Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 15 - Argentum 3 Feb 2018
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World Coins, Mongolia, a small cut segment of a silver ingot, affixed to a card stating, "Currency of Mongolia 1894 – Revd W. E. McFarlane", total wt. (including card), 8.42gms, as made and with a fascinating provenance
*ex W. V. R. 'Roy' Baldwin collection; ex Baldwin's vault
William Evan McFarlane (1866-1919) was the third of three missionary brothers, born to a missionary father. Ordained in May 1891, he joined the London Missionary Society and was sent out to join its mission in Mongolia, finally arriving at the mission at Ch'ao Yang on 3 May 1892. Repeated bouts of dysentery for about 18 months forced him to leave Mongolia in May 1894 and he returned to England. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society; he trained then as a doctor in Edinburgh. During the Boer War he served at a refugee camp at Mafeking, following the famous siege. After a spell back in England as a GP, he went to Australia and settled in Irvinebank where he was to die in the Spanish flu epidemic.
(100-150 GBP)
*ex W. V. R. 'Roy' Baldwin collection; ex Baldwin's vault
William Evan McFarlane (1866-1919) was the third of three missionary brothers, born to a missionary father. Ordained in May 1891, he joined the London Missionary Society and was sent out to join its mission in Mongolia, finally arriving at the mission at Ch'ao Yang on 3 May 1892. Repeated bouts of dysentery for about 18 months forced him to leave Mongolia in May 1894 and he returned to England. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society; he trained then as a doctor in Edinburgh. During the Boer War he served at a refugee camp at Mafeking, following the famous siege. After a spell back in England as a GP, he went to Australia and settled in Irvinebank where he was to die in the Spanish flu epidemic.
(100-150 GBP)