Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 34 12 Jun 2019
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Commemorative Medals, Princess Victoria, Royal visit to the Soho Mint, Birmingham, bronzed copper medal, 1830, Britannia (from a penny die by Conrad Küchler), seated to l., on rocks, with trident and shield, holding olive branch, SOHO on rock, ship to left, BRITANNIA, rev. VICTORIA MAGNÆ SPES ALTERA BRITANNIÆ. SOHO. 6. AUG. 1830, plain edge, 34mm. (BHM.1435; Peck KP32, p. 368), in official case for a George IV Coronation medal, virtually mint state, choice and extremely rare
For another see Baldwin Auction, 24 April 2007, The Gregory Collection (lot 260), this with the error date of 5. AUG.; and Morton and Eden Auction 2, 13 November 2002 (lot 275), this in white metal.
The eleven year-old Princess Victoria visited the Soho Mint with her mother, the Duchess of Kent, for whom there is a similar medal (BHM.1436). Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham, states 'Princess Victoria, and her mother the Duchess of Kent, who on August 4, and 5, 1830, inspected some of our principal manufactories'.
(200-300 GBP)
For another see Baldwin Auction, 24 April 2007, The Gregory Collection (lot 260), this with the error date of 5. AUG.; and Morton and Eden Auction 2, 13 November 2002 (lot 275), this in white metal.
The eleven year-old Princess Victoria visited the Soho Mint with her mother, the Duchess of Kent, for whom there is a similar medal (BHM.1436). Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham, states 'Princess Victoria, and her mother the Duchess of Kent, who on August 4, and 5, 1830, inspected some of our principal manufactories'.
(200-300 GBP)