Lot 1169
Great Britain. Gold Medal, 1842. BHM-2070; Eimer-, 1.6g, 16 mm. Victoria, 1837-1901. Gold Extracted from Silver Captured in the First Opium War. London mint. Dually dated 1829 and March 1842. Crown, leg:THIS GOLD/ DISCOVERED IN/ SYCEE SILVER/ THE PRIZE OF BRITISH/ ARMS IN CHINA/ WAS EXTRACTED/ AT H.M. MINT/ MARCH/ 1842 in nine lines. Reverse; leg: THE R.T HON/ W. GLADSTONE/ MASTER/ BY A PROCESS FIRST/ APPLIED TO THE PUBLIC/ SERVICE AND TO THE/ BENEFIT OF BRITISH/ COMMERCE UNDER/ THE R.T HON./ J.C. HERRIES/ 1829 in eleven lines. Rare. Pop 1; The only Example graded at PCGS. PCGS graded Specimen 63. Estimated Value $3,000 - UP
Ex Anthony Tan, private treaty, Aug 2004.
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