LOT 3672
Group of Fourteen [14] Medals and Tokens. 19th-20th century AD.
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and metals; each held in a coin holder within an album sleeve. Condition as shown.(187gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Norway. King Olav V AR Commemorative 75th Birthday Medal. 1978.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Bust of king Olav V facing left, with engraver's initials Ø.H. below back of bust / King olav V's spiral flower in the middle, his signature on the left and the inscription on the right, further inscription, value, mintmark and intmaster's initials on the bottom. KM# 424 27.08gr, 36mm, 12h.
Extremely fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Group of Sixteen [16] Medals, Model Coins and Tokens. 18th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and metals; each held in a coin holder within an album sleeve. 117gr total.
Condition as shown.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Commemorative Medal Celebrating Admiral Vernon’s Capture of Portobello 18th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Obverse with low-relief figure holding a telescope and legend to the border 'The British Glory Reviv'd By Admiral Ver[n]on'; reverse with eight ships in a harbour, legend to the border 'He Took Porto Be[ll]o With [...]'; rim chipped; with old dealer's ticket. 12.66 grams, 37 mm
Private collection, Europe. Acquired on the English art market.
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