bagerap Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 White metal, 10.5 gr 28mm and 4mm thick. Having just moved, my entire life is still in cardboard boxes. Can anyone give me a BHM and some general information? Much thanks, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Obv. Conjoined bare heads of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria left, within beaded circle. VICTORIA AND ALBERT 1840 Rev. Head of Britannia left, within beaded circle. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION LONDON BHM#1917 WM. 28mm N. by A. J. STOTHARD(Medal Engraver to the Queen) This piece was very probably struck on site for visitors to the Polytechnic Institution in Regent Street, London; the building was opened in 1837. Medals sold at exhibitions(at this time) had to be small and in soft metal, so they would come up in a single stroke. A print(1838) shows a screw press in the middle of the polytechnic's hall. The only thing of note is the overstruck 4, I original thought it was over a 3 but now think it is over an 8. which makes it easier to understand how the error was made. My example has the same overstrike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 That's a very distinctive overstrike. Would that have been accomplished with a punch or some other method? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Looking at the duplicated letters in 'VICTORIA AND ALBERT' the 'A's, 'R's & 'T's appear to be identical to each other, which would probably indicate that they were punched, so I would think the numerals were also punched. The puzzling thing about the error is the horizontal line near the top of the 4. So one possibility is maybe they tried to strike the 4 using a l, three times at diferent angles to make a 4 over the error 8, and struck the horizontal bar of the 4 too high & a touch to the left at first attempt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 It is a very interesting piece. The overstrike would be a great plus in my collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Indeed an interesting piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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