CNG 96, Lot: 1453. Estimate $500. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GREAT BRITAIN. temp. George IV-Victoria. 1820-1901. Pair of WM Geographic-Related Medals. Pair of white metal medals: (a) Map of the World, Eastern and Western Hemispheres (51mm, 35.52 g, 12h). By T Halliday(?). Struck circa 1820. Equatorial projection of the eastern and western hemispheres. Shows South Shetland Islands (discovered in 1819), but does not include South Orkney Islands (discovered in 1821). BHM –; Eimer 1139b // (b) Absent-Minded Beggar (51mm, 32.49 g, 12h). By J. Ottley, Medallist, Birmingham. Struck circa 1893-1900. Circular table of distances between London and other English cites on one side and tabular list of distances between London and popular English bathing places; in outer margin to left, distance to Oxford and Cambridge Universities; in outer margin to right, distance to Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and St. Andrew’s Universities (listed as SCOTCH UNIVERSITIES on medal). BHM –; Eimer –; Spink Numismatic Circular II.10 (September 1893), p. 365, no. IV; cf. E-Sylum 15.3 (15 January 2012), Article 13 (http://tinyurl.com/mkb3bcd [these medals referenced]). Both medals EF, toned. Includes leatherette velvet lined inscribed J. C. Haworth/36 King William St./Blackburn/____ in India ink on bottom.

Ex Noble 90 (31 March 2009), lot 656.