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The E-Sylum: Volume 11, Number 6, February 10, 2008, Article 16 REFERENCES ON THE DRAKE MAP MEDAL Regarding the earlier discussion of the Drake Map medal by Alan Weinberg and others, John W. Adams writes: "The best reference on the Drake Map Medal is in Milford Haven's British Naval Medals. His #2 has an excellent image and an even better historical description. The Marquess rates Drake as England's finest naval officer ever. Additional auction records in my files include: 1) J Schulman, 4/10/05, lot 18. This is the van Doorninck collection and the item is plated. 2) Samuel Freeman, 6/15/36, the Charles Jeffery collection. I can't locate my copy of the sale but my recollection is that the medal is not plated. 3) Christies, 4/4/67. The medal was sold directly to the Library of Congress at 12,200 pounds. 4) Christies 1971. This specimen was sold for the equivalent of $50,000 to a book dealer who, in turn, presented it to the Library of Congress; they now have two. "There is an additional example in private hands and thus, Alan, hope may spring eternal." MORE ON THE DRAKE MAP MEDAL AND THE MERCATOR PROJECTION esylum_v11n04a18.html Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum | |
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