Trial strike for a modern medal – HCR95681

Obverse

Inscription:

SHAKESPERE

Design:

bust of William Shakespeare, loosely after the Chandos portrait, right

Reverse

Information

Person

William Shakespeare (subject)

Dating

17th-19th centuries

Note

good degree of uncertainty over dating and material: tickets suggest c. 1864, BM suggest 17C (!), which the author finds less convincing; tickets "WM" for white metal, BM pewter

Period

Modern

Kind

medal

Metal

pewter

Reign

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

4.49

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition collection reference

084ZZZ

Acquisition date

6/2019

Source

J. Eric Engstrom

Acquisition credit

Presented by J. Eric Engstrom, 2019.

Acquisition note

J. Eric Engstrom Shakespeare Medal Collection

uniface

Source of portrait

Chandos portrait

Reference

British Museum Collection Online : https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1925-0712-1

Reference

Spink 390 : https://live.spink.com/lots/view/4-AS9ITE/pair-of-early-19th-century-shakespeare-obverse-die-trials-bronzed-lead-50mm-by-desboeufs-bu

Note:

lot 328

Contributors to this coin record

cgallacher