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    Sale 1302

    ANCIENT, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN COINS AND COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS

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    27 March 2002

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    • Captain Cook's Second Voyage t
    Lot 685

    Captain Cook's Second Voyage to the Pacific, 1772, the 'Resolution and Adventure' Medal, bronze, 43 mm., probably by Matthew Boulton, laureate bust of George III right, rev. view of the frigates 'Resolution' and 'Adventure', SAILED FROM ENGLAND MARCH MDCCLXXII in exergue (Betts 552; BHM.165; MH 373), contemporary, but possibly not original, brass loop for suspension and probably intended for use in presentation to natives on the voyage, about very fine, extremely rare

    Price realised

    GBP 1,955

    Estimate

    GBP 800 - GBP 1,000

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    Captain Cook's Second Voyage to the Pacific, 1772, the 'Resolution and Adventure' Medal, bronze, 43 mm., probably by Matthew Boulton, laureate bust of George III right, rev. view of the frigates 'Resolution' and 'Adventure', SAILED FROM ENGLAND MARCH MDCCLXXII in exergue (Betts 552; BHM.165; MH 373), contemporary, but possibly not original, brass loop for suspension and probably intended for use in presentation to natives on the voyage, about very fine, extremely rare

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