Impressive Cased Victoria Medals

CNG 103, Lot: 1253. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. Victoria. 1837-1901. Lot of fifty-nine (59) Æ Medals in contemporary case. Golden Jubilee. Dated 1887. Includes the following issues by BHM number: (Row I) 3221 // 3297 // 3249 // 3229 // 3285 // 3291 // 3294 // 3313 // 3256 // (Row II) 3302 // 3292 // 3296 // 3312 // 3241 // 3299 // 3238 // 3242 // (Row III) 3340 // 3286 // 3248 // 3244 // 3290 // 3244 // 3262 // 3286 // Unlisted (Royal Jubilee Commemorated at Sevenoaks) // (Row IV) 3221 // 3232 // 3233 // 3315 // 3573 // 3232 // 3257 // (Row V) 3242 // 3287 // Unlisted (City of Liverpool, James Poole Esquire, mayor) // 3244 // 3290 // 3244 // 3318 // 3287 // Unlisted (City of Worcester) // (Row VI) 3291 // 3259 // 3293 // 3296 // 3298 // 3262 // 3230 // 3301 // (Row VII) 3295 // 3276 // Unlisted (Lancaster, T. Storey, mayor) // 3272 // 3254 // 3278 // 3281 // 3279 // 3346. EF, mostly with a delicate purple toning, some minor vedigree. Many types represented, with several not known to BHM unpierced, though with some duplication for aesthetic purposes. In contemporary clasped brown leather case from Spink & Sons. Very rare as a set, perhaps a dozen made.

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