103241 | GREAT BRITAIN. Foundation of the City of London School bronze Medal.

103241  |  GREAT BRITAIN. Foundation of the City of London School bronze Medal. Issued 1837. City of London series (57mm, 76.74 g, 12h). By Benjamin Wyon.

 

CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL, façade of the school; in three lines in exergue, FOUNDED / BY THE CORPORATION / 1834 // FOR THE RELIGIOUS & VIRTUOUS EDUCATION OF BOYS & THEIR INSTRUCTION IN LITERATURE & USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, female allegory of Knowledge seated right, resting elbow upon Bible and instructing Youth standing to right, holding book and resting elbow upon plinth surmounted by civic coat-of-arms of London and inscribed IOHN / CARPENTER / 1447 in three lines; basket of scrolls to left, globe to right. Edge: Plain.

 

BHM 1680; Eimer 1279; Taylor 120a; Eidlitz 159; Welch 4. Gem Mint State. Glossy red-brown surfaces, with great depth imparted unto the building façade. Though not as scarce as many of the other medals in the City of London series, this is an unusually superb, problem free representative of the type.

 

Ex: Presidential Coin & Antique 83 (22 June 2013), lot 342.

 

Authorized by the Royal Entertainments Committee, the Corporation of the City of London published numerous medals from 1831 to 1893 to commemorate important events in the life of the city, with this type serving as the fourth in the series. These medals specifically were used as School prizes across various subjects throughout the second half of the 19th century.

 

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