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1838 YH Victoria arrival

BHM #1834 , Rarity "RRR" Extremely Rare.

Brass 4 Grms. 22 mm.
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Reverse says " By Trampling on Liberty I lost the Reins" with St. George slaying the British Lion!

I have traced the saying back to a 1830 Medal BHM#1442 Earl Grey Appointed Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington was trampling the Lion on that piece.

It is also on a William the IIII medal BHM #1724

But,I have no idea as to the original meaning or why the medals were created with that mottoimage
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    1960NYGiants1960NYGiants Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭✭
    Nice.

    Here's one of my purchases from the 2006 CNA. Approx 45mm x 5mm thick, 39.9g, P.W. Ellis & Co. Toronto.

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    Gene

    Life member #369 of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association
    Member of Canadian Association of Token Collectors

    Collector of:
    Canadian coins and pre-confederation tokens
    Darkside proof/mint sets dated 1960
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    theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    That's a nice one alsoimage
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