British medal – HCR95798

Obverse

Inscription:

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE / SOULE OF THE AGE / THE APPLAUSE DELIGHT / THE WONDER OF OUR STAGE / MY SHAKESPEARE RISE / BEN JONSON / GLOBE THEATRE / SWAN THEATRE / P. VINCZE

Design:

bust of William Shakespeare within a roundel, facing; flanked by roundels with bird's eye views of the Globe and Swan Theatres; below, the masks of Comedy and Tragedy; quotation by Ben Jonson; above, "William Shakespeare" in the form of a banner

Reverse

Inscription:

A MIDSUMMER / NIGHT'S DREAM / P. VINCZE

Design:

scene from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Information

Person

William Shakespeare (subject) , Paul Vincze (artist)

Dating

1960-1972

Note

Part of a set of medals designed by the sculptor Paul Vincze for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. YUGA (Yale) has it that these were manufactured in the United States, but notes suggest they are struck by Pinches, which would point to a UK point of manufacture (pre-1969, which was the point of the Franklin Mint takeover).

Period

Modern

Kind

medal

Metal

silver

Reign

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

74.62

Diameter (mm)

55.8

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition collection reference

SBT12 = B7

Acquisition date

6/2019

Source

J. Eric Engstrom

Acquisition credit

Presented by J. Eric Engstrom, 2019.

Acquisition note

J. Eric Engstrom Shakespeare Medal Collection

Source of portrait

First Folio portrait by Droeshout

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Reference

Fox, Levi - 1982 - Paul Vincze's Shakespeare medals : in the Shakespeare centre at Stratford-upon-Avon :

Contributors to this coin record

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