CNG 85, Lot: 1603. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. AR Medal (48mm, 41.77 g, 12h). Board of Agriculture. By C. H. Küchler. Dually-dated 1793/1818. GEORGIVS III · D : G · MAG · BR · REX, laureate head right; C.H.K. on truncation of neck; below, BOARD OF AGRICULTURE/ESTABL’D · 23 · AUG · 1793 · in two lines on banner; all within wreath of laurel branches and wheat ears / Female figure standing right, holding mirror and serpent-entwined spade; agricultural implements around; above, banner engraved ESSAY ON THE MEANS OF EMPLOYING THE POOR; C · H · KUCHLER. FEC. to lower right; VOTED 1 · MAY 1818 · engraved in exergue. Edge: MR. JOHN ROBINSON. engraved. BHM -; Eimer 853. Superb EF, proof-like fields, some light marks.

From a California Collection of British Historical Medals.

Awarded in varying agricultural categories, such as leather substitute for shoes, instruments for animal husbandry, and means for irrigation, this medal was engraved for and awarded to John Robinson for his essay on the means of employing the poor–a growing problem in the rapidly industrializing nation.