Commemorative Medals, Numismatic Books

George III (1760-1820), LOUISBURG TAKEN, 1758, a copper medal by T. Pingo for the Society of Arts, bust of Britannia left, rev. Victory on prow of ancient galley, 39mm (Eimer 11/11a; MI II, 686/405-6; Betts 413; E 658). Good very fine and an excessively rare variety
£250-350

Struck from the broken obverse die, through O of legend to edge, linked to the regular reverse. A similar variety of the medal was sold in Baldwin Auction 40, 25 September, 2006 (lot 1330). However, on the present specimen it is the obverse die that is damaged whilst the reverse die appears unmarked