British Monarchs: a quantity of Coronation and Jubilee commemorative medals, including: Coronation of George IV 1821, AE, 55mm, bust left, rev. sword and scepter under a crown on a plinth, Hardman D. Webb, small dent to neck, otherwise extremely fine; Coronation 1821 (2), AE, 48mm, laurelled head left, rev. coronation scene, one extremely fine, the other very fine; Coronation 1937 (2), AE, 44mm, the first with bust of Edward VIII, the second with conjoined busts of George VI and Elizabeth, common reverse showing Britannia beneath an arch presenting a crown, warship on the Thames beyond, the first with edge knock, otherwise both nearly extremely fine; and various others. [15]

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