Tickets and Passes from the Collection formed by Philip Jones
LONDON, Finsbury Circus, London Institution, 1807, 30 Guinea Subscription, brass, by W. Wyon, number (1081) engraved below lion, 43mm, 32.18g (W 2670; D & W 156/434); London Institution, 1807, copper, number (500) engraved below arms, 43mm, 46.55g (W 2671; D & W 157/435) [2]. First good fine, second good very fine but wiped
£60-£80
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Provenance: Bt H. Simmons February 2007.
The recipient of the first medal was Jeremiah Harman (1763-1844), Higham House, Woodford, Essex, banker and art collector, principal partner in the firm of Harman & Co, Adams court, Old Broad street, a director of the Bank of England from 1794 to 1827 and its Governor from 1816-18 (for another medal awarded to him see DNW 249, 1145); the recipient of the second medal was Thomas Pollock, chemist and druggist, 129 Fenchurch street