Watch List notes:

Collection of WM and AE medals (5) | Accession of William IV and Queen Adelaide, WM medal, 1830, by T. Halliday, HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY WILLIAM IIII, bare head right, rev. QUEEN ADELAIDE, draped bust right, AUG. 22. 1830 PRESENTED TO THE PURCHASERS OF THE PAUL PRY, 39mm, 17.57mm (BHM 1418), near very fine; Great Exhibition, WM medal, 1851, by Allen & Moore, QUEEN VICTORIA & ALBERT, conjoined busts left, within wreath, rev. THE INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION LONDON, 1851, view of the exhibition building, ten line inscription in exergue, 51mm, 38.89g (Eimer 1462; BHM 2419), surfaces mostly worn, yet with some original lustre to reverse, near very fine; Preston Guild, WM medal, 1862, PRESTON GUILD 1862, shield, rev. PRESTON TOWN HALL FOUNDATION STONE LAID 2ND SEPR. 1862, facade of town hall, 40mm, 14.76g, pierced, with some original surface lustre, near very fine; Majority of the Marquis of Bute, AE medal, 1868, by R. J. Yorath, crown surmounted by B, 12 SEPTEMBER 1868 below, rev. TO COMMEMORATE THE MAJORITY OF THE MARQUIS OF BUTE, 31mm, 14.15g, very fine; AE Political Medal, undated, by Oldacre & Co of London, THE RT. HON. W. E. GLADSTONE M. P. draped bust left, rev. THE MOST HON. THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY K.C., draped bust right, 32mm, 14.48g, near very fine (5).
i) This medal was presumably presented to the purchasers of the Paul Pry newspaper in an attempt to increase circulation.
Estimate: £90 - £120