Medalet - Baron Spolasco Swansea, Wales
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Features
| Location |
Wales
(United Kingdom)  |
|---|---|
| Queen |
Victoria (1837-1901)
|
| Type | Advertising medallions |
| Year | 1838 |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 3.9 g |
| Diameter | 22.6 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Issued | 1838 |
| Number | N# 556006 |
| References | Withers 2# 7610a Paul Withers, Bente R. Withers; 2013. The Token Book 2 / Volume 2. Unofficial Farthings and their Values 1820-1901. Galata, Llanfyllin, United Kingdom. David Thornbory Batty. Batty's Catalogue of the Copper Coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, British Isles and Colonies. Manchester, United Kingdom (4 volumes). Horatio Robinson Storer, Malcolm Storer (ed.); 1931. Medicina in nummis: A descriptive list of the coins, medals, jetons relating to medicine, surgery and the allied sciences. Self-published, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.Sarah Elizabeth Freeman; 1964. Medals Relating to Medicine and Allied Sciences in the Numismatic Collection of the Johns Hopkins University. Evergreen House Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. |
Obverse
Clothed bust three-quarters to left, with head facing
Script: Latin
Lettering:
THE BARON SPOLASCO M:D: &c.
THE REAL FRIEND OF THE AFFLICTED
Reverse
Legend in eleven lines, first and last curved.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
JANʸ 22ᴰ 1838
THIS
EMINENT
PHYSICIAN'S
5,000. RECENT
ASTOUNDING CURES
AND HIS NARRATIVE
OF THE KILLARNEY
IMMORTALIZE
HIS NAME
SWANSEA STH. WALES.
Edge
Reeded
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1838 | |||||||||||||||
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