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E-auction 373-286189 - fme_597284 - GREAT-BRITAIN - WILLIAM IV Médaille, Ouverture du nouveau London Bridge

GREAT-BRITAIN -  WILLIAM IV Médaille, Ouverture du nouveau London Bridge XF
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Estimate : 25 €
Price : 11 €
Maximum bid : 16 €
End of the sale : 08 June 2020 18:54:30
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Médaille, Ouverture du nouveau London Bridge
Date: (1831)
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,52 g.
Edge : biseautée et cannelée
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec de petites concrétions

Obverse


Obverse legend : CARRIAGE WAY 331/2 FT. // À L’EXERGUE : LENGTH OF BRIDGE 732 FT. / CENTRE ARCH 150.. / SIDE ARCH 140.
Obverse description : Vue sur le London Bridge, Cathedrale Saint Paul à l’arrière plan.

Reverse


Reverse legend : THE FIRST STONE / OF THE NEW / LONDON BRIDGE / WAS LAID BY / JOHN GARRATT ESQ.R / LORD MAYOR OF LONDON / ON THE 14 OF MARCH 1824 / AND OPEN'D BY THEIR / MAJESTIES / AUGUST I.ST 1831.
Reverse description : Légende en 10 lignes .

Commentary


A noter qu’il semble y avoir une erreur de date : la première pierre aurait été posé le 15 juin 1825 et non le 14 mars 1824.

Historical background


GREAT-BRITAIN - WILLIAM IV

(06/25/1830-06/20/1837)

Guillaume IV (21/07/1765-20/06/1837), second son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg, succeeded his brother in 1830. He married Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792-1849) but they did not had no children and it was his niece Victoria I who succeeded him in 1837.

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