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Great Britain - 1809

Death of Matthew Boulton

Obverse

Obverse:

MATTHEW BOULTON / DIED AUGUST 17^TH 1809 / AGED 81 YEARS.

Size:

41 mm.

Reverse

Reverse:

Inscription within closed wreath IN / MEMORY / OF HIS / OBSEQUIES / AUG^ST 24^TH / 1809.

BHM:

AE 41 by the Soho Mint.
AE N.
AM; BM; BMAG.
E.P.M. 1888/86.


An entry in the Mint Memo Book has an entry for 23 August 1809 stating that some 530 'tokens' in memory of Mr. Boulton's decease and obsequies had been struck for distribution amongst Attendants and Workmen.'
The Gentlemen's Magazine for 1809, p. 883, records that 'On Thursday the 24th August the funeral of Mr. Boulton took place at the parish church of Hansworth. A numerous and most respectable assemblage of his friends and upwards of 500 of his work people attended. To each of these and all other individuals who attended the funeral, a medallic token was presented, recording the age of the deceased and the day of his death.'
See J. G. Pollard, 'Matthew Boulton and C. H. Küchler', Numismatic Chronicle, 1970, p. 311. See also note to No. 659.
from British Historical Medals, Volume 1, p. 163

Death of Matthew Boulton

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Death of Matthew Boulton

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