NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: JULY 16, 2023

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The E-Sylum: Volume 26, Number 29, July 16, 2023, Article 19

NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: JULY 16, 2023

Here's a selection of interesting or unusual items I came across in the marketplace this week. Tell us what you think of some of these. -Editor

The Telford Premium Medal

The Portland Collection, Commemorative Medals, Engineering: Bridges, Thomas Telford, the Telford Premium medal, struck in gold, of the Institute of Civil Engineers, instituted 1835, by J. S. & A. B. Wyon after William Wyon, awarded 1919-1920.

Bust of Thomas Telford l., rev. view of the Menai suspension bridge, shipping below on the Menai Straits, edge named, ‘JOHN KERR ROBERTSON, M. INST. C. E.', wt. 113.91gms.; 57.5mm. (BHM.1328; Eimer 1206), a superb medal, certified and graded by NGC as Mint State 63 (NGC 5878352-003).

Thomas Telford (1757-1834), FRS, FRSE, Scottish civil engineer, architect and road, bridge and canal builder.

Lt-Col. John Kerr Robertson (1878-1962) served his apprenticeship under Messrs Forman and McCall from 1896-1901. He worked on railways before, in 1902, becoming Assistant Engineer to the Clyde Navigation Trust. In 1904 he was appointed Assistant Engineer to the Railway Department of the Government of India, working there until 1914 when he moved to the Uganda Railways. In 1915 he received a temporary Commission as a Captain in the Royal Engineers, serving in the Adriatic, and Baltic Provinces. He remained in the army up to 1921 with, by then, the rank of Lt-Colonel. After receiving the medal, he continued his work on many overseas projects including Kenya, India and the Haifa-Baghdad Railway harbour works in Turkey.

Last week I opened this section with a Trinity College Dublin Gold Medal. Here's another interesting gold medal from the Baldwin's basement. -Editor

To read the complete item description, see:
THE TELFORD PREMIUM MEDAL, INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, GOLD PRIZE MEDAL 1919/20 (https://www.baldwin.co.uk/product/the-telford-premium-medal-institute-of-civil-engineers-gold-prize-medal-1919-20/)

John Milton Medal

John Milton, AE Medal c. 1740 by J. Dassier (MI I 564/229; Eimer 254). Good Very Fine, some cabinet friction.

Another medal from the Baldwin's basement. A coppery rub on Milton's nose. -Editor

To read the complete item description, see:
JOHN MILTON, AE MEDAL C. 1740 BY J. DASSIER (https://www.baldwin.co.uk/product/john-milton-ae-medal-c-1740-by-j-dassier/)

1928 Romanian Agriculture Medal

Lot 138: Medal, "Higher School of Agriculture Herastrau-Bucharest",
engraver Jeni Szirmai, 1928
A10 by Artmark
Bucuresti, Romania

I guess I'm on a medal kick this week. Here's an unsold lot from a July 14th sale. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
Lot 138: Medal, "Higher School of Agriculture Herastrau-Bucharest", engraver Jeni Szirmai, 1928 (https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/Medal,-Higher-School-of-Agriculture-Her-str-u-Bu-138-c-395475ABB4)

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