British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer

South West of England Championship for Cool-Stored Flowering Bulbs, The Abbott Cup, a uniface silver award by Fattorini, flowers in pot, back named (Mrs A. Birkenshaw, Seaways, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Runner-Up to South West of England Champion for 1951 Flower Season), hallmarked Birmingham 1950, 44mm. Remains of paper label adhering to reverse, otherwise very fine and a great rarity for the Scilly Isles by numismatic association £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer.

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The only other numismatic items from the Scilly Isles are the few 17th century tokens extant of Thomas Ekins of St Martin’s (cf. DNW 65, 1102)