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Auction 28  18-20 May 2017
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Lot 1451

Starting price: 60 USD
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GREAT BRITAIN: Victoria, 1837-1901, AE medal, 1850, medal by L.C. Wyon for the 300th Anniversary of the King Edward VI School (K.E.S.), Stratford-upon-Avon, EDWARD VI LIB SCOL GRAMM IN BVR SCI EDI INSTITVTOR around three-quarter facing bust of Edward VI // ALUMNI QUAM DILECTI around seated figure holding wreath, ANNO TRECENT CELEBR / AUG: II MDCCCL, VF to EF, S. Leonard Charles Wyon (1826-1891) was a British engraver of the Victorian era most notable for his work on the gold and silver coinage struck for the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887 and the bronze coinage of 1860 with the second ("bun") head portrait, in use from 1860 to 1894. He was the eldest son of the Royal Mint chief engraver William Wyon.

Estimate: 75-100 USD
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