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Great Britain - 1801

Union of Ireland with Great Britain

Obverse
Obverse:
A thistle, rose and shamrock sprouting from a single stem dividing a legend. MAY THIS / AND EVERY FUTURE / AGE / WITNESS THE PROSPERITY / OF THE / UNITED KINGDOMS. - JANUARY . 1 . 1801
Size:
38 mm.
Reverse
Reverse:
A figure of Time having dropped one hour-glass, receives another from a celestial hand.

Vern's Comments:

This is a white metal example.

BHM:

AR, AE, WM 38 by J. G. Hancock and P. Kempson.
AR RR; AE N; WM N.
F. XVIII/317. AM; BM; BMAG; FM; HC; NMA; NMI.
 
See note to No. 523.
from British Historical Medals, Volume I, p. 128