CNG 109, Lot: 1090. Estimate $750. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

temp. HANOVER. Matthew Boulton, manufacturer and founder of the Soho Mint. 1728-1809. Æ Medal (63mm, 111.8 g, 12h). Tenth Anniversary of Boulton’s Death. By G. Pidgeon. Dated 1819 (in Roman numerals). MATTHAEVS BOVLTON, bust right / INVENTAS/AVT QVI VITAM/EXCOLVERE PER ARTIS in four lines; all within laurel wreath. Edge: PATRIS AMICIS M. R. B. MDCCCXVIII (dedicated by Matthew Robinson Boulton (Boulton’s son) to the friends of his father). BHM 976; Eimer 1114. Choice EF, rich mahogany surfaces, a few scratches, spot of corrosion on reverse. Includes original gilt-interior shell casings, weighing 31.88 g. Extremely rare – reportedly one of ten known.

Pieces bearing the edge inscription and found in gilt-interior copper cases were presented to members of the Boulton and Watt families by Matthew Robinson Boulton, Matthew Boulton’s son.