Baldwin & Sons
Argentum Auction Fall 2013 2 November 2013
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WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS. INDIA. Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859), Copper Medal of the Elphinstone Institute (1860), by Henry Weighall, bewhiskered bust left, rev semi-draped Indian student, reads book on which shines a shaft of light, 51.5mm (BHM 2673, R3; Pudd 860.5, R3). Nearly very fine and rare.
Elphinstone (1779-1859), Scottish born statesman and historian, Governor of Bombay, 1819-1827. Elphinstone opened an educational institution in Aberdeen, but more memorable are those in Bombay which were accessible to the Indian population.
Estimate: £60-80
Elphinstone (1779-1859), Scottish born statesman and historian, Governor of Bombay, 1819-1827. Elphinstone opened an educational institution in Aberdeen, but more memorable are those in Bombay which were accessible to the Indian population.
Estimate: £60-80