Medal - George IV William Wellesley-Pole, bronze

€408,760.00
LocationUnited Kingdom
Year1823
TypeCommemorative medals/Personality or portrait medal
CompositionBronze
Weight
Diameter50 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
Orientation
Edge
Period
NoticeBenedetto Pistrucci
Reference(s) BHM#1211, Eimer#1167
Obverse descriptionBare head of Lord Maryborough right
Obverse letteringPISTRUCCI
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionLegend
Reverse letteringIN . HONOREM VIRI . PRAENOR . G . V . POLE BARON . MARYBOROUGH REBVS . MONET . PER . ANN . IX . PRAEPECTI QVLNVMOS : BRITANN . LONGO . VSO . DETRITUS NON . SOLVM . IN . PRISTINVM . NITOREM . RESTITVIT SED . NOVOS . SED . PVLCHRIORES REDDIDIT ET . QVI . IN . NUMIS . REMITTENDIS IN . OMNES . PARTES REGIONIS EA . SAPIENTIA . REM . GESSIT VT . VBIQVE . EODEM . FERE . TEMPORE VETVS . MONETA . IN DESVETVDINEM . ABUT ATQVE . IN PVBLICA . COMMODA . CITO . NOVA . ADHIBITA NVMVM . HVNC OBSERVANT ATQVE . AMICIT . MONVMENTVM CVDI FECERVNT . MONETARII IN . OFFICINA . REGIA . LOND A . S . MDCCCXXIII
(Translation: In honour of that remarkable man, William Wellesley Pole, Baron Maryborough, for nine years Master of the Mint, who did not only restore the British coinage [worn out by long use] to its original splendour, but made it new and more beautiful. He organised the despatch of coins into all parts of the country with such skill that almost simultaneously everywhere the old money passed into disuse, and the new swiftly brought into public use. The moneyers caused this medal, a memorial of their regard and friendship, to be struck at the Royal Mint in London, 1823)
Reverse scriptLatin
Engraverwho did not only restore the British coinage [worn out by long use] to its original splendour, but made it new and more beautiful. He organised the despatch of coins into all parts of the country with such skill that almost simultaneously everywhere the
Mintage1823  - -
Catalog ID6765855840
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