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Obv. Bust of Turner Left. NAT : 1775 OB : 1851 under bust D. MACLISE R.A. DES. / L.C. WYON FEC. Rev. 3 Celestial maidens, with flowing locks & dressed in classical garb, gaze wistfully at the young artist(Turner) from the heavens, whilst he paints a scene of a lake, mountains in the distance & a town by its edge. Behind the mountains the Earth is depicted with a man crawling behind a horse & holding it's rein, behind them is the Sun with rays. Very high relief medal BHM#2416 55mm AV, RRR. AE N. Brown uses AE for both bronze & copper, this is most definitely copper! I think that this is a truly great medal by L. C. Wyon. There is lots of info about Turner online, as are many of his paintings, he was one of the world's greatest painters & he blazed a path, regarding light & the ephemeral, which still echos today. 2005, Turner's "The Fighting Temeraire" was voted Britain's "greatest painting" in a public poll organised by the BBC. April 2006, Christie's New York auctioned "Giudecca, La Donna Della Salute" and "San Giorgio", a view of Venice exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1841, for US$35.8 million, setting a new record for a Turner at that time July 7, 2010, Turner's final painting of Rome, “Modern Rome — Campo Vaccino”, from 1839, was bought by the J. Paul Getty Museum at a Sotheby’s auction in London for $44.9 million.

LINK to "Popular Illustrated Guide to Canadian Coins, Medals &. &." by P. N. Breton online. Thanks for the extra info, as you can see I found P. N. Breton's book online, could have saved you those hours of looking for the actual book, if only we had known. Nice to have meet you, if only in cyberspace

Obv. THE INAUGURATION OF THE CHATEAU DE RAMEZAY|LIBRARY & MUSEUM|9TH OF APRIL 1896. Rev. CHATEAU DE RAMEZAY|BUILT IN 1704|MONTREAL Pewter 34mm by C. Tison The Château Ramezay is a museum and historic building on Notre-Dame Street in Old Montreal, opposite Montreal City Hall. Build in 1705 as the residence of then-governor of Montreal, Claude de Ramezay, the Château was the first building proclaimed as an historical monument in Quebec and is the province’s oldest private history museum. It has had many uses, prior to become the museum & library in 1896, it had been a school. Joseph LeRoux 1849-1904, the famous canadian numismatist, studied for 8 years in the building, then known as the Jacques-Cartier Normal School 1857-1882. The reference work for Canadian medals is "The Canadian Coin Cabinet" by the above mentioned Joseph LeRoux & covers the period of 1492-1892(published 1892) & as you can see the obverse is dated 1896 which is just outside of that date range. All is not lost. because the reverse was used previously as the obverse of LeRoux#1517a the reverse of that medal being EXHIBITION SOUVENIR MONTREAL 1891/ P.N. BRETON NUMISMATIST, MONTREAL rarity 4. I have found no other info on this medal, I think this medal would be rated as very rare, yours is the only other one I have seen. I have posted quite a few Canadian medals here on CoinPeople in both Exonumia & the Canadian Coin forum, in fact I have another one to post when I have some time. Hope this is of some help to you. Welcome to the forum

Obv. THE INAUGURATION OF THE CHATEAU DE RAMEZAY|LIBRARY & MUSEUM|9TH OF APRIL 1896. Rev. CHATEAU DE RAMEZAY|BUILT IN 1704|MONTREAL Pewter 34mm by C. Tison The Château Ramezay is a museum and historic building on Notre-Dame Street in Old Montreal, opposite Montreal City Hall. Build in 1705 as the residence of then-governor of Montreal, Claude de Ramezay, the Château was the first building proclaimed as an historical monument in Quebec and is the province’s oldest private history museum. It has had many uses, prior to become the museum & library in 1896, it had been a school. Joseph LeRoux 1849-1904, the famous canadian numismatist, studied for 8 years in the building, then known as the Jacques-Cartier Normal School 1857-1882. The reference work for Canadian medals is "The Canadian Coin Cabinet" by the above mentioned Joseph LeRoux & covers the period of 1492-1892(published 1892) & as you can see the obverse is dated 1896 which is just outside of that date range. All is not lost. because the reverse was used previously as the obverse of LeRoux#1517a the reverse of that medal being EXHIBITION SOUVENIR MONTREAL 1891/ P.N. BRETON NUMISMATIST, MONTREAL rarity 4. I have found no other info on this medal, I think this medal would be rated as very rare, yours is the only other one I have seen. I have posted quite a few Canadian medals here on CoinPeople in both Exonumia & the Canadian Coin forum, in fact I have another one to post when I have some time. Hope this is of some help to you. Welcome to the forum

Thanks for sharing burda-graph. The movie is called 'Knights of the Teutonic Order' here & probably in the USA & UK too.

The 'Integer'(latin: whole/complete) was the basic unit of currency for his metric system. 1 'Decem' = 1 tenth of an Integer, the smallest token 1/10 of an Integer = a Decem. An early example of decimalization in England. Thomas Wright Hill was very interested in Maths & Language & wrote extensively, he became a much respected academic & was invited to give lectures to fellow academics. Quite an achievement for someone of humble origin, in a very class conscious 19th century England. Some of his writings are online and cover, amongst other things, his early form of shorthand.

Obv: H.R.H.THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE / BORN JAN.17.1796.DIED NOV.6.1817 small H below bust. Rev: 5 INTEGERS on central shield surrounded by scroll-work pattern. If you look above 'INTEGERS' you can see the inscription has been reworked. Brass 33mm by Thomas Wright Hill. Undated but circa 1818 by my reckoning. Thomas Wright Hill started his working life as a brassfounder but later(perhaps because of his large family & the cost of schooling) he purchased a school in 1802 & became a teacher/headmaster & taught his own children there, as well as others of course. His sons, one of whom Rowland Hill went on to lasting fame for his invention of the postage stamp, later assisted him in his schools. Obviously his previous experience as a brassfounder assisted him when he decided to issue his own school tokens. As to why I date this as circa 1818, well 1817 is the earliest date possible and in 1819 the school was moved to a new purpose-built school designed by his son Rowland in Hazelbrook, called Hazelwood on Hagley Road in Edgbaston, where they issued new tokens for that school(earliest date for that school's token, that I can find, 1821), hence no more Charlotte. The much more common token which you usually see is the 'PRINCESS CHARLOTTE 1/10TH or ONE DECEM', which I have 2 of, this much larger token is quite rare. If you care to google Thomas Wright Hill & his son Roland there is a lot of info available online, not so for these tokens.

Great medals guys, good to see there is one active thread in exonumia.

De Vrede van Nijmegen in penningen = The Treaty of Nijmegen in tokens http://www.noviomagus.nl/Gastredactie/VDZe...egen%201687.pdf takes a minute to load, but worth the wait. Your token is shown page 12/59 or actual page # on page 456. NYM10a Rekenpenning “Vredesonderhandelingen te Nijmegen”, 1677 Brons, Ø 27 mm. Vz.: vredesduif met olijftak vliegt over water en bergen. QVIESCAM ET QVIESCERE FACIAM (ik zal rusten en laten rusten) Kz.: balans in evenwicht met geld en gewicht, een smeltoven en een muntgewichtkast. Onderaan 8 of 15 stenen. RESPONDENTINTIMA QUANTO (ze geven precies aan hoeveel) Lit.: Dugniolle nr. 4384, vOrden 1357 27.0 mm, 4,70 g. Neumann 31810. balans in evenwicht met geld en gewicht, een smeltoven en een muntgewichtkast. Onderaan 8 of 15 stenen = balance with money and weight, a melting furnace and a currency weight Cabinet. At the bottom of 8 or 15 stones ze geven precies aan hoeveel= They show exactly how many

The wear & colouration give the impression that the city is on fire! Very nice, I love city views & architecture too, the older the better.

Nice touch to enclose the bells with a circle of musical notation.

st. is just for street, small 's' to distinguish it from St. for Saint. 'Without' means outside(the wall), as opposed to 'Within' inside the wall. See link for map. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/image.asp...f&pubid=332

My example is dated 1825, the date was added to an undated obverse( #2850, different to yours) and the reverse is missing the banner sparrow on the ballon etc. Mine is Bell#2860 Rare. I believe there are 5 varieties. Declared Bankrupt: Sparrow Isaac Earlysman, Bishopsgate st. Without, ironmonger, July 7, 1826. Petioning Creditor: Isaac Earlysman Sparrow. Smithfield, ironmongers, in 1829 in the bankruptcy of RAYNER Robert, of Crawford-street, in the parish of St Marylebone, in the county of Middlesex, ironmonger. So he obviously was back in the ironmonger business before too long. Anticipating the question, what is Bishopsgate st. Without? It is the portion of the street(& Bishopgate) that was outside the walls of London(since demolished there) as opposed to Within for the intramural portion of Bishopgate.

Looks more like an expresso machine, just kidding Ian, very nice early locomotive.

Clive, how could you? It is bad enough you mention Elizabeth's 'LARGE BUST', but then you make reference to her 'BEHIND' Shame on you sir, she would have sent you to the Tower(of London that is) if she was still alive. Mind, I am so relieved that you stopped making any further comment on her body parts. Very nice coin, makes me wish I collected hammered though.

Great locomotive.

Sorry about that headlight business, on a more serious note, I think that the train depicted is La Brest to Paree, just a hunch though

Nice headlights on this one.

Northern Company 231 North to 3.1151 3.1170 (type SACM) copy of S 12 of the AL in 1912 , future: A 1-20 2-231 231 North 3.1150 machine No. 231-502 STATE of 1914 is not delivered because of the war, the future: 2-231 B 1 3.1201 to 3.1240 231 North called "Superpacific 1st type" of 1923 to 1924 , future: 2-231 C 1 to 40 3.1241 to 3.1248 231 North called "Superpacific 2nd type" of 1929 with slight differences from the 1st type, future: 2-231 C 41 to 48 The loco is definitely a 231, not a 230 if you look at the rearmost of the 3 large wheels in the pic of the 230 it protrudes under the cab, on the 231 all the large wheels are in front of the cab(with the 1 in 231 representing the small wheel under the cab). The 231B though built in 1914 was not delivered until after the war. The list shows when each type was actually delivered to the Nord lines. So if what is shown is a 231A then 1912 should be the earliest it would be on the Nord line. If 231B, 1919 if 231C, 1923. Great fun, I rode on the 'Flying Scotsman' which is a 231( known in England as a 462 as they count the wheels both sides) just a few years ago, in fact I have a picture of it hanging on my bedroom wall.

The 231 was the 'Pacific', the Germans first showed interest in this design type of Loco in 1905, the French in 1906 but production was delayed till after WWI, though as early as 1909 some early ones were used in Alsace-Lorraine. The COMPAGNIE DU CHEMIN DE FER DU NORD. use of the 231. The 231 C Nord was a class of 4-6-2 (Pacific type) steam locomotive of the Chemin de Fer du Nord. It served in the North of France and Belgium. The first batch were built in 1923, and last remaining were retired from service in the 60's. These locomotives were widly known as super-pacifics due to their high performance, which made them famous even in Britain. http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en...fari%26rls%3Den

Very nice medal Ian, Coinarchives give the name thus A. Sabauque dated 1900. http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.ph...65&Lot=4580 This site gives it as Tebarque (A.) http://www.numisrail.fr/medailles/?ref=FR0000AXA05001 Looking at the style of the Locomotive I would guess it is 1930's vintage steam engine.

So pretty in technicolor, very nice Bill.

From, Appendix I in BHM Vol 3. Corrections and additional material to volumes I and II; 3 Accession of King George III For 'by T. Pingo' read 'by J. Kirk. This also occurs in AE gilt(Private Collection). So, when I thought this medal looked like Kirk's medal(mainly because of the shape of the nose) of George III's accession, I was right, and there is also a gilded medal(like mine) in a private collection. I am as equally pleased it is by Kirk, as I was when I believed it was by Pingo

Sad to say but no.

This looks modern to me, but is dated 1773.