1851 Great Exhibition 89mm Council Medal - By W.Wyon

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Eimer 1455, BHM 2461.

89mm. Bronze. By W.Wyon.

Reverse showing standing figures of Commerce and Industry, their hands clasped, each crowned by Britannia. Edge reads 'Peter Lawson & Son. Class III. Council Medal of The Exhibition'.

Heavy edge knock at 2 o'clock on obverse otherwise Extremely Fine with a nice olive tone and very rare. By far the rarest of the 1851 Great Exhibition Medals with only 174 awarded, compared with 2918 prize medals.