Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Clubs and Societies, FINSBURY CIRCUS, London Institution, 1807, 30 Guinea Subscription, brass, by W. Wyon, lion standing left, holding open scroll with right forepaw, number (1080) engraved below, rev. robed female seated right, lamp of wisdom to right, 43mm, 31.90g (W 2670, this piece illustrated; D & W 156/434). Minor surface marks, otherwise very fine £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection.

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Provenance: Baldwin Auction 42, 26 September 2005, lot 1459 (part).

The recipient was Jeremiah Harman (1763-1844), Higham House, Woodford, Essex, banker and art collector, principal partner in the firm of Harman & Co, Adams court, Old Broad street, a director of the Bank of England from 1794 to 1827 and its Governor from 1816-18