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One of the coolest things I've bought in a while...

MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,331 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I don't do a lot of SSP around here, but this one's too cool to hold back. Purchased last month, just arrived this week.

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From the auction catalog: "Plaster model of the 'Jubilee Head' of Queen Victoria, by Joseph Edgar Boehm, bust left wearing Imperial crown and veil, signed on shoulder JEB, a roughly oval piece of plaster 117mm. x 92mm."

The piece was consigned by a member of the Wyon family, along with other works by William and L.C. Wyon.

And what was a piece created by Boehm doing in the Wyon estate? I quote:

"1887 was also Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee year,after having appeared as a teenager on sovereigns for 50 years. a new portrait was introduced. The new portrait by Joseph Edgar Boehm was engraved by L.C. Wyon using the new reduction punch from a plaster model." (Quoted from (these guys))

And the end result, as most of us know, was this...


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Cool, eh? image
Andy Lustig

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  • Rickc300Rickc300 Posts: 876 ✭✭
    Very cool indeed and thank you for the knowledge! image

    Rick
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  • GarneteyeGarneteye Posts: 1,168
    Awsome, thanks for posting.

    Dan
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  • mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭
    Cool!

    Coin's for sale/trade.


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  • BailathaclBailathacl Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭

    Wonderful item!

    Your citation links to the website of our very own Cruzi, noted Down-Under Dark-Sider.

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  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    A very special itemimage

    Another use of that Boehm bust is also illustrated on this Official Jubilee medal done by L.C. Wyon

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    1887 Golden Jubilee by L. C. Wyon

    This is the Official Royal Mint medallion issued to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887. Bronze, 77mm diameter, 225 gms., Mintage of only4257 pieces, struck in high relief. British Historical Medals # 3219

    The medal was engraved by L. C. Wyon after the portrait bust of Sir J. E. Boehm and the reverse design of Sir Frederick Leighton. the reverse shows a figure representing the British Empire enthroned with the sea as background. The other figures represent Commerce, The genius of Electricity and Steam, Industry and Agriculture, Science and Letters and Art. The shields below bear the names of the 5 continents over which the British Empire extends.
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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,443 ✭✭✭✭✭
    very cool

    Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

  • StorkStork Posts: 5,206 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Thanks for the medal link as well, what a great piece of numismatic history!



    Cathy

  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    Yep, very image
    Becky
  • HussuloHussulo Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭
    spectacular find. Congrats!
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  • JZraritiesJZrarities Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭

    Cool Meter:

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  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,738 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What a fantastic piece of history, Andy image

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  • WWWWWW Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭
    That is indeed cool. How is it stored? I would be afraid of breaking it.
  • koincollectkoincollect Posts: 446 ✭✭✭


    << <i>That is indeed cool. How is it stored? I would be afraid of breaking it. >>



    My very thoughts. Very cool piece.
  • spinaker2000spinaker2000 Posts: 4,329 ✭
    Major "you suck!!" image
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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,331 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How is it stored? I would be afraid of breaking it.

    It's bubble-wrapped and boxed. It will be fine.

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,443 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Text

    Andy...

    Just don't start with Steins...image

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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,331 ✭✭✭✭✭
    BTW, the Boehm plaster was not my favorite item in the collection. This was:

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    Unfortunately, someone else wanted Wyon's "Young Head" model just a bit more than I did.
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
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    That is to die for.
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  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
    very cool, you are a tru numismatist
    I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
    I give away money. I collect money.
    I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.




  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,331 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is to die for.

    I know that one day I'm going to regret not stretching, but it just didn't make sense for me right now. It's exactly the same as when I tried to buy Selig's Three Graces Crown in white metal. The coin would probably grade PR68CAM or better. That is, if removed from the lunette in which it was housed since the day it was struck! At the time, it was just too pricey, but I wish I had not let that stop me.
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • CruziCruzi Posts: 460


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    Very, very cool items, wish I'd looked at that auction, absolutely green with envy.


    Info provided earlier in thread probably came from either Michael Marsh or Christopher Challis.
  • Silvereagle82Silvereagle82 Posts: 1,219 ✭✭✭
    Thanks for sharing !!
  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭


    << <i>BTW, the Boehm plaster was not my favorite item in the collection. This was:

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    Unfortunately, someone else wanted Wyon's "Young Head" model just a bit more than I did. >>




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    The Boehm plaster is tres cool, but this one you will definitely regret.

    And to think I was lusting for a mere Franklin terracota.........

    BTW, both are definitely "11" on Fatman's scale.
  • RareBronzeCollectorRareBronzeCollector Posts: 1,270


    << <i>A very special itemimage

    Another use of that Boehm bust is also illustrated on this Official Jubilee medal done by L.C. Wyon

    imageimage


    1887 Golden Jubilee by L. C. Wyon

    This is the Official Royal Mint medallion issued to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887. Bronze, 77mm diameter, 225 gms., Mintage of only4257 pieces, struck in high relief. British Historical Medals # 3219

    The medal was engraved by L. C. Wyon after the portrait bust of Sir J. E. Boehm and the reverse design of Sir Frederick Leighton. the reverse shows a figure representing the British Empire enthroned with the sea as background. The other figures represent Commerce, The genius of Electricity and Steam, Industry and Agriculture, Science and Letters and Art. The shields below bear the names of the 5 continents over which the British Empire extends. >>






    Lovely medal.... Wouldn't mind having one myself.....
  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    RBC--you just missed the sale of my other one. It went to a forum member. image They do come up on ebay now and then. Expect to pay close to $300 for an example such as this one with the box.
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  • drjulesdrjules Posts: 1,683
    Seriously cool, thanks for sharing. Is that your photo or the one from the auction catalog?

    Dr J
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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,331 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is that your photo or the one from the auction catalog?

    Photos are from the auction catalog. I don't even own a camera.
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • RareBronzeCollectorRareBronzeCollector Posts: 1,270


    << <i>RBC--you just missed the sale of my other one. It went to a forum member. image They do come up on ebay now and then. Expect to pay close to $300 for an example such as this one with the box. >>




    Thanks .... I'm not really into medals, but this one is nice and ties in with my Victorian coins.....

    PS: I was checking your website (linked on the new British Coins Forum)... that 1858 arts medal looks like one I sold several years ago..... can't find the images from that auction though.... so I can't confirm it.....
  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,972 ✭✭✭
    Different but very nice - and interesting.
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,331 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And to think I was lusting for a mere Franklin terracota.........

    See lot 1545 in the upcoming Smythe auction!
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    "I was checking your website (linked on the new British Coins Forum)... that 1858 arts medal looks like one I sold several years ago..... can't find the images from that auction though.... so I can't confirm it..."


    Don't you mean the 1856, and which one , the copper or gold?image
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