Medal - Martin Folkes
Features
| Location |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Year | 1740 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 77.7 g |
| Diameter | 54 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Cast |
| Number | N# 405164 |
| References | Eimer# 556 Christopher Eimer. British Commemorative Medals and their Values. London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). Edward Hawkins, Augustus W. Franks, Herbert Appold Grueber; 1885. Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II / Volume II. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. William Eisler; 2005. The Dassiers of Geneva / 7, Volume I: Jean Dassier, Medal Engraver: Geneva, Paris and London, 1700-1733: 18th-Century European Medallists. Musée Monetaire Cantonal, Lausanne, Switzerland. |
Commemorative issue
Martin Folkes
Obverse
Bust right in cap
Script: Latin
Lettering: MARTINUS FOLKES ARMR
Engraver: Jacques-Antoine Dassier
Reverse
Legend and date within ornamental cartouche
Script: Latin
Lettering:
SOCIETATIS
REGALIS LONDINI
SODALIS
M DCC XL.
Translation: Member of the Royal Society of London
Engraver: Jacques-Antoine Dassier
Mint
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1740 | |||||||||||||||
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