The R C Bell Collection of British Trade Tokens

Miscellaneous, Political Medals (9), viz. 50th Anniversary of Wesleyan Methodism, 1789, white metal, by W. Mainwaring, bust right, reverse Wesley preaching to congregation, 36mm (BHM 334; E. 829); Horne Tooke, Thelwall and Hardy Acquitted of High Treason, 1794, white metal, unsigned, 37mm (BHM 377; E. 860); Union of Ireland with Great Britain, 1800, white metal, by J.G. Hancock and P. Kempson, 38mm (BHM 494; E. 917); Death of Sir Ralph Abercromby, 1801, white metal, by T. Halliday, 40mm (BHM 506; E. 930); Preliminaries for the Peace of Amiens, 1801, brass medalets by H. Kettle (2, one pierced and plated), both 25mm (BHM 514); Peace of Amiens, 1802, copper, by J.G. Hancock, with bust of Cornwallis, 39mm (BHM 539; E. 942); Manchester and Salford Royal Light Horse Volunteers, 1802, copper, by C.H. Küchler, un-named, 36mm (E. 944; cf. Glendining 10 Oct. 1989, lot 1433); Earl Grey Appointed Prime Minister, 1830, copper medalet, unsigned, 22mm (BHM 1442; E. 1226). [9]. First very fine and scarce, last fair, others mostly fine to very fine but second and fourth with surface corrosion (£50-60)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The R C Bell Collection of British Trade Tokens.

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BHM 334 = Bell, PC p.64; BHM 377 = Bell, PC p.114; BHM 494 = Bell, PC p.193; BHM 506 and 514 plated = Bell, PC p.197; BHM 514 brass = Bell, PC p.196 (no.149); BHM 539 = Bell, PC p.200; E. 944 = Bell, PC p.199; BHM 1442 = Bell, UF p.118