Ouzel Galley Society, Dublin c.1803 stated by the vendor to have been X-Ray tested 22 carat gold, unsigned. Obverse: A standing figure of Justice, CUIQUE SUUM Reverse: a galley left, OUZEL GALLEY with STEADY on a banner below 32mm (cf. W 2329ff). Holed at the top with loop-mount and ribbon attached. A file-mark on edge and with some hairlines in the fields, otherwise about EF, extremely rare.  In 1700 a complicated legal case involving a vessel called the 'Ouzel Galley' in the Port of London was referred to arbitration by merchants. They came swiftly to a good decision and on the basis of this example a society of Dublin merchants was formed to arbitrate in commercial disputes. The costs decreed against the parties involved were paid to charity.

Estimate: GBP 1250 - 1500