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Reverse has what appears to be a planchet defect. Still for a very rare brass 25mm BHM# 1112 it is it pretty nice condition. Most of these small brass medalets for Geo's Coro. are C. N. or R. to have a RR. in this condition is a bonus. Fauver attributes this to Thomas Kettle : Geo IV 1821-3b R(reeded edge) R-8 (5 to 10 known).

When flipped open!!! Posted previously in exonumia, thought it should be here too. I have never seen another like it. Notice the initials THL for T. H. Lundington? Could be the same man (if the monogram is for T. H. Ludington) mine is from a Montreal chapter, Blackhawk's from Toronto. Very young mason in Toronto later moves to Montreal?

LeRoux#1816 Bronze 26mm Rarity 4. Obv. Windmill, houses, etc. TORONTO 1834. Rev. Exhibition Building. SEMI-CENTENNIAL, 1884 signed G. W. LeRoux#1817 Silvered WM 43mm Rarity 4. Obv. Bust of Landsdowne to the right. HIS EXCELL'Y THE RIGHT HON. THE MARQUESS OF LANDSDOWNE, GOV. GEN'L OF CANADA P. W. ELLIS & CO. Rev. View of Toronto in 1834.TORONTO, 1834. SOUVENIR SEMI CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. TORONTO, JUNE, 1884. Link to Gooderham and Worts Windmill

John Milton (b 19 July 1759; d London, 11 Feb 1805). English medallist, die-sinker and gem-engraver. It is not known where Milton was first trained, but he is most likely initially to have studied seal-engraving. His earliest known works, a medal for the Society of Industry, a seal and an engraved gem, date from 1785. From 1787 to 1797 he was employed at the Royal Mint where he received training in die-engraving. He is thought to have executed a number of dies designed by Lewis Pingo as well as executing his own designs. Besides official work, Milton, encouraged by Pingo, developed a thriving private business. He was forced to leave the Mint, following the discovery that he had supplied dies of foreign coin to counterfeiters, but his career does not appear to have suffered unduly, and he continued working until 1804. Medals such as those for the Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture of 1791 or the Bath and West of England Society (1802) display his skill as an engraver, although his compositions can appear stilted. He also executed dies for coins and tokens, including the celebrated Anglesey pattern penny of 1786 bearing a druid's head (which was not adopted) and the 1788 and 1792 Barbados pennies, as well as a number of passes and tickets. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, from 1785 to 1802. All sources BHM, Forrer etc seem to agree on his date of death 1805? Mind BHM also has one medal for J. Milton 1819 Winchester College Prize Medal BHM#931 a bit odd as the last medal listed for J. Milton before that was 1802? Very strange indeed? If he died in 1805, how could he still produce a medal 14 years later!!! Plus, everything I can find of his, he signs 'Milton' or 'J. Milton' for example LINK GOOGLE BOOK I tend to think both the BHM 1819 and the Blucher are misattributed to him.

The inscription being in english is almost a certain indication that it was produced in England for the english market, if it was a french medal you would expect it to have a french, latin, or less likely german(just because of Blucher being Prussian) inscription, you would not anticipate it being in english. I have an english medal(1814) of Princess Charlotte which has a block letter inscription but is signed in cursive script by Webb.

One thing against it being Mills is he normally signs Mills.

The 'M' is possibly for George Mills (1793?-1824). In the combined index of British Historical Medals Vol. 3 it lists under Blucher BHM#817A and under Mills it also lists BHM#817A the medal is similar to yours except Blucher is facing R. with the inscription G. L. VON BLUCHER PRINCE DE WAGSTADT below AGED 71 and the reverse says THE SUPPORT OF HIS/ KING/ THE /DELIVERER OF HIS/ COUNTRY/ AND THE ADMIRATION / OF/ EUROPE/ MDCCCXIV The image of Blucher on both medals is very alike but that could also be because, if there were two different engravers, they were working from the same bust/portrait.

Came across this old post of yours Ian. Did you miss my post LINK The difference between our medals is the number of rays eminating from the eye plus the lenght of the woman's neck and her hair style etc. Mine, though it is not hall-marked, is 100% gilded silver (could be hall-marked on the edge, cannot see as it is encased in a gold holder) and is at least earlier than 1912. These are the hallmarks on the gold holder; R for 1912, Leopards Head for London, 15 .625 purity of gold, H&WS for makers H & W Spilling. This is why I found your post EBAY ITEM as I did a forum search for my old post found yours. The encased medal on ebay has a lesser number of rays than my medal.

The Beaver is a rodent (just don't tell anyone) other countries used lions, eagles, bears etc as their national symbol. Mind the French picked a chicken, whether it is called Le Coq or rooster it is still a chicken. Mon Dieu.

That RAT is a Beaver, the Canadian National Symbol Seeing as it is a museum/library the books are for the library, the tomahawk & calumet are the type of item you can still see in the display-cabinets today and the antique lamp is both an object that you can see in the museum & symbolizes the illumination of the past (Lamp of Knowledge) and the light to actually read books before electric or gas lighting. Glad you like the reverse image I do too There is no river in front, just grass then now a road. The large exergue does look like a river though, thanks for your interest and your great questions.

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.

Very nice, I like all of the jeton but the three crowned 'P's are intriguing. The tree is surviving the battering, which is knocking the lower branches from it, like the town, it can take the losses and carry on. I would think either plague, war, famine, civil unrest or religious strife, I know you will come up with the answer, just do not forget to post it when you do. Great jeton The 3 'P's could represent Peronne, Picardie and the People, each with a crown symbolizing loyalty to the King.

Coronation Medal George III & Charlotte 1761. 24mm Gilt bronze. K. GEO & Q. CHARL. CROWND.SEP.22.1761 Rev. VIRTUE. AND BEAUTY CROWN OUR. KING AND: QUEEN * BHM# 46. Does not match Brown's description, but the British Museum confirms this is #46 RR. George III Coronation Medal. 1761. Obv. GEORGIUS III. REX. BRITANNIUM*. Rev. NATUS 4 JUNE 1738 CORONATUS 22 SEPT. 1761. BHM# 32 Br. 20mm RR. by E. Thomason. Queen Victoria Coronation Medal.BHM# 1853. AE. Silvered R. 29mm. Queen Victoria Coronation Medal 1838. Unlisted in this size or metal. Same design as BHM#1861 RR. but that is brass 24mm. This is WM. 33mm so extremely rare

BHM# 996 RRRR. (Highest rarity in BHM) Br. 25mm by kettle. Obv: Name of Jehova in Hebrew above rays shining down on Imperial crown. FEAR GOD, HONOUR THE KING Rev: The Lord's Prayer. You can read every word on the reverse, not bad for almost 200 years old.

For what it's worth, I prefer yours. Yours looks to have a much thicker planchet and much better engraving.

Vickers became Vickers Ltd in 1911 and kept that name till 1927. So between those two dates. Might have been a workers identity token, perhaps had to show to collect wages, or produce when booking a tool out from the store or show when entering the factory etc. From off the web here is a later token after their name changed yet again Vickers Armstrong Weybridge, Time check LINK to coinsandtokens

Nice one Ian. Marseille being the major french port has always been a pathway for plagues. I watched a very interesting TV program on the Great Plague of Marseille of 1720-1722, that time it was the bubonic plague. More than half of the estimated population of 90,000 died. Now the jet has superseded the ship as the carrier of preference for such things. Back to the jeton, it is almost like a painting being so natural & realistic.

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VICTORIA QUEEN OF GREAT BRIT 1843. Rev. The Prince of Wales plumes within the motto of the Order of the Garter, HONI SOIT QUI MALY PENSE. BHM# 2092 20mm AE. Unlisted in AE. only listed in Br. R. BHM states "No specific reasons have been found for the issue of this piece, possibly it is a gaming counter" Why this token is dated 1843 is still a mystery, also why the P.O.W.'s feathers are shown within the garter motto is strange as Albert Edward was only 2 years old and was not admitted to the Order of the Garter till much later. The other thing is, why such a large gap in the legend above Vicky's head, resulting in BRITAIN being truncated to BRIT. Still, nice to have a rare piece in an unlisted metal with some mystery attached to it.

From Medailles et Jetons Des Numismates by Anthony Durand 1865: 1. NICOLAUS. KEDERUS. HOLMIENSIS. Buste à dr. Dessous : J. C. HEDLINGER. 1725. R. PROFERT. ANTIQUA. IN. APRICUM. Saturne déterrant un vase rempli de médailles antiques. Ex. : S. D. G. (Soli Deo Gloria). * AE 43mm Mazzuchelli, PI. 165, n° 3. Mechel, PI. 16, n° 1. NICOLAUS. KEDERUS = Niklas Keder. HOLMIENSIS = Stockholm. PROFERT. ANTIQUA. IN. APRICUM. = to bring forth the ancients/antiquities into the light. S.D.G. = Soli Deo Gloria = Sole Glory to God. Saturn unearths a vase filled with ancient medals, amongst some ruins. By Johann Karl(Carl) Hedlinger. Swiss medal & seal engraver who was much sought after across Europe for his skills. Keder, Niklas, Numismatist, scholar. Born Stockholm Sweden March 20th 1659. Student Uppsala, travelled to Estonia, Russia, Denmark, Germany, Bohemia, Italy and others. Organized a collection of old coins at Kungl Library and was appointed 1697 to the assessor in Antiquities archives. 1719 Knighted 1725 became secretary and antiquarian in the archive. This medal commemorates this event. 1727 elected member of the Science Society in Uppsala Died Stockholm april 16th 1735 Labelled the most astute numismatist in Sweden Wrote books on numismatics & antiquities Here he wears a wig. P.S. The god Saturn later morphs into Father Time with the addition of an hour glass. Here, on this medal he is depicted just with his scythe.

This one is quite a nose, but it is balanced somewhat by the chin.

Nice one Ian!

K George III & Q Charlotte Crownd (sic)se 22 1761. Coronation Medal. REV: Royal Coat-of-Arms. Brass 32mm

Coronation Medal 1761. Obverse: Bare-headed busts of George III and Charlotte right. Reverse: View of London. On scroll: FELICITAS BRITANNIAE; in exergue: DIIS AUSPICIBUS MDCCLXI. 25mm Bronze

2 examples Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee 1837-1897. Bronze 56mm by Geo. Will. De Saulles (after W.Wyon) & Thomas Brock. Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Medal 1837-1897. by Geo. Will. De Saulles (after W.Wyon) & Thomas Brock. Silver 26mm Edward VII & Queen Alexandra Coronation Medal 9th Aug. 1902. Bronze 56mm by G.W. de Saulles