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Lot 2757: COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Charles Frederick Huth

Est: £80 GBP - £120 GBPSold:
Baldwin'sAdelphi, United KingdomMay 07, 2008

Item Overview

Description

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Charles Frederick Huth (1806-1895) and Frances Caroline Marshall (d. 1901), Golden Wedding, 1886, Silver Medal, by Allan Wyon, conjoined busts left, rev angel stands below palm holding conjoined armorial shields, IN JOYFUL CELEBRATION, 45mm (BHM 3205 Grueber EPM, p.322). Virtually mint state and one of only 15 specimens struck. Reginald Sebastian Huth (1853-1926) Banker, London representative of the Bank of Spain. The family business Frederick Huth & Co was first established by his grandfather in Corunna, Spain, in 1805. He came to London in 1809 and in 1814 he took John Frederick Grüning into partnership and the resulting firm, Huth & Company, was formed. Throughout the 19th century the firm is described in London directories as 'merchants'. In 1903 Reginald Huth changed the priorities and Frederick Huth & Co was established as a merchant bank. The bank was disolved in 1936 and absorbed into the British Overseas Bank and then, in turn, the Royal Bank of Scotland. A prolific collector of coins, his collection was sold at Sotheby's in three sales in April and June, 1927. He also commissioned a number of fantasy Pattern Coins and medals, manufactured by Spink and John Pinches.

Auction Details

Roman Silver Coins Rare English, Irish and South African Coins. And Naval Commemorative Medals, Military Medals

by
Baldwin's
May 07, 2008, 10:00 AM GMT

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