Near Fine, edge not readable, Warwickshire 1791 Shakespeare left DH327 VG with edge damaged More medals like this	£150
04/12/2022 Auction 179	Medals	Lot 918	National Edition of Shakespeare's Works 1803 48mm diameter in silver, Eimer 950 by C.H.Kuchler, Obverse: Shakespeare seated upon a rock, flanked by the Dramatic Muse and Genius of Painting. HE WAS A MAN TAKE HIM FOR ALL IN ALL I SHALL NOT LOOK UPON HIS LIKE AGAIN, Reverse: THIS MEDAL REPRESENTING SHAKESPEARE BETWEEN THE DRAMATICK MUSE AND THE GENIUS OF PAINTING IS RESPECTFULLY PRESENTED TO THE PERSON WHOSE NAME IT BEARS IN GRATEFUL COMMEMORATION OF THE GENEROUS SUPPORT GIVEN BY THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE GREAT NATIONAL EDITION OF THAT IMMORTAL POET BY I. I. & J. N. BOYDELL AND G. & W. NICOL. 1803 Above: Lyre and olive branch, radiate, 38.68 grammes, UNC or near so lustrous and prooflike, the obverse design frosted, in a round shell-type case More medals like this	£300
05/06/2022 Auction 177	Medals	Lot 817	Shakespeare Memorial undated (1847) 38mm diameter in bronze by Allen & Moore BHM 2297, Obverse: Draped Bust of William Shakespeare bare head left, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Reverse: View of Shakespeare's birthplace. In Exergue: THE HOUSE IN WHICH THE IMMORTAL BARD WAS BORN AT STRATFORD UPON AVON 1564 in four lines, EF More medals like this	£28
05/12/2021 Auction 175	Medals	Lot 780	A group of medals in white metal (5) comprising (1) British Army Enters Madrid 1812, 45mm diameter in white metal, Eimer 1025, BHM 737 by T.Wyon Snr./P.Wyon Obverse: Bust left, LIEUT. GEN. MARQUIS WELLINGTON. K.B. &c.&c. MDCCCXII Reverse: Garlanded Shields of Britain, Portugal and Spain, upon a plinth inscribed VIMEIRA/TALAVERA/BUSACO/CIUDAD RODRIGO/BADAJOZ/SALAMANCA amidst military trophies, ENTER'D MADRID AUGUST XII, NVF, (2) George III, Obsequies 1820 45mm diameter in white metal, unsigned, Eimer 1126, BHM 1006, Obverse: Bust left, uniformed Bust GEORGE III DIED JAN. 29. 1820 IN THE 82 YEARS OF HIS AGE & 60 OF HIS REIGN. Reverse: A Funerary urn upon a tomb. IN MEMORY OF HIS OBSEQUIES AT WINDSOR FEB. 16. 1820 VF/GVF, (3) Salisbury Cathedral undated (c.1830) 50mm diameter in white metal by Halliday BHM 1469, Obverse: View of the cathedral In Exergue SALISBURY CATHEDRAL, Reverse: The Interior of the cathedral, In Exergue: THE CHOIR OF SALISBURY CATHEDL. VF, (4) Marriage of Princess Victoria to Frederick William of Prussia 1858 Eimer 1517, BHM 2627, 38mm diameter in white metal by J.Hinks, Birmingham, Obverse Busts left, conjoined, the Princess laureate, THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA & THE PRINCESS ROYAL OF ENGLAND, Reverse: Conjoined shields, within a wreath JANy.25. 1858 EF and lustrous, (5) William Shakespeare Tercentenary of his Birth 1864 51mm diameter in white metal, by Ottley, Birmingham, Obverse Bust almost facing SHAKESPEARE . BORN 23 APRIL 1564. DIES 23 APRIL 1616. Reverse: A view of Shakespeare's Birthplace . THE TERCENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF SHAKESPEARE CELEBRATED 23 APRIL 1864 In Exergue: HIS BIRTH PLACE STRATFORD-ON-AVON EF and lustrous More medals like this	£130
05/09/2021 Auction 174	Medals	Lot 742	Medals (9) 19th and early 20th Century mostly in copper or bronze, includes Winchester Cathedral (c.1855) 59mm diameter in Eimer 1507 Obverse: Exterior of the cathedral, Reverse: Interior of the cathedral, EF, Liverpool Seamens Friend Society, founded 1820 by Vaughton & Sones GEF with traces of lustre, William Shakespeare laudatory medal 1842 by H.H. Young and W.J. Taylor NEF, Nelson's flagship the Foudroyant 37mm diameter in copper NEF with traces of lustre, Sunday School Centenary 1885 Thomas Charles 44mm diameter, in bronze, Reverse: 8-line inscription in Welsh, Eimer 1713 VF holed, Kings and Queens of England - Edward III (2) by J. Dassier EF and NEF the second with some surface porosity, Save The Victory Fund (c.1923) Reverse: Copper Taken From H.M.S. Victory 1923 within a wreath GVF, Victoria Golden Jubilee 1887 39mm diameter in brass? Obverse Veiled head of Queen Victoria, Reverse: Crowned Royal Arms, with VICTORIA QUEEN AND EDMPRESS below, ISRAEL KNOWLES CHAIRMAN 1837 1887 INCE JUBILEE CELEBRATION VF/GVF More medals like this	£120
06/06/2021 Auction 173	Medals	Lot 1069	Medallic issues and paranumismatic items (72) includes modern issues (26) covering a wide array of subjects, including William Shakespeare, The Spanish Armada, Edward VIII, Royal Wedding of Prince Andrew and Niss Sarah Ferguson, Classic Milled and Hammered Coin designs, Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee, Una and the Lion and more, all Crown-sized, the Una and the Lion marked 'COPY' all GEF to UNC and lustrous, also gold painted Pre-Decimal coins, modern medals and fantasy pieces, base metal issues, in mixed grades More medals like this	£70
07/03/2021 Auction 172	Medals	Lot 790	The Shakespeare Medals a 38-piece set each 45mm diameter in gilt .925 silver, each medal with a scene from the respective play, and a quotation from the depicted scene, UNC with some toning and some small spots, in the original brown folder of issue, 18 with certificates, total silver weight in the region of 49 Troy oz. More medals like this	£850
07/03/2021 Auction 172	Medals	Lot 784	The Britannia Commemorative Society a 30-medal set each medal 44mm diameter in .999 silver medals depicting William I, The Canada Centenary, Lord Nelson, William Shakespeare, The Magna Carta, London Medal, Spanish Armada, Battle of Britain, Henry V, The Light Brigade, The Great Fire of London, Charles Dickens, Dunkirk, Captain Cook, The Battle of Agincourt, Monmouth's Rebellion, Stonehenge, Edward the Black Prince, Mount Everest Conquest, Isaac Newton, The Mayflower landing, Battle of the Marne, Battle of Waterloo, King Arthur, Richard I, Clive of India, Wars of the Roses, Geoffrey Chaucer, Sir Walter Scott, Stanley and Livingstone, each issued by the Britannia Society, Prooflike UNC, a few with light toning, total weight 40 troy oz. in the large black album of issue More medals like this	£700
07/03/2021 Auction 172	Medals	Lot 765	Medals a wide variety (18) Masonic (2) Etonian Lodge in silver gilt, Crown Lodge - Grand Lodge of England to Bro. Norman Jenkinson Initiated 19.3.26 with blue and red enamelling, boxed, Masonic Medal 51mm diameter in White Metal unawarded EF, The Sir Jonathan North Medal 60.00 grammes, VF the edge appears smoothed, boxed. Royal Shakespeare Company Medals (2) each 44mm diameter in silver gilt 'All's Well That Ends Well' and Titus Andronicus types Lustrous UNC. 1857 Exhibition of Art Treasures 41mm diameter in White Metal by J.Pinches Eimer 1513 EF. Attendance Medal 'For Punctual Attendance' 1909 awarded to T.Johnson EF mounted for suspension, Civil Defence Corps badge with blue and red enamelling, Royal Horticultural Society Medal 56mm diameter in bronze awarded to The Lord Digby D.S.O. M.C. 1951 EF cleaned, India Medal 1988 legend in Sanskrit, Reverse with Princess standing 61mm diameter in silver UNC boxed. Nottingham Corn Exchange Subscribers Ticket 1850 38mm diameter in bronze Fair with some edge bruises, GB Halfpenny 1775 Contemporary Counterfeit VG, Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs King George V Silver Jubilee Competition 1935 32mm diameter in bronze VF with suspension mount, Canada 100th Anniversary of the Confederation 1967 UNC in the original plastic, a 32mm medallion Obverse with kneeling figure being crowned with wreath, the Reverse an angel flying with a wreath in each hand, the sun behind an electrotype pair EF, Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498) Posthumous Medal for the monk and political Girolamo Savonarola (1490?), D/F HIERONYMUS SAVONAROLA ORDINIS PRAE, VF. Russia 1709 Battle of Poltava medalet 11-sided Fine with loop mount at the top More medals like this	£140
06/12/2020 Auction 171	Medals	Lot 1141	Medals (7) Great Exhibition 1851 38mm diameter in White metal by W.J.Taylor, Obverse: Bust of Prince Albert, left, H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT STRUCK IN THE BUILDING OF THE EXHIBITION, Reverse: Royal Arms and supporters. GREAT EXHIBITION OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS. Eimer 1463 EF and lustrous. Great Exhibition 1851 45mm diameter in White Metal by Allen & Moore. Obverse: THERE ARE 2244 IRON GIRDERS, 3300 COLUMNS, 202 MILES OF SASH BARS AND 900,000 SUP. Ft of GLASS , interior legend in 16 lines reads: THE MATERIALS ARE IRON AND GLASS. IT IS IN SHAPE A PARALLELOGRAM, 1848 Ft. LONG BY 408 Ft. BROAD AND 66 Ft. HIGH. IT IS CROSSED MIDWAY BY A TRANSEPT 108 Ft. HIGH; ON THE NORTH SIDE IS AN ADDITION, OF 936 Ft. IN LENGTH BY 48Ft.IN BREADTH, TOTAL AREA OF SPACE 855,360 CUBIC Ft. OR NEARLY 21 ACRES, ESTIMATED VALUE £150,000, NEF. William Shakespeare Tercentenary of his Birth 1864 44mm diameter in White Metal by Davis, Obverse: Bust of Shakespeare left WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BORN 23 APRIL 1564. DIED 23 APRIL 1616. Reverse: A row of houses THE HOUSE IN WHICH SHAKESPEARE WAS BORN STRATFORD - UPON - AVON in Exergue: PURCHASED BY THE FATHER OF THE POET IN 1574 (WITH EXTENSIVE GROUNDS) FOR L.40. BECAME NATIONAL PROPERTY FOR L.3000 RAISED BY SUBSCRIPTION SEP.16.1847 VF with some light pitting to the edge. Compton Pilgrims Benefit Society 20th Century medals in White Metal (2) GVF both holed above the crown. Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee 1887 32mm diameter in bronze by J.Moore Obverse: Bust left, diademed and veiled IN COMMEMORATION OF THE JUBILEE REIGN OG H.G.M QUEEN VICTORIA 1837-1887. Reverse: VICTORIA E.I BORN MAY 24 1819 ASCENDED JUNE 20.37. CROPWNED JUNE 28. 38. MARRIED FEB 10. 40. JUBILEE 1887 within a wreath displaying colonial shields, EF. Opening of the Royal Exchange 1844 28mm diameter in bronze by W.Wyon, Eimer 1392, Obverse: Bust left diademed ROYAL EXCHANGE OPENED BY H:M: QUEEN VICTORIA OCT: 28 1844. Reverse: Three shields upon a wreath, grasshopper above FIRTS STONE LAID BY THE H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT JANy 17 1842, VF More medals like this	£100
01/09/2019 Auction 166	Medals	Lot 1315	Medals (6) Coronation of Edward VI 1902 56mm diameter in bronze Eimer 1871a The Official Royal Mint issue A/UNC, Coronation of George V 1911 51mm diameter in bronze Eimer 1922a The Official Royal Mint issue, GEF in the red box of issue, Coronation of George VI 1937 Eimer 2046a Matt finish 57mm diameter in silver, UNC in the Royal Mint box of issue, Coronation of Elizabeth II 56mm diameter in gilt bronze Eimer 2086 by F.Kovacs, Reverse with view of Buckingham Palace UNC with certificate and newspaper cutting, USA Louisiana Purchase 1904 Souvenir token in gilt bronze EF, Martin-Harvey 49mm diameter undated in silver? uniface By G.Danks, on a thick flan and weighing 115.96 grammes UNC or near so, boxed. Note: Sir John Martin-Harvey, Shakespearean stage actor (1863-1944) and star in the early film era, his film credits list six movies from 1913-1931. More medals like this	£160
03/03/2019 Auction 164	Medals	Lot 688	Medals - Dassiers Kings and Queens (19), Cliches (19) including Dassier types (17), other cliches (2), William Shakespeare in bronze 1818 40mm diameter by F.Barre/Durand mostly GVF to GEF More medals like this	£240
03/06/2018 Auction 161	Medals	Lot 992	National Edition of Shakespeare's Works 1803 48mm diameter in silver, Eimer 950 by C.H.Kuchler, Obverse: Shakespeare seated upon a rock, flanked by the Dramatic Muse and Genius of Painting. HE WAS A MAN TAKE HIM FOR ALL IN ALL I SHALL NOT LOOK UPON HIS LIKE AGAIN, Reverse: THIS MEDALREPRESENTING SHAKESPEARE BETWEEN THE DRAMATICK MUSE AND THE GENIUS OF PAINTING IS RESPECTFULLY PRESENTED TO THE PERSON WHOSE NAME IT BEARS IN GRATEFUL COMMEMORATION OF THE GENEROUS SUPPORT GIVEN BY THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE GREAT NATIONAL EDITION OF THAT IMMORTAL POET BY I. I. & J. N. BOYDELL AND G. & W. NICOL. 1803 Above: Lyre and olive branch, radiate, EF with some hairlines and small rim nicks, in a modern case More medals like this	£80
18/03/2018 Auction 160	Medals	Lot 1829	The 12 Greatest Britons - Medallic Crown-sized issued (12) Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, Captain James Cook, Sir Isaac Newton, Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Drake, Charles Darwin, Queen Victoria, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Oliver Cromwell, William Shakespeare, Sir Winston Churchill UNC with coloured Union Jacks on the reverses, in the box of issue with certificates, British Banknotes a Medallic 14-coin set UNC in the Windsor Mint box of issue with certificates More medals like this	£90
06/09/2015 Auction 150	Medals	Lot 701	EMC (European Medal Club) a 6-Medal Set 39mm in Silver all depicting scenes from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, UK Europa and Zeus/ Europa and Bottom, Finland European Capital of Culture 2000, Austria depicting Sigmund Freud and a dynamic interpretation of Europa and Zeus, Belgium 500th Anniversary of the Birth of Emperor Charles V 2000, Germany (Hamburg) depicting Charles the Great and Europa and Zeus, Netherlands depicting Rijks Museum 1800-2000 and Europa and Zeus FDC cased as issued with certificates More medals like this	£65
01/09/2012 Auction 138	Medals	Lot 625	19th Century base metal issues (8) includes Admiral Vernon, William Shakespeare, Dassiers Kings and Queen's (4) in mixed grades More medals like this	£60
04/12/2011 Auction 135	Medals	Lot 1264	Medals (15) 2005 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in bronze, Battle of Waterloo 175th Anniversary 63mm diameter in Bronze, 1988 Spanish Armada 400th Anniversary 63mm diameter in bronze, Dhurva Mistry Millennium Medal 63mm in bronze, British Numismatic Society Centenary Medal 44mm diameter in Bronze, Victoria Golden Jubilee Centenary 1987 Two ounces of .999 silver, Eurotunnel Celebration 1994 50mm diameter in Cupro-nickel, Singapore the Unfinished medallion 1984 in bronze, 21st Birthday of the Princess of Wales 1982 in cupro-nickel, Los Angeles Olympics 1984 in cupro-nickel, Pope John Paul II British Visit 1982 in cupro-nickel (2), Shakespeare Festival 1983 in cupro-nickel, Netherlands Rijks Museum 100 Years 1985 in bronze, plus an amateur gardening medal in base metal mostly UNC many in the cases of issue some with certificates More medals like this	£100
06/06/2011 Auction 133	Medals	Lot 1179	EMC (European Medal Club) a 6-Medal Set 39mm in Silver all depicting scenes from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, UK Europa and Zeus/ Europa and Bottom, Finland European Capital of Culture 2000, Austria depicting Sigmund Freud and a dynamic interpretation of Europa and Zeus, Belgium 500th Anniversary of the Birth of Emperor Charles V 2000, Germany (Hamburg) depicting Charles the Great and Europa and Zeus, Netherlands depicting Rijks Museum 1800-2000 and Europa and Zeus FDC cased as issued with certificates, EMC (European Medal Club) an 8-medal set 39mm in Silver with medals from Austria, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway and the UK each depicting scenes from Greek Mythology FDC cased as issued with certificates More medals like this	£130
05/09/2010 Auction 130	Medals	Lot 867	Modern Issues in base metal (4) Shakespeare 400th Anniversary 1964 57mm by P.Vincze, 50th Anniversary of the Opening of the Tomb of Tutankhamen 1972 51mm, Battle of Waterloo 1815 a Royal Mint copy, Baron Brotherton of Wakefield 1930 by Spink 64mm, EF-UNC More medals like this	£60
07/12/2009 Auction 127	Medals	Lot 633	The Shakespeare Medals 38 x 40 grams sterling silver Proof FDC in a presentation album with certificates More medals like this	£400

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