Coins, Historical Medals & Paper Money

WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Hazelwood School, Edgbaston, brass medalets (3), 1822 (2), 1826, all unsigned, façade of building, revs. central tablet, one engraved 79, all 25mm, 6.47g, 6.97g, 7.25g (D & W 208/54, 55 var); copper 1,000 Point medalets (3), all 1822, similar, revs. 1,000 above scroll, engraved 88, 100 and 327, all 25mm, 6.44g, 6.46g, 6.20g (D & W 208/52); together with other minor Merit medalets (10), mostly brass and c. 12-14mm, all different (D & W 208/59, 208/60, 209/61 and others unlisted) [16]. The 1,000 Point medalets fine, others very fine and better £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Educational Award Medals from the Collection formed by the late T.H. Watts.

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Hill Top School, Gough street, was acquired by the brassfounder Thomas Wright Hill (1763-1851) in 1802. His son, Rowland Hill (1795-1879), later Sir Rowland Hill of philatelic fame, moved the school to Edgbaston in 1819 and renamed it Hazelwood, where he introduced a revolutionary concept which appealed to the newly emerging professional class in Birmingham; a belief that kindness was a better form of control instead of caning. On hearing about this ethos, Jeremy Bentham, the philosopher, persuaded Hill to bring the school’s ideas to London. Bruce Castle in Tottenham opened in 1827 and Hill served as head master there for a number of years until 1839