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I'll start with a recent purchase from the FUN Show: a wedding medal of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Auguste Victoria.
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Prooflike White medal ( Only Metal type minted ) BHM#1992 Rarity "R" Rare. 45mm. 57.3 gms.
Obv. Conjoined heads of Victoria and Albert left
rev. depicts a clergyman holding the infant Prince before a font with Victoria and Albert in attendance, accompanied by 6 members of the congregation.
Albert Edward (1841-1910), later Edward VII. Born at Buckingham Palace, 9 November 1841. The birth of the Prince was greeted with much joy by the people since there had been no male heir born to a monarch since the birth of George the IVth in 1762. Large crowds gathered outside the palace and a salute was fired. A record of the event is to be found in the 'Gentlemen's Magazine' 1841. Vol II P. 643. The Prince was decreed Prince of Wales by patent under the Great Seal of 4 December 1841.
and a 1901 Victoria Death medal
Not listed in British Historical Medals so it's " Previously unknown" in rarity. This medal is Brass measures 22.5 mm 5.2 gms with Victoria on one side with date of death, on the other Edward and Alexandra . No artist name or initials.
and lastly 4 generations
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All three have very interesting histories and I would recommend looking them up on Wiki.
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is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
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Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, from a grand medal struck in 1845 to celebrate the New Hall and Library at Lincoln's Inn.
The magnificent new Tudor Revival hall was opened by Her Majesty Queen Victoria on October 30th of 1845. It took two and a half years to build, and was constructed to replace the 15th-century Old Hall, which had become too small for the Inn's growing membership. Measuring 120 feet long and 45 feet wide, it's the biggest hall of the Inns of Court.
(The "Inns of Court" were founded in London during the Middle Ages. Essentially, they were hostels where student laywers could lodge and eat during their years of study.)
The Great Hall still serves as a traditional hall in the Inns of Court. At Lincoln's Inn, barristers are also called to the Bar in a ceremony held four times a year.
Famous members of Lincoln's Inn include Thomas More (1477-1535), humanist and politician ... William Penn (1644-1718), founder of Pennsylvania ... David Garrick (1717-1771), actor ... Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), philosopher ... Charles Kingsley (1817-1875), author ... Wilkie Collins (1824-1889), author ... Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969), President of the United States of America ... Margaret Thatcher (1925-), first female British Prime Minister ... and Tony Blair (1953-), British Prime Minister.
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Edited to add: No, I don't own this coin, or anything this remotely old and rare
Alas, I am also still daydreaming about owning one of these
This medal commemorates the (re)Union of Lombardia-Venetia under Austria on 15 May 1815.
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Queen Victoria on a 1888 British Honduras Cent
On the obverse, a profile portrait of the king, wearing laurels, with the legend "Louis XIV - Roi de France - 1638-1715."
The reverse features a view of Le Chateau de Versailles with sun-illuminated angels holding aloft the French crown.
Louis XIV ruled France personally from 1661 until his death (prior to that his mother and her ministers acted as regents). His reign was marked by a series of wars that increased the land mass of France but left the kingdom financially unstable. Louis' persecution of Protestants cost him alliances in Europe, but his Court at Versailles was the most magnificent at the time. He was served by strong leaders such as Colbert (in financial affairs), Louvois (in the military), and Vauban (in fortifications). Versailles symbolizes the Sun King's important influence in France.
It was struck in 1986, back when Fergie was beloved in the United Kingdom... a "breath of fresh air" who brought new energy, humor, and vibrancy to the Royal Family when she married Prince Andrew. Of course, any royalwatcher knows the sad path that led from that day in July. Andrew was a modern-day "Sailor Prince," away at sea most of the year (Sarah says she only saw him 40 days out of 365), and with royal duties and engagements occupying some of that free time. Eventually, after several scandals, the couple separated, and the British media turned on the once-popular Duchess, ridiculing her taste in clothes, her physical appearance, and anything else they could sink their claws into.
Today she is known for her commercial, publishing, and charity work. Her daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie, are fifth and sixth in line to the British throne.
Here's King Wilhelm of Prussia (later the first German emperor of the Kaiserreich), with his queen... artfully contrived into a fashionable royalist lapel pin. (from an 1861 Prussian thaler; this piece was probably crafted while the United States was engaged in the Civil War)