Sovereign Rarities

Auction 14  –  24 September 2024

Sovereign Rarities, Auction 14

Ancient, British & World Coins, Commemorative Medals

Tu, 24.09.2024, from 11:30 AM CEST
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Description

The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria, 1887, silver medal by Allan Wyon (1843-1907), crowned bust of Victoria left, VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REGINA F: D: ET IND: IMPERATRIX, rev. the Queen enthroned, the shields of Britain and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha behind her, attended by Britannia, Neptune, Science, Clio (the muse of History), and cherub, symbols of science and industry either side, GLORIOUS REIGN OF FIFTY YEARS COMPLETED, on a ribbon above, 64mm, 160.94g (BHM 3290 recorded in copper, and copper-gilt only; Eimer 1734). Nearly extremely fine, extremely rare.

Provenance:
Bt Baldwin's of St James's, Auction 13, 27 November 2017, lot 514.

One of the most detailed and accomplished of the medals to celebrate Victoria's Golden Jubilee, this piece is recorded by Brown in copper, and as a single specimen in copper-gilt residing in the Royal Collection. Eimer records silver. An example in base metal was offered at a US auction in 2023. The present medal is the only silver example listed on Coin Archives and discussion with the collectors of this series points to the strong possibility that this is the only silver example of the medal in commerce.

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