Special Collections

Sold on 8 September 1998

1 part

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A Collection of Historical Medals - The Property of a European Collector

Lot

№ 980

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8 September 1998

Hammer Price:
£40

Death of Matthew Boulton, 1809, a copper medal, unsigned, legend in three lines, reverse IN MEMORY OF HIS OBSEQUIES, etc., within wreath, 41mm (Pollard, NC 1970, p.311; BHM 662; E 1003). Extremely fine and practically as struck (£35-45)

Struck at Soho for distribution among the attendants of Boulton’s funeral and the workmen at his Soho manufactory