MAY OUR HAPPY CONSTITUTION IN CHURCH AND STATE EVER CONTINUE UNIMPAIRED/ CHURCH AND KING CLUB MANCHESTER: crowned robed figure of a king standing holding a scroll
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THE THIRD ATTEMPT OF THE DISSENTERS IN THE SHORT PERIOD OF THREE YEARS TO OBTAIN A REPEAL OF THE CORPORATION AND TEST ACTS THOSE BARRIERS OF THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION WAS FRUSTRATED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS BY A MAJORITY OF CLXXXIX MARCH MDCCXC
BY DEEDS OF PEACE; in ex., PENNSYLVANIA/ SETLED(sic.)/ 1681: On l., a "Friend" facing r., clasping r. hands with an Indian, who rests l. hand on top of bow.
BY A ZEALOUS EXERTION OF PATIENCE PERSERVERANCE AND INTREPIDITY AFTER CONTENDING WITH AN UNPARALLELED SUCCESSION OF DANGERS AND DIFFICULTIES IN THE DEFENSE OF GIBRALTAR DURING A BLOCKADE AND SIEGE OF ALMOST FOUR YEARS THE GARRISON UNDER THE AUSPICES OF GEORGE III TRIUMPHED OVER THE COMBINED POWERS OF FRANCE AND SPAIN: British lion holding the shield of Gilbraltar lying
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BATTERING SHIPS DESTROYED/ SEPTEMBER XIII MDCCLXXXII: plan of bay of Gilbraltar showing the position of batteries and ships
GVADALUPE . SURRENDERS; in ex., MAY . I . MDCCLIX: Britannia stands leaning upon spear, and facing l., clasping r. hand to that of kneeling figure on l., who holds cluster of sugar canes; at r., shield with British crosses.
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In perpendicular lines reading upward, on l., MOORE;, and on r., BARRINGTON, r.; in ex., SOC . PROM . ARTS/ AND . COMMERCE: Pallas, helmeted, facing l., with trident in r, hand and antique standars in l. hand; her r. fott rests upon the prow of a galley
Diameter (in mm)
39.8
Weight (in gr.)
30.37
Reference
Betts.417, Eimer.22, MI.427
Provenance
John J. Ford, Jr. Coll., A.H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 22 July, 1965
