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9 May 2024

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Historical Medals

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Lot

№ 146

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9 May 2024

Hammer Price:
£6,500

William IV, Coronation, 1831, a gold medal by W. Wyon, bust right, rev. bust of Queen Adelaide right, edge named (To John Ramsbottom Esqr M.P. for New Windsor), 33mm, 27.57g (BHM 1475; E 1251). Obverse edge bruise at 9 o’clock, some light hairlining, otherwise about extremely fine and rare £4,000-£5,000

John Ramsbottom (1778–1845) was a British Whig politician and landowner, MP for New Windsor (Berkshire) from 1810 until his death in 1845.