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Auction 101  28 September 2016
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Lot 3627

Estimate: 80 GBP
Price realized: 110 GBP
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, George III, The Church and King Club, Manchester, Glazed Silver Medal, 1790, robed figure of a king in front of church and pillar, rev legend in sixteen lines, 46.5mm, in watch-type mount with suspender (BHM 344; Eimer, Pingo p.27). Lacks reverse glass, obverse lightly toned, reverse scuffed, extremely fine / very fine.
The Club, whose members were the "responsible and opulent neighbouring gentlemen" in Manchester, was founded to commemorate the defeat of the Dissenters in Parliament. The attribution to Lewis Pingo (BHM) is seriously doubted by Eimer.

Estimate: £80-120
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