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Auction 75  26 September 2012
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Lot 1697

Estimate: 150 GBP
Price realized: 460 GBP
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BRITISH COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS. Engraved Naval "Love Token" on a flattened Halfpenny, c.1780s, an officer and his lady standing on a dock part company, beyond a port-side portrait of a three-masted ship, rev sun and moon over a pot of flowers, a hand points at the start of the legend in two concentic circles, WHEN THIS YOU SEE REMEMBER ME AND BEAR ME IN YOUR MIND LETT / ALL THE WORLD SAY WHAT THEY WILL SPEAK OF ME AS YOU FIND, 47mm (cf Comfort EC52).Very fine, some minor spotting on the reverse.
The style is comparable with an engraved coin described by Comfort and depicting Prichard and Ann Barns and HMS Sampson, dated 1786.Whilst the ship is less detailed, his pig-tail, hat, frock-coat and britches and her dress and hat are very much the same.

Estimate: £150-200
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