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 and Medallists whose period of activity extended from before the 
 middle of the eighteenth century to almost the end of the nineteenth 
 century. Their ancestor, as far as England is concerned, a Silver 
 Chaser by profession, came to England from Cologne, Germany, 
 during the reign of King George the Second and he is personally 
 associated in the traditions of the family with that monarch. The 
 Rev. Walter James Wyon, M . A . , Rector of Ufford, Suffolk, who 
 is at this date (1914) the senior representative of the English 
 Wyons, has examined the civic archives of Cologne, especially 
 those connected with Saint Columba's Church there and is satisfied 
 that the before-mentioned ancestor was the third son of that 
 George (I) Wyon who in the year 1705 married Maria Sibylla 
 Hemmerden. From this couple sprang a numerous family, and 
 during the eighteenth century the name occurs again and again in 
 the registers of births, marriages, and deaths of that famous city. 
 Peter George (II) Wyon was born in 1710 and died on the Island 
 of Saint Kitts, British West Indies, in 1744. Possibly ne mav be- 
 identified with the Peter Wyon who was some time employed at 
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 who came to England brought with him the little boy who grew 
 up to be George (III) Wyon and was buried in Birmingham in 
 1797. If this be the case then Peter George (II) Wyon who was 
 seventeen years of age when George the Second became King, may 
 not have come over at the accession, but afterwards, under his 
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 at the age of seventeen, then gone back to Germany, married, and 
 returned to England later with his wife and little son. 
 
 Two of George (III) Wyon's sons, Thomas and Peter 
 distinguished themselves, first of all at Birmingham, as Medallists 
 and Engravers of dies for the token coinage. Peter was the father of 
 William, the most famous of the artists of the name of Wyon, 
 whose title to glory lay in the last coinage of King George the 
 Fourth, the coinage of King William the Fourth and the early r 
 coinage of Queen Victoria. Thomas (I), Benjamin, Joseph Shepherd, 
 Alfred Benjamin, and Allan Wyon all held the office of Chief 
 Engravers of His or Her Majesty's Seals; Thomas (II) Junior, and 
 William Wyon were Chief Engravers of the Royal Mint, which 
 office became extinct after the death of William ; Leonard Charles 
 Wyon served from 1851 to 1891 at the Mint in the same capacity, 
 while James (II) was also employed there. 
 
 The present representative of the name, Mr. Allan Gairdner Wyon, 
 Medallist and Sculptor, has been an exhibitor at the Royal Academy 
 since 1908, and continues with marked success the artistic 
 achievements connected with his family for nearly two centuries. 
 
 The genealogical table (p. 4) gives the pedigree of the artists 
 of the Wyon family, and has been compiled by the senior 
 representative, the Rev. Walter James Wyon, to whom I beg to 
 tender here my best thanks. 
 
 I have also to acknowledge the courtesy of Mr. A. G. Wyon, w r ho 
 has kindly read through my MS. and furnished me with valuable 
 help and information during the preparation of my paper. 
 
 For detailed information concerning the designs of many of the 
 coins issued for currency and also of the pattern coins struck from 
 dies prepared by members of the Wyon family I refer my readers 
 to the following publications : - 
 
 Spink and Son, Limited : 
 
 " Catalogue witli numerous illustrations of a Collection of 
 Milled English Coins dating from the reign of George I to that of 
 Her Present Majesty (Queen Victoria) and including Patterns and 
 Proofs of coins of that period in gold, silver, bronze, etc. Formed 
 by H. Montagu, Esq., F.S.A. (Vice-President of the Numismatic 
 Society of London "). 
 
 London : Spink and Son. 1891. 
 
 Hyman Montagu : 
 
 " The Copper Tin and Bronze Coinage and Patterns for Coins of 
 England from the reign of Elizabeth to that of Her Present 
 Majesty. " (Queen Victoria). 
 
 London : Bernard Quaritch. 1893.
 
 Spink and Son, Limited : 
 
 " Catalogues of the Valuable Collection of Coins and Medals 
 the property of the late John G. Murdoch, Esq., Member of the 
 Numismatic Society of London ". 
 
 London : Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge. 1903 and 1904. 
 
 William John Hocking : 
 
 " Catalogue of the Coins, Tokens, Medals, Dies and Seals in 
 the Museum of the Royal Mint ". Two Volumes : 
 London : Wyman and Sons, Limited. 1906 and 1910. 
 
 Henry Garside : 
 
 Articles in the "Numismatic Circular". 
 London : Spink and Son, Limited. 1907 and after. 
 Much valuable matter respecting medals by members of the Wyon 
 family will also be found in some of the foregoing works. 
 
 WYON, ALFRED BENJAMIN (Brit.). Second son of Benjamin 
 Wyon, and a brother of Joseph Shepherd and Allan Wyon; born 
 in London on 28 th September 1837, died on 4 th June 1884. He was 
 for some years a student in the School of Painting at the Royal Aca- 
 demy, and learned the art of die-engraving under his father. From 
 31" July 1865, he was associated with his brother, Joseph S. 
 Wyon, as Chief-Engraver of the Seals, becoming sole Engraver on 
 23 rd October 1873, an ffi ce which he retained until his death. He 
 was succeeded by his younger brother, Allan Wyon, who was 
 appointed on 2o th June 1884. 
 
 Alfred Benjamin Wyon attained great eminence as an Engraver 
 and Medallist, but his principal delight was in seals and sigillography. 
 He compiled a valuable work on the "Great Seals of England", 
 completed and published in 1887 by Allan Wyon. 
 
 The great seal of Queen Victoria, prepared in 1878, was the work 
 of A. B. Wyon. 
 
 Alfred Benjamin Wyon was a partner of Joseph Shepherd in the 
 Die-sinking business, inherited from their father Benjamin, and 
 founded in London by Thomas Wyon senior. Shortly before the 
 death of Joseph Shepherd, a third brother, Allan, entered the works 
 to assist Alfred Benjamin. 
 
 Among the many important medals engraved by Alfred Ben- 
 jamin Wyon, the following are the best known : Entry of the 
 Princess Alexandra into the City, 1863 (T$L. only); Reception of 
 the Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Aziz, 1867(1^, only) ; Thanksgiving 
 for Prince of Wales's Recovery, 1872 (in collaboration with J. S. 
 Wyon); Reception of Nasr-ed-din, Shah of Persia, 1873;
 
 Opening of the New City of London School, 1882 ; Opening ot 
 the new Council Chamber, Guildhall, London, 1884 ; - - C. R. 
 Leslie, R.A.; fy. The Sentry Box, Art Union of London, 1870 
 (/' I lust rated); Thomas Brown ; The Stationers' School Prize Medal 
 founded, 1871 (in collab. with T. Stothard) ; William Branwhite 
 Clarke; Royal Society of New South Wales, Prize Medal, 1878 
 
 C.R. Leslie, by A.B. Wyon. 
 
 (J. S. & A. B. Wyon) ; Earl and Countess Dufferin; Prize Medal, 
 1873 (obv. by A. B. Wyon; I. by J. S. and A. B. Wyon); 
 John Gibson, R. A., 1789-1866; tyL. The Hunter; Art Union 
 of London, 1874 (illustrated); - - Daniel Maclise R. A.; I$L. The 
 prison scene in Hamlet; Art Union medal, 1878 (illustrated); -
 
 E. H. Baily, R. A., 1788-1867; ^L. Eve, Art Union of London 
 1882 (illustrated); Medal of the University of Glasgow (J. S. & 
 A. B. Wyon); -- D r William Keith, 1802-1872; The Keith 
 Medal, Aberdeen University (J-S. & A.B. Wyon); Ayrshire 
 Agricultural Association Prize Medal; Me Gill University, 
 
 John Gibson, by A.B. Wyon. 
 
 Montreal; Prize Medal for Jurisprudence, 1864 (J. S. & A. B. 
 Wyon); Catholic Commercial Academy, Montreal; The Edw. 
 Murphy Prize Medal founded 1873 (J-S.&A.B. Wyon); Indian 
 Chiefs Medal, with bust of Queen Victoria, 1867 (obv. by J. 
 S . Wyon ; fyL. by J . S . & A . B . Wyon) ; several varieties exist
 
 of these medals (cf. Leroux, N os 1185-1192); - - High School 
 for Girls, Montreal, founded 1875 ; Prize Medal for general 
 proficiency (J.S. & A.B. Wyon); -- Lord and Lady Lansdowne; 
 Canadian Presentation Medal, 1884 (J.S. & A.B. Wyon); 
 Princess Louise and Marquis of Lome ; Canadian Medal of 
 
 Daniel Maclise, by A. B. Wyon. 
 
 Merit (J.S. & A.B. Wyon); Magna Charta Angliae, Law 
 Society, Ontario (J.S. & A.B. Wyon) ; Neil Arnott, physician, 
 1788-1874 ; University of London, Arnott medal 1869 ; John 
 Jeremiah Bigsby, geologist, 1792-1881; -- D r John Howard; Sta- 
 tistical Society Medal; -- Sir William- Lawrence, surgeon, 1783- 
 1867; David Livingstone (several varieties); Recovery of the
 
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 Prince of Wales, 1872; Canadian medal (several varieties; by J.S. 
 & A.B. Wyon in collaboration) ; D r Thomas Alexander; Netley 
 Hospital; D r F.S. Arnott, Bombay (J.S. & A.B. Wyon); 
 William Baly, physician. 1814-1861 (J.S. & A.B. Wyon); - 
 William Senfiouse Kirkes, physician, London, 1823-1864 (J.S. & 
 
 E.H.Baily, by A.B. Wyon. 
 
 A.B. Wyon); D r Sir J. R. Martin, Netley Hospital; D r G. 
 
 D. Langstaff, Chem. Society, London (after A. Bruce-Joy); D. 
 
 E. A. Parkes, 1819-1876; D r J. Propert, Epsom; Sir Dig 
 Bijay Singh; -- D r William S. Tuke, London; Medal of the 
 British Medical Association (J.S. & A . B . Wyon) ; Medal of the
 
 Psychological Association (J.S. & A.B. Wyon); Marriage Medal 
 ot Arthur, Duke of Connaught with Princess Louise Margaret of 
 Prussia, 13. March 1879 (J.B. & A.B. Wyon); New Zealand 
 War Medal, 1846-1866 (J.S. & A.B. Wyon); -- Abyssinian 
 War Medal, 1867-1868 (J.S. & A.B. Wyon); Trinity College, 
 Dublin, Greek Medal, Berkeley Prize (J.S. & A.B. Wyon), etc. 
 
 The medals issued by the firm of J. S. and A.B. Wyon, which 
 continued under the same name, after J. S. Wyon's death in 1873 
 and even for some little time during Allan Wyon's management 
 are usually signed J. S. & A. B. WYON, and it is therefore a mistake 
 to connect the medals struck after 1873 with Joseph Shepherd's 
 work. 
 
 BIBLIOGRAPHY. W. W. Wroth, Diet. Nat. Biography, LXIII, 268. Numis- 
 matic Chronicle, 1885, Proceedings, p. 26. Charles Welch, Numismata Londi- 
 nensia, 1894. H. A. Grueber, Personal Medals. Cochran-Patrick, Medals of 
 Scotland. Leroux, Me'daillier du Canada. Personal Notes of D* R. H. Storer. 
 Marvin, Masonic Medals, 1880. Menadier, Schaumun^en des Hauses Hohen- 
 ^ollern, 1901. H. A. Grueber, British Museum Guide. Wyon, Great Seals of 
 England, p. 190. Hocking, Royal Mint Museum Catalogue, 1910. Frazer, 
 Medallists of Ireland. 
 
 WYON, ALLAN (Brit.). (1843-1907). A younger son of Benjamin 
 Wyon, and a brother of Joseph Shepherd and Alfred Benjamin ; 
 
 Jubilee Medal of the Young Men's Christian Association, 1894. 
 
 born on 4 th July 1843, died on 25 th January 1907. He joined the 
 business of his two brothers in 1872, shortly before the death of 
 Joseph Shepherd, and on his decease was succeeded by his son, 
 Mr. Allan Gairdner Wyon. 
 
 Allan Wyon was appointed Chief Engraver of Her Majesty's seals 
 on 20 th June 1884.
 
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 There is a Portrait-medal of him by his son, Mr. A. G. Wyon. 
 
 Allan Wyon joined the Numismatic Society of London in 1885, 
 was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1889, being 
 already a Fellow of the kindred Society in Scotland. For many 
 years he was a member of the British Archaeological Association, 
 of which at one time, he was a Vice-President (1883-1897) and 
 Honorary Treasurer (1881-1895), and to which he communicated 
 several papers, mainly on sphragistic subjects. 
 
 His name will ever be recollected as joint author with his brother 
 Alfred Benjamin Wyon of an important work on the ' Great Seals 
 of England'. 
 
 Allan Wyon w r as the Engraver of numerous important seals, and 
 of the dies of many medals, among which I may mention the 
 Darwin Medal of the Royal Society, 1882; -- George Williams, 
 Jubilee Medal of the Young Men's Christian Association, 6. June 
 1894 (illustrated}-, D r George Edwin Coulthard, Frederickton, 
 New Brunswick (1849-1900); - - Charles Frederick Huth and 
 Frances Caroline Marshall, Golden Wedding, 1886 (signed : 
 ALLAN WYON); Queen Victoria Jubilee 1887 ; Medals of varied 
 types; Queen Ranavalo III. of Madagascar, 1895; David 
 Livingstone, Glasgow (A.J.N. 763-4); - - D r Walter Moxon, 
 London, 1836-1886 (A. J. N. 794; in Boston Collection); - 
 D r W. B. Cheadle (A.J.N. 1495); - - E. Jenner, Medal of the 
 Epidemiological Society of London, 1896 (A.J.N. 1497); 
 David Livingstone, Hampstead Prize (A.J.N. 1498); - - Ibid., 
 several varieties (A.J. N. 763-4); D r J. H. Steel, Medal of the 
 Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, London (A.J.N. 1501); 
 Hampstead Hospital (A.J.N. 1508); - Medical Department 
 Yorkshire College (A.J.N. 730; in Boston Collection); 
 D r J. M. Purser, Trinity College, Dublin, 1899 ; D r G. D. Long- 
 staff, London, 1889 (AJ.N. 782 ; Boston); D r J. S. Bristowe, 
 St. Thomas' Hospital (A.J.N. 799) ; Plague at Hong Kong, 1 894 
 (A.J.N. 1184); D r Golding Bird, London, 1887 (after Leonard 
 Charles Wyon; A.J.N. 605) ; Marriage of Princess Beatrice to 
 Prince Henry of Battenberg, 1885; -- Commemoration of the 
 founding and endowment of the Whitworth Scholarships by 
 Sir Joseph Whitworth, Bart., from designs by Sir E. J. Poynter, 
 P. R. A., etc. 
 
 BIBLIOGRAPHY. As Alfred Benjamin Wyon's. Page 11. 
 
 WYON, ALLAN GAIRDNER (Brit.'). Eldest son of Allan Wyon, 
 Sculptor and Medallist, born on ist. June 1882 ; studied in London 
 at the Royal Academy from 1905 to 1909; worked as assistant 
 sculptor in the studio of Mr. Hamo Thornycroft R.A., 1910-1911; 
 resides at 2 Langham Chambers, Portland Place, London W. Was
 
 awarded the Landseer scholarship and a silver Medal in 1908 for a 
 model of a head from life; First Prize and a silver Medal for a set of 
 life studies in 1909; and in the same year also a First Prize for a 
 figure design. 
 
 As a sculptor he has exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1908: 
 Herakles rescuing Alcestis from Hades (1911), a group; Mrs. 
 Eliot Reed, a bust in marble (1912), etc. 
 
 His chief medallic productions consist of numerous ecclesiastical 
 and other seals, and many medals among which may be mentioned : 
 Carilaos Tricoupi, 1907; Prof. Walter F. R. Weldon, M.A. 
 D. Sc., 1908 ; Miss Janet Whyte, 1909 ; Allan Wyon, 1907 ; 
 Head of H. M. King George V., 1911; The Stationers' 
 Company (1912); Royal International Horticultural Exhibition, 
 1912. The last three medals, in silver were exhibited at the Royal 
 Academy, 1912; Sir James Hector, New Zealand Institute, 1912. 
 
 Mr. Allan G. Wyon, though his taste lies more in sculpture, 
 shows undoubted talent in the modelling of medallions, plaquettes, 
 and other small works. In his varied productions one can perceive 
 the process that leads to success. His bust of King George shows 
 concentration of thought and energy, and displays all the qualities 
 that reveal an artist qualified to transfer to the imperishable stone 
 or metal the transitory vision of every spectacle that strikes his eye. 
 
 WYON, ANNE (1767-1835) nee AVERY (Brit.). Wife of Thomas 
 Wyon the elder, and the mother of Benjamin. She obtained in 1821 
 the Silver Medal of the Royal Society of Arts for Modelling Wax 
 Flowers (Journal of the R. Society of Arts, June 14, 1912, p. 754). 
 
 WYON, BENJAMIN (Brit.). Second ' son of Thomas Wyon the 
 elder, was born in John Street, Blackfriars, London, on 9. January 
 1802, died on 21. November 1858. He received instruction from his 
 elder brother, Thomas Wyon the younger, and in 1819 and 1821 
 was awarded the gold medal of the Society of Arts for medal dies 
 of figures. He also gained the silver medal of the Royal Academy 
 for a die with the head of Apollo. 
 
 He succeeded his father as Chief Engraver of the Seals, being 
 appointed on 10. January 1831, and cut the Great Seal of 
 William IV. Subsequently he engraved many dies of medals, which 
 are usually signed : B. WYON, BENJ. WYON, WYON, B. WYON S., 
 etc. 
 
 Benjamin Wyon was married twice, first to a Miss French, and 
 secondly to H. O. Shepherd in 1835, by whom he was the father 
 
 I. He was the second that grew up, but sons born before him died in infancy.
 
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 of Joseph Shepherd Wyon, Alfred Benjamin Wyon, ? and Allan 
 Wyon ; he succeeded to his father, Thomas Wyon, senior's, business. 
 
 Visit of the Emperor ano Em^re-s of the French 
 to the Guildhall, 19. April 1855.
 
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 Among this artist's most important medallic productions are : 
 Visit of George IV. to Ireland, 1821 (obv. only; ty*. by Mills; 
 published by Hamy and Mann, of Dublin). A specimen in bronze 
 in the Frazer Collection had the edge inscribed : IRISH COPPER FROM 
 
 Sir John Vanbrugh. 
 THE MINES IN THE COUNTY OF WICKLOW ; Opening of London 
 
 Bridge, 1831 ;-- Passing of Reform Bill, 1832; -- Foundation of 
 City of London School, 1834; Pollock Prize Medals, 1842; - 
 Opening of London Coal Exchange, 1849; Shakespeare Prize, 
 City of London School ; Visit of Napoleon III. and the Empress 
 Eugenie to Queen Victoria, 1855 (illustrated); -- Visit of Victor 
 Emmanuel II., King of Sardinia to London, 1855 ; The 
 
 reverse of the Crimean Medal ; - Wicklow Agricultural Medal
 
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 (signed: WYON); Rev. Robert Fellowes, King's College, 
 London; D r James Burnes, Bombay, 1849; Medal of the 
 Montrose Academy, presented by the Masons of Western India 
 (A.J.N. 614); - - D r John Hunter, Leeds School of Medicine 
 (A.J.N. 729); Yorkshire College, School of Medicine (A. J.N. 
 730); Sir Jansetjii Jijibhai, Grant Medical College, Bombay 
 (A.J.N. 745 ; Boston); D r John Me Lennan, Calcutta (A.J.N. 
 788); Charing Cross Hospital, London, Medical School (A.J.N. 
 913; Boston); London Hospital, School of Medicine (A.J.N. 
 918; Boston); D r Thomas Henry Huxley, Charing Cross 
 Hospital, Medical School (A.J.N. 1496); -- Medal of the Royal 
 Botanic Society of London, 1839; Lord George Bentinck, 1802- 
 1848; Sir William Chambers, Somerset House rebuilt, 1781 ; 
 Art Union of London 1857 ; Sir George Chetwynd, Bart. 1783- 
 1850, Grendon Hall, 1833 ; -- Tribute to Charles Hutton, LL.D. 
 1737-1823 (signed : B. WYON SC. T. WYON DIR. 1821); Shake- 
 speare Prize Medal of the City of London School, 1851; Coro- 
 nation Medal of George IV., 1821 (obv. T. WYON JDN R ; !. B. 
 WYON); Medal on the Erection of Brighthelmstone Pier, 1823 ; 
 
 Marriage Medal of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 1840; - 
 Medal of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and 
 Architecture, 1833; designed by J. Noel Paton ; signed: BENJ. 
 WYON SC. ; University of Glasgow, The Cleland Prize Medal; 
 
 Montrose Academy, The Sir Edward Colebrooke Prize ; 
 Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life; Duke of 
 Wellington, Cinque Ports Banquet at Dover, 1839; -- Sir John 
 Vanbrugh, I$6. View of Blenheim Palace (illustrated}', Madras 
 Exhibition, undated (Bust of Queen Victoria) ; Sir Christopher 
 Wren ; Toronto University, Prize Medals (several varieties) ; 
 Indian Chiefs Medal, with bust of Queen Victoria ; signed : B. WYON 
 (Leroux, p. 159); Sunbury (Canada) Grammar School, Prize 
 Medal, 1868 (Ler., p. 234) ; Whitehaven Junction Railway 
 Company, 1844; Visit of Queen Victoria to the Guildhall, 1837 ; 
 
 - Christening of the Prince of Wales, 1843 ; Church Mission- 
 ary Society, Jubilee Medal 1848; Board of Trade, Life Saving 
 Medal (two types ; dies preserved in the Royal Mint) ; Winchester 
 School, Prize Medal ; University of London, Prize Medal, etc. 
 Benjamin Wyon designed and engraved the Great Seals of 
 George IV., 1821, William IV., 1831, and Queen Victoria, 1837. 
 
 BIBLIOGRAPHY. W. W. Wroth, Did. Nat. Biography, LXIII, 268. Gentle- 
 man's Magazine, 1859, 1, 97, no. Daily News, 25. November 1858. Wyon, 
 Great Seals, &c., p. 190. Welch, Numismata Londinensia. Frazer, Medallists 
 of Ireland. D r R. H. Storer's Notes. Numismatic Chronicle, 1888-92. 
 Cochran-Patrick, Medals of Scotland. Leroux, Medaillier du Canada, 1892. 
 Singer, Allgemeines Kunstter-Lexicon, 1901. W. J. Hocking, Royal Mint Museum 
 Catalogue,
 
 WYON, EBERHARD (or EVERHARD)(G^rw.).Line-engraver of some 
 repute, who was working at Cologne, circ. 1721-1767. Nagler and 
 Schlickeysen describe him as a Mint-engraver there from 1764 to 
 1766, and his name in full appears amongst others on a Conventions 
 Gulden of Archbishop Maximilian Friedrich, 1764 (illustrated). 
 
 This artist's daughter, Maria Elizabeth, distinguished herself 
 also as a Line-engraver, 1738-1750. 
 
 In 1742 a Wyon signed a Cologne Proclamation Medal of 
 Emperor Charles VII. This is probably Peter Wyon (q. v.) whose 
 name occurs as a Line-engraver and Die-cutter at Cologne, circ. 
 1727-1742. No doubt Eberhard and Peter Wyon were related to 
 one another, but I have been unable to trace their parentage. 
 
 Gulden of Maximilian Friedrich, Archbishop of Cologne, 1764. 
 
 It is also a question whether Peter George Wyon (q. v.) is the 
 Peter Wyon of the Cologne coins, or what relation he is to this 
 Engraver, and the other artists employed at the Cologne Mint in 
 the middle years of the eighteenth century. 
 
 WYON, EDWARD (Brit.). Probably a descendant of George (III) 
 Wyon (q. i 1 .); Chief of the Operative Department in the Imperial 
 Mint at Canton, who died at Kobe while spending a holiday there, 
 was a Birmingham man, and an account of his career was given in 
 " The Daily Post " newspaper of that city. 
 
 Edward Wyon commenced his business life about 1857 when he 
 was apprenticed to Ralph Heaton (who died in 1891), of the 
 Birmingham Mint, who in that year furnished a mint in Marseilles 
 with machinery to strike bronze coins, having received a contract 
 from the French Government to convert the copper coin into 
 bronze. In the early part of 1864 Wyon was sent to Burmah by 
 his employers to superintend the erection and equipment of a Mint 
 for the Burmese Government. That the work was satisfactorily
 
 performed may be gathered from the following quaint testimonial 
 which Messrs. R. Heaton and Sons subsequently received, the 
 "foreman'' referred to being Edward Wyon : 
 
 "We, the Atween Woon, Yay-Bhat-Myingi Woon, Yaw-Myoya- 
 Min, and Mingee-Muilha-Maha-Sec, Burmese Ministers of State, 
 do hereby certify that the great merchant and his deputy undertook 
 in the name of the most powerful God (on oath) to purchase for 
 us instruments with which to coin money, and that they arrived 
 in this Heaven-like country in February, 1864. The said merchant 
 also sent out a foreman to manage our Mint, and he has proved 
 himself a most capable and able man in his business, and the 
 Ministers are therefore most thankful to God. Now, if they (the 
 parties above referred to) continue to perform these things relating 
 to God, they will confer benefit upon future generations. " 
 
 Edward Wyon was afterwards entrusted with the task of estab- 
 lishing a mint for the Republic of Colombia at Bogota. In 1888 
 Messrs. R. Heaton and Sons erected a mint for the Chinese 
 Government at Canton, which was at that time the largest mint 
 in the world. It was a great undertaking, but Edward Wyon was 
 equal to it, and he superintended the erection of machinery capable 
 of striking 2,700,000 coins per day. He was accompanied by a large 
 staff of men from Birmingham, including a chief caster, a roller, a 
 coiner, and a die-maker. They remained at Canton for two years, 
 and after instructing the Chinese in the manufacture of money the 
 party returned to England, with the exception of Edward Wyon 
 who entered the service of the Chinese Government as Chief 
 of the Operative Department. 
 
 He and his wife were besieged in Pekin during the Boxer rising, 
 and Mrs. Wyon died. Edward Wyon was contemplating retirement 
 to England when he died, in 1908. 
 
 WYON, EDWARD WILLIAM (Brit.'). Son of Thomas Wyon the 
 elder, and brother of Thomas Wyon the younger, and of Benjamin 
 Wyon. He distinguished himself as a sculptor. 
 
 WYON, FREDERICK WILLIAM (Brit.). Youngest son of William 
 Wyon died at his residence, 35 Lansdowne Rd., London W., on 
 14. March 1904, aged 70 years. He followed the legal profession, 
 and is known also as a writer and historian. 
 
 WYON, GEORGE (I). A native of Cologne, and the ancestor of the 
 English line of medallists and die-engraver of that name. 
 
 From the Cologne archives, the Rev. Walter James Wyon has 
 discovered that this George Wyon married in January 1705 Maria 
 Sybilla Hemmerden at Cologne, and that his third son was Peter 
 George Wyon, born 1710, died on St. Kitts, 1744.
 
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 WYON, GEORGE (II). Vidt WYON, PETER GEORGE. 
 
 WYON, GEORGE Till) (Brit.). Son of Peter George Wyon, and 
 still an infant at the time or his father's death; was apprenticed to 
 Hemmings, goldsmith to King George II. and about 1775 was 
 engaged by Mathew Boulton, in the manufacture of articles of 
 cornelian at Soho, near Birmingham. In 1780 he was residing at 
 79 Lichfield St., Birmingham, but in 1785 his address is given at 
 2 Temple St. He was Designer and Modeller to the Birmingham 
 Silver Plate Company, with which Boulton was also connected. 
 The silver cup presented by the City of London to John Wilkes in 
 1772 was embossed with the assassination of Julius Caesar from a 
 cast by George Wyon (reproduced in Gent. Mag., 1774, p. 457; 
 cf. Lit. Amcd. IX, 478). 
 
 George (III) Wyon died in July 1797 at Birmingham, where he 
 had for many years carried on business as a Modeller, Die-engraver 
 and Chaser (79 Lichfield Street). He left four sons by his wife, 
 Ann Christy(born 1735, or 1737, f 1812), Thomas, Peter, George 
 and James. The two eldest succeeded to their father's business as 
 general Die-sinkers in Birmingham, and were especially noted for 
 their dies for tradesmen's copper tokens. 
 
 BIBLIOGRAPHY. W. W. Wroth, Diet. Nat. Biog., LXIII, 269. 
 
 WYON, GEORGE (IV) (Brit.). Medallist in Birmingham. No 
 details known. 
 
 WYON, GEORGE (V) WILLIAM (Brit.). Son of James (II) Wyon, 
 who died in 1868, and grandson of George (IV) Wyon, one of the 
 four sons of George (III) ; was Resident Engraver to the Mint, in 
 succession to James Wyon, who was pensioned in 1861; he 
 however held the office for a short time only (1860-1862), as he 
 died on 26. March 1862. 
 
 BIBLIOGRAPHY. W. J. Hocking, Royal Mint Museum Catalogue, II, p. 140. 
 
 WYON, HENRY (Brit.). An elder son of James (II) Wyon; 
 worked as a Die-sinker under Benjamin Wyon. He died before his 
 father. His signature H. WYON occurs on two varieties of a medal 
 for the Licensed Victuallers'School, 1856. The medal has on the 
 obverse the head of J. J. Homer, its founder, in commemoration 
 of a testimonial presented to him as an acknowledgment of his 
 ability and zeal displayed in advocating the interests of the trade 
 for twenty years and for originating the enlargement of "The 
 Morning Advertiser " (London) newspaper. 
 
 BIBLIOGRAPHY. W. J. Hocking, Royal Mint Museum Catalogue, vol. 2, 
 p. 245 and 256.
 
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 WYON, JAMES (Brit.). Fourth son of George (III) Wyon; carried 
 on business as a Die-sinker in Dublin. 
 
 WYON, JAMES (II) (Brit.). A younger son of George (IV) the 
 brother of Thomas and Peter Wyon, and a cousin of William Wyon. 
 Obtained the silver medal of the Society of Arts in 1820 for a 
 " Head in Miniature ". He worked as private assistant to William 
 Wyon from 1825. In 1851 he was appointed on probation to 
 the post of Resident Engraver to the Royal Mint, London, an 
 appointment which was made permanent in 1854. He failed in 
 health and was pensioned in 1861, but died in 1868. His son 
 George (V) succeeded him as Resident-Engraver. 
 
 He prepared the obverse dies for the first type of the Australian 
 sovereign and half sovereign struck in the Sydney branch of the 
 Royal Mint and dated 1855 and 1856. His initials}. W. occur on 
 the obverse of a pattern decimal penny bearing the effigy of Queen 
 Victoria and dated 1859. 
 
 BIBLIOGRAPHY. W. J. Hocking, Royal Mint Museum Catalogue, vol. 2, 
 p. 245. 
 
 WYON, JOSEPH SHEPHERD (Brit.). Eldest son of Benjamin Wyon, 
 and a brother of Alfred Benjamin, and Allan Wyon, was born in 
 London on 28. July 1836, and died at Winchester on 12. August 
 1873. He received instruction in the art of die-engraving from his 
 father, and studied in the schools of the Royal Academy, where he 
 distinguished himself and gained two silver medals. His first 
 important medal was a portrait of James Watt, which, on Robert 
 Stephenson's recommendation, was adopted as the Prize Medal of 
 the Institution of Civil Engineers (Wroth, p. 268). He subse- 
 quently engraved the great Seal of England for Queen Victoria, and 
 mat of Canada. 
 
 On 2. December 1858 J. S. Wyon was appointed Chief Engra- 
 ver of the Seals, in succession to his father, who had died on the 
 21. November previously and had held the post from 1831. 
 
 He was the senior partner in the Die-sinking works, founded by 
 Thomas Wyon senior, and continued by Benjamin Wyon. After 
 his decease in 1873 tne & Tm continued under the name of J. S. & 
 A. B. WYON (cf. Alf. Benj. Wyon). 
 
 Some of the medals engraved by this artist are signed : 
 JOSEPH S. WYON, J. S. WYON SC.. J. S. WYON, LONDON, &c., but 
 most of them were the joint work of the two brothers J. S. and 
 Alfred Benjamin, and bear their initials J. S. and A. B. WYON. 
 Allan Wyon also aided his brothers in their work as medallists. 
 
 The following medals by Joseph Shepherd Wyon alone, or in
 
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 collaboration with Alfred Benjamin, may be mentioned : Steeven's 
 Hospital Medals, Dublin (D r James W. Cusack Prize), 1861 ; - 
 Entry of the Princess Alexandra into the City, 1863 (J. S. and 
 
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 Entry of Princess Alexandra into London, 1863.
 
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 A. B. Wyon; illustrated}; Reception of the Sultan of Turkey, 
 Abdul Aziz, 1867 (J. S. and A. B. Wyon); Thanksgiving for 
 Prince of Wales's Recovery, 1872. City of London medal (J. S. 
 and A. B. Wyon); National Thanksgiving on the same event; 
 with bust of Prince of Wales, signed : J. S. WYON SC. ; -- Eastern 
 Counties Industrial Exhibition at Norwich, 1867; Prize Medal; 
 with bust of Prince of Wales, signed : J. S. WYON SC. ; Opening 
 of the new City of London School, 1882; with heads of Prince 
 and Princess of Wales (J. S. and A. B. Wyon); Opening of the 
 new Council Chamber, Guildhall, London, 1884 (J. S. and 
 A. B. Wyon); New Zealand War Medal, 1846-65 ; Confede- 
 ration of Provinces of Canada, 1867; Abyssinian War Medal, 
 1867-68; Medal of the Board of Intermediate Education, Ireland 
 (J. S. and A. B. Wyon; - - Trinity College Greek Medal, Ber- 
 keley Prize (1867) (J. S. and A. B. Wyon); James Watt, 1736- 
 1816 (signed : JOSEPH S. WYON F.); -- University of Glasgow, 
 Prize Medal (J. S. and A. B. Wyon); Aberdeen University; The 
 Keith medal, i87i(J. S. and A. B. Wyon); Ayrshire Agricultural 
 Association, The Fergusson Prize Medal (J. S. and A. B. Wyon); 
 -Portrait-medal of Prince Albert, uniface(J. S. and A. B. Wyon); 
 
 - Marriage of Princess Helena with Prince Christian of Schleswig- 
 Holstein, 1866 (J. S. and A. B. Wyon); Marriage of the Duke 
 of Connaught and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, 1879 
 (J. S. and A. B. Wyon); City of Bristol Rifle Volunteers Medal; 
 
 - First Surrey Rifle Volunteers Medal, 1859 ; Public Grammar 
 School, St. John, New Brunswick; The Parker Medal founded 
 1865 (J. S. and A. B. Wyon); Exhibition of Canadianlndustry, 
 and Opening of Victoria Bridge at Montreal by the Prince ot 
 Wales, 1860 (J. S. WYON, LONDON); Grand Trunk Railway 
 Company of Canada, The Richard Trevithick Medal (J. S. WYON 
 SC.); - - Visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada, 1860; Inaugu- 
 ration of the Victoria Bridge at Montreal (J. S. WYON SC.); designed 
 by M. D. Wyatt; Me Gill University; The Logan Prize Medal, 
 1864; and The Anna Molson Prize Medal for mathematics 
 and physics, 1864 (J. S. and A. B. Wyon); --Me Gill Uni- 
 versity; The Torrance Prize Medal for jurisprudence, 1864 
 (J. S. and A. B. Wyon); Catholic Commercial Academy, 
 Montreal; The Murphy Prize Medal, founded 1893 (J S. and 
 A. B. Wyon); Indian Chiefs Medal, 1872 (J. S. WYON SC.); 
 Confederation of Canada, 1867 (J. S. and A. B. Wyon); 
 Indian Chiefs Medal, INDIAN TREATY N 187 Military shaking hands 
 with an Indian chief (J. S. and A. B. Wyon); Canadian Prize 
 Medal, with bust of Queen Victoria (J. S. and A. B. Wyon); 
 Earl and Countess of DufTerin ; Presentation Medal of the Governor 
 General, 1876 (J. S. and A. B. Wyon); D r William Baly,
 
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 London, 1814-1861 (A.J.N. 566); -- D r Robert Bentley Todd, 
 London, 1809-1860 (A.J.N. 895; Boston); -- Greenwich Hos- 
 pital School. The Appleton Prize (A.J.N. 910); Greenwich 
 Hospital School, The W. P. White Prize (A.J.N. 1901 A); 
 Brisbane Exhibition, 1860; Norwich and Eastern Counties 
 Exhibition, 1867 ; Marriage of Princess Louise to the Marquis of 
 Lome, 1871; I. Bacon R.A., 1740-1799; H$L. Statue of Samuel 
 Johnson; -- John Gibson. R. A., 1789-1866, etc. 
 
 The following medals all bear the joint signatures of Joseph 
 Shepherd and Alfred Benjamin Wyon : High School for Girls, 
 Montreal; Prize Medal for general proficiency, founded 1875; - 
 Montreal Protestant School; Prize Medal; - - Marquess and Mar- 
 chioness of Lansdowne, Presentation Medal of the Governor General 
 of Canada, 1884; - - Law Society, Ontario; Prize Medal; - 
 Princess Louise and Marquis of Lome ; Canadian Prize Medal ; 
 Canadian Thanksgiving medal on the Recovery of the Prince of 
 Wales, 1872; Young Men's Christian Association of Montreal, 
 Building erected, 1872 (two varieties); William Bran white 
 Clarke; Royal Society of New South Wales, Prize Medal, 1878; 
 D r Thos. Alexander, Netley Hospital (A.J.N. 595; Boston); - 
 D r F.S. Arnott, Bombay (A.J.N. 596); - - D r Neil Arnott, 
 1788-1874 (A.J.N. 597; Boston); D r William Baly, London 
 (A. J. N. 599; Boston); D r John Jeremiah Bigsby, i792-[88r ; 
 Geological Society of London (A. J. N. 602); D r William Keith, 
 Aberdeen (A. J. N. 759; Boston); D r William Senhouse 
 Kirkes, London 1823-1864 (A. J. N. 760); - - D r Sir William 
 Lawrence, surgeon, London, 1783-1867 (A. J. N. 761); -- Sir 
 James Ranald Martin, surgeon, 1793-1874; Netley (A. J. N. 786); 
 D r G. D. Longstaff, Chemical Society of London; after 
 A. Bruce-Joy (A. J. N. 783); Edmund Alexander Parkes, pro- 
 fessor of hygiene and physician, London, 1819-1876 (several 
 varieties; "A. J. N. 806-72; Boston Collection); -- D r J. Propert, 
 Epsom (A. J. N. 810); Sir Dig-Bijay Singh (A.J. N. 815); 
 William S. Tuke, London (A. J. N. 896); - - British Medical 
 Association Medal (A. J. N. 1108); - - Medal of the Medical 
 Psychological Association (A. J. N. 1124); D r S. Solly, 
 London; after E. B. Stephens (A. J. N. 889; in Boston Collection); 
 -Thomas Leverton Donaldson, architect, 1865; Province of 
 Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic; Building of Railway Bridges, 
 1870; -- Ibid., Buenos Aires, 1871; Orphan Asylum and Art 
 Schools, Buenos Aires, 1870; Prize Medal of the National 
 Exhibition of the Argentine Republic at Cordoba, 1871 ; -- New 
 South Wales Exhibition at Sidney, 1879; Preston Guild 
 Merchant 1882, etc. 
 
 BIBLIOGRAPHY. W. W. Wroth, Joseph Shepherd Wyon, Diet. Nat. Biog., 
 LXIII, p. 268. C. Welch, Nnmismala Londinensia, 1894. W. J. Hocking,
 
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 O A c ,-/. _ Wyon, Great Seals, p. 191. Times, 4. Sept. 1873. Daily News, 
 6. Sept. 1873. Frazer, Medallists of Ireland. Cochran Patrick, Medals of 
 Scotland. Menadier, Scbaumfin^en des Hauses Hohen^ollern, 1901. Leroux, 
 Medaillier du Canada, 1892. H. A. Grueber, Brit. Museum Guide, English 
 Medals. 
 
 WYON, LEONARD CHARLES (Brit.}. Eldest son of William Wyon, 
 born in one of the residences connected with the Royal Mint, 
 London, in 1826. He studied art under the tuition of his father 
 from whom he inherited great skill in die-engraving. He was 
 educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, Charterhouse Square, 
 London, and at the age of sixteen years he made various medals a, 
 studies, some of which are preserved in the British Museums 
 London. 
 
 One of the earliest known examples of Leonard Charles Wyon's 
 work was executed in 1843, when the young artist was but sixteen 
 years of age. It bears on one side the legend W. WYON, R. A. CUDI 
 JUSSIT and a representation of the head and truncated neck of 
 King Louis the Eighteenth of France (not William Wyon, as 
 erroneously stated in most catalogues). Below the truncation of 
 the neck : -- LEONARD C. WYON 1843, and on the other side a 
 copy of the obverse of the crown of Oliver Cromwell by 
 Thomas Simon, very well imitated. This struck piece is of much 
 interest and excessively rare. 
 
 He became Second Engraver to the Royal Mint on Merlin's 
 retirement in 1843, when he was only seventeen years of age, and 
 in 1851 succeeded his father as Chief Engraver, although the office 
 became extinct on the decease of William Wyon. He also succeeded 
 his father as Engraver to the Goldsmiths' Company and was 
 subsequently appointed Engraver to the Assay Offices of 
 Birmingham and Sheffield. He died on Thursday, August 20 th, 
 1891.. 
 
 This engraver executed most of the dies for the British military 
 and naval medals issued between 1851 and 1891 and also prepared
 
 some of the designs and engraved the dies for many coins of the 
 British Empire Imperial, Indian and Oversea Dominions and 
 some for foreign countries. In addition he designed and engraved 
 the dies of a large number of pattern coins and public and private 
 medals. 
 
 His signature occurs as L. WYON, LEONARD WYON, L. C. W., 
 L. C. WYON, L. C. WYON SC., LEONARD C WYON, and LEONARD 
 C. WYON FEC. 
 
 James Wyon, a cousin of Leonard Charles Wyon, was Resident 
 Engraver at the Royal Mint, London, from 1851 to 1860. His son 
 George succeeded him, but died in 1862. T. J. Minton became 
 Resident Engraver in 1865, acting as an assistant to Leonard 
 Charles Wyon. Minton died in April, 1879 and the post was 
 abolished. 
 
 Some of the dies engraved by William Wyon for the coinage of 
 Queen Victoria were used during the first thirty-six years of 
 Leonard Charles Wyon's tenure of the office of Modeller and 
 Engraver to the Royal Mint. 
 
 When the British Government determined to replace the Imperial 
 copper currency by bronze money, an Act of Parliament was passed 
 in the year 1860 " to extend the enactments relating to the copper 
 coin to coin of mixed metal ", and Leonard Charles Wyon was 
 invited to prepare designs for the coinage ; but with the 
 understanding that on no account was the Emblem of Britannia to 
 be omitted from the reverse. After mature deliberation it was 
 strongly urged by those in authority that to leave the figure of 
 Britannia off the reverse of the bronze coinage would be to admit 
 that Britain had relinquished her position as ruler of the seas, a 
 place which she had uninterruptedly maintained on the copper 
 coinage since the days of King Charles the Second. Queen Victoria 
 took a great interest in the production of the coinage and honoured 
 the designer with several sittings for her counterfeit presentment 
 which was to adorn the obverse of each denomination. Leonard 
 Charles Wyon submitted several designs for Her Majesty's approval, 
 one of which was eventually adopted and in the month of August, 
 1860, the first British Imperial bronze coin was struck in the Royal 
 Mint, London. The pattern penny in bronze which was submitted 
 to and approved by the Queen, was destroyed by a man who 
 should have delivered it to the authorities at the Royal Mint. 
 
 In his natural desire to give bold relief to the obverse and reverse 
 designs of the coins, Leonard Charles Wyon engraved the original 
 dies much deeper than those subsequently used. This necessitated 
 his doing the work over again because the obverse and reverse 
 working dies were invariably fractured after a relatively small 
 number of coins had been minted, although the circular bronze 
 blanks were specially annealed with a view to obviate the destruc-
 
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 tion of the dies. When the dies were not so deeply engraved most 
 of the difficulties experienced by the mint officials vanished and 
 the number of coins produced by a pair of dies was considered 
 satisfactory. 
 
 In the month of January, 1861, a few proof bronze pence 
 heavier and thicker than those issued for currency, were struck in 
 the Royal Mint, London. These experimental pieces weighed one 
 hundred and seventy-five grains each, being coined at the rate of 
 forty pieces to the pound avoirdupois. They therefore weighed 
 over twenty-nine grains more than the current Imperial bronze 
 penny, which is minted at the rate of forty-eight pieces to the 
 pound avoirdupois. These proofs, which bear L. C. WYON below 
 the truncation of the Queen's bust on the obverse, and L .C. W. 
 incuse, below the shield on the reverse, are said to have been 
 coined with the object of ultimately issuing for general circulation 
 heavier Imperial bronze pennies, but by a Treasury Order dated 
 January, 1861, the minting of such pieces was abandoned. 
 
 In the year 1861 several proof halfpence of similar design to the 
 current Imperial bronze halfpence dated 1861, were struck in 
 nickel, in the Royal Mint, London, but they do not bear either the 
 artist's name or his initials. 
 
 In the year 1887 Leonard Charles Wyon engraved the die for 
 the obverse of the Imperial gold and silver coinage struck in 
 commemoration of the fiftieth year of the beneficent and splendid 
 reign of Queen Victoria, from a model prepared from life by Sir 
 Joachim Edgar Boehm, Bart., R.A. A general chorus of disappro- 
 bation heralded its advent, the design of the effigy of the Queen on 
 the obverse being almost unanimously condemned; and in the year 
 1893 another series of Imperial gold and silver coins bearing on 
 the obverse a splendid portrait of the Queen by that scholarly 
 sculptor, Sir Thomas Brock, K.C.B., R.A., were minted. 
 
 To my friend Mr. Henry Garside, the well known numismatist, 
 I am indebted for the following account of the mode of producing 
 coin dies : 
 
 During an interview in the year 1893, Sir Thomas Brock thus 
 described his method of work with the design for the obverse of 
 the British Imperial gold and silver coins which were issued after 
 the minting of the generally disliked " Jubilee " coins had ceased. 
 
 "I worked in wax solely from -photographs, collating some half- 
 dozen or more. From my wax design moulds were taken and casts 
 made. The design was again worked upon when in the form of a 
 plaster cast. It was then reduced by machinery in the Royal Mint, 
 for the original designs were all four diameters greater than the 
 coins for which they were made. During the process of reducing, 
 a number of small lines marks of the cutting tool make their
 
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 appearance upon the steel, and these have to be removed by an 
 engraver, under the personal supervision of the artist. When this is 
 done, and any slight corrections or improvements that seem 
 necessary are made, one obtains what is technically known as a 
 ' punch '. From that punch, when hardened, a matrix is obtained. 
 That again, is worked upon by the engraver, under the supervision 
 of the artist. When it is completed to his satisfaction, it is hardened, 
 and you have what is known as ' the master die '. From that 
 another punch is made and hardened, and from that punch come 
 all the working dies for the coining press. When my design was 
 submitted to the Queen, it was, with one slight amendment 
 approved. " 
 
 COINS FOR CURRENCY. 
 
 Many ot the dies used for striking the gold, silver, copper, 
 bronze and nickel coins of different denominations which were 
 issued for currency in various parts of the British Empire after the 
 death of William Wyon, were prepared by Leonard Charles Wyon, 
 either from his own designs, other artists' models, or drawings 
 supplied to him by the British and some of the Britisli Oversea 
 Governments. I have omitted descriptions of the types and varieties 
 of the types of the coins as it was impossible to give the informa- 
 tion in the space allotted to this artist. For details of the obverse 
 and reverse designs my readers must consult the publications 
 previously referred to. The dates on the coins are subjoined. I think 
 they are almost complete. Those bearing dates distinguished by 
 an asterisk were coined as specimens. 
 
 AUSTRALIA. 
 
 MELBOURNE MINT. 
 
 GOLD .- Sovereign. 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892 and 
 1893 J Half Sovereign, 1887. 
 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from a model by Sir 
 Joachim Edgar Boehm, Bart., R. A. 
 
 SYDNEY MINT. 
 
 GOLD: Sovereign, 1857 to 1870 both years inclusive; --Half 
 Sovereign, 1857 to 1870 both years inclusive. 
 
 Obverse and reverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from his own 
 designs. 
 
 GOLD : Sovereign, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892 and 
 1893 ; Half Sovereign, 1887, 1889 and 1891. 
 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from a model by Sir 
 J. E. Boehm, Bart.
 
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 BRITISH EAST AFRICA. 
 
 COPPER : Pice, 1897, l8 9 8 anti l8 99- 
 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from a model by William 
 Theed, R.A. 
 
 BRITISH GUIANA. 
 
 SILVER: Fourpence, 1888. 
 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from a model by Sir 
 J. E. Boehm, Bart. 
 
 BRITISH GUIANA AND WEST INDIES. 
 
 SILVER: Fourpence, 1891, 1894, 1900 and 1901. 
 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from a model by W. Theed. 
 
 BRITISH HONDURAS. 
 
 SILVER: Fifty Cents, 1894, 1895, l8 97 ar >d r 9 O1 > " " Twenty 
 Five Cents* 1894, l8 95> l8 97 an< ^ I 9 OI J ~~ Ten Cents, 1894; - 
 Five Cents, 1894. 
 
 BRONZE : Cent, 1885, 1888, 1889 and 1894. 
 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from a model by W. Theed. 
 
 BRITISH IMPERIAL. 
 
 GOLD : Five Pounds, 1887; Two Pounds, 1887 ; Sovereign, 
 
 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1892; Half Sovereign, 1887, 
 1890, 1891, 1892 and 1893. 
 
 SILVER: Crown, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1892;- 
 Double Florin, 1887, 1888, 1889 and 1890; -- Half Crown, 1887, 
 
 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1892; ~ Florin, 1887, 1888, 1889. 
 1890, 1891 and 1892; -- Shilling (Small bust), 1887, 1888 and 
 1889; --Shilling (Large bust), 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1892; - 
 Sixpence (The " Jubilee "), 1887; Sixpence (After the "Jubilee"), 
 
 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892 and 1893; ' Fourpence, 
 
 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1892; Threepence, 1887, 1888, 
 
 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892 and 1893 ; Twopence, 1888, 1889, 
 
 1890, 1891 and 1892; Penny, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1892. 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from a model by Sir 
 
 J. E. Boehm, Bart. 
 
 BRONZE: Penny, 1860 to 1894 both years inclusive; -- Half- 
 penny, 1 860 to 1894 both years inclusive; Farthing, 1860 to 1869, 
 187210 1876, 1877*, 1878 to 1888 and 189010 1895 all years inclu- 
 sive.
 
 Halfpenny, 1874. 
 
 Obverse and reverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from his own 
 designs. 
 
 BRITISH INDIA 
 
 GOLD Mohur, 1862, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, l8 75> r ^77 
 1879, r 88o, 1881, 1882, 1884, 1885, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891 
 and 1892; Ten Rupees, 1862, 1870, 1872, 1875 and 1879;- 
 Five Rupees, 1862, 1870, 1872, 1873 an ^ l &79- 
 
 SILVER: Rupee, 1860*, 1861*, 1862, 1863*, 1867*, 187410 1893 
 and 1897 to 1901 all years inclusive; Half Rupee, 1861*, 1862, 
 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1881, 1882, 1884, 1885, 
 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1892, 1893, 1894, l8 96, 1897 and 1899; 
 - Quarter Rupee, 1861*, 1862, 1874 to 1894 both years inclusive, 
 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1901; Two Annas, 1861*, 1862, 1874,10 
 1898 both years inclusive, 1900 and 1901. 
 
 COPPER : Half Anna, 1861*, 1862, 1875, 1876, 1877, l8 78*, 
 1890*, 1891*, 1892* and 1893*; Quarter Anna, 1861*, 1862, 1874 
 to 1880, 1882 to 1887, and 1889 to 1901 all years inclusive; 
 Half Pice, 1861*, 1862, 1887, 1889 to 1899 both years inclusive, 
 and 1901; Twelfth Anna, 1861*, 1862, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 
 1878, 1883 to 1899 both years inclusive, and 1901. 
 
 Obverse and reverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from his own 
 designs. 
 
 Proof rupee dated 1860. L. C. WYON below the truncation of the 
 Queen's bust.
 
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 BRITISH INDIA NATIVE STATES. 
 
 ALWAR STATE. 
 
 SILVER: Rupee, 1877, 1 880 and 1891. 
 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from his own design. 
 
 BIKANIR STATE. 
 
 SILVER: Rupee, 1892 and 1897. 
 
 COPPER: Quarter Anna, 1895 ; Half Pice > l8 94- 
 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from his own design. 
 
 DEW AS STATE. S . B. ' 
 
 COPPER: Quarter Anna, 1888; Twelfth Anna, 1888. 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from his own design. 
 
 DHAR STATE. 
 
 COPPER: Quarter Anna, 1887; - Half Pice, 1887; -- Twelfth 
 Anna, 1887. 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from his own design. 
 
 CANADA. 
 
 SILVER: Twenty Cents, 1858; Tea Cents, 1858, 1870, 1871, 
 1872, 1874, 1875, 1880 to 1894 both years inclusive, 1896, 1898, 
 1899, 1900 and 1901 ; Five Cents, 1858, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1874, 
 1875, 1880 to 1894 both years inclusive, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900 
 and 1901. 
 
 BRONZE: Cent, 1858 and 1859. 
 
 Obverse and reverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from his own 
 designs. 
 
 SILVER: Fifty Cents, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1881, 1888, 1890, 1892, 
 1894, 1898, 1899, I 9 an d r 9 O1 i "~ Twenty Five Cents, 1870, 
 1871, 1872, 1874, 1875, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1885, 1886, 
 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, l8 94 J 1899, 1900 
 and 1901. 
 
 BRONZE : Cent, 1876, 1881, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1 888, and 
 1890 to 1901 both years inclusive. 
 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from a model by W. Theed. 
 
 Reverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from his own design. 
 
 i. See "Numismatic Circular ".Volume 23, column 545.
 
 CEYLON. 
 
 SILVER : Fifty Cents, 1892, 1893, l %95> *$99 anc ^ 1900; - 
 Twenty Five Cents, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1899 and 1900; Ten Cents, 
 1892, 1893, J 894, 1897, 1899 and 1900. 
 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from a model by W. Theed. 
 
 CYPRUS. 
 
 BRONZE; Piastre, 1879, 1881, 1882, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 
 
 1889, 1890, 1891, 1895, 1896 and 1900; Half Piastre, 
 1879, 1881, 1882, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1890, 1891, 
 1896 and 1900; Quarter Piastre, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1884, 
 1885, 1887, 1895, ^98, 1900 and 1901. 
 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from his own design. 
 
 HONG KONG. 
 
 SILVER : Dollar, 1866, 1867 and 1868; Half Dollar, 1866, 1867 
 and 1868; -- Fifty Cents, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893 an< ^ l %94> - 
 Twenty Cents, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 
 1877, 1879 to 1896 both years inclusive and 1898; -- Five Cents, 
 1866, 1867, 1868, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1879 to 
 1895 both years inclusive and 1897, l %9&> I %99> 1900 and 1901. 
 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from a model by W. Theed; 
 the reverse for the dollar and half dollar by Leonard Charles Wyon 
 from a design by Owen Jones ; and the reverse for the fifty cents, 
 twenty cents, and five cents, by Leonard Charles Wyon from 
 drawings approved by the Hong Kong Government. 
 
 JAMAICA. 
 
 NICKEL: Penny, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1880, 1882, 1884, 1885, 
 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1893, l8 94> 1895, 1897, l8 99 and 
 1900; -- Halfpenny, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1880, 1882, 1884, 1885, 
 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1899 
 and 1900; Farthing, 1880, 1882, 1884, 1885, 1887, 1888, 1889, 
 
 1890, 1891, 1893, l8 94> 1895, 1897, 1899 and 1900. 
 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from a model by W. Theed. 
 Reverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from a drawing supplied by the 
 Government of Jamaica. 
 
 JERSEY. 
 
 BRONZE: Thirteenth of a Shilling, 1866, 1870 and 1871; - 
 Twenty-Sixth of a Shilling, 1 866, 1870 and 1871; -- Twelfth of a
 
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 Shilling, 1877, 1881, 1888 and 1894; ' ' Twenty-Fourth of a 
 Shilling, 1877, 1888 and 1894; ~" Forty-Eighth of a Shilling, 1877. 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from his own design. 
 Reverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from a drawing of the Arms of 
 Jersey. 
 
 MALTA. 
 
 BRONZE: Third of a Farthing, 1866, 1868, 1876, 1878, 1881, 
 1884 and 1885. 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from a model by W. Theed. 
 
 MAURITIUS. 
 
 SILVER: Twenty Cents, 1877, 1878, 1882, 1883, 1886, 1889 
 and 1899; Ten Cents, 1877, 1878, 1882, 1883, 1886, 1889 and 
 1897. 
 
 BRONZE: Five Cents, 1877, 1878, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1888 and 
 1890; Two Cents, 1877, 1878, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1888, 1890, 
 1897 and 1899; -- Cent, 1877, 1878, 1882, 1883, 1884, J 888, 
 1890, 1897 an ^ J 899- ' 
 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from a model by W. Theed. 
 
 NEW BRUNSWICK. 
 
 SILVER: Twenty Cents, 1862 and 1864; Ten Cents, 1862 and 
 1864; Five Cents, 1862 and 1864. 
 
 Obverse and reverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from his own 
 design. 
 
 BRONZE: Cent, 1861 and 1864. 
 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from his own design. 
 
 NEWFOUNDLAND. 
 
 GOLD: Two Dollars, 1865, 1870, 1872, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1885 
 and 1888. 
 
 SILVER: Fifty Cents, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1876, 1880, 1881, 
 1882, 1885, 1888, 1894, l8 96, 1898, 1899 and 1900; -- Twenty 
 Cents, 1865, 1870, 1872, 1873, l8 76, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1885, 
 1888, 1890 1894, 1898, 1899 and 1900; Ten Cents, 1865, 1870, 
 1872, 1873, 1876, 1880, 1882, 1885, 1888, 1890, 1894 and 1896; 
 Five Cents, 1865, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1876, 1880, 1881, 1882, 
 1885, 1888, 1890, 1894 and 1896. 
 
 Obverse and reverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from his own 
 design.
 
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 BRONZE: Cent, 1865, 1872, 1873, 1876, 1880, 1885, 1888, 
 1890, 1894 and 1896. 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from his own design. 
 
 NOVA SCOTIA. 
 
 BRONZE : Penny, 1856 ; Halfpenny, 1856. 
 Obverse and reverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from his own 
 designs. 
 
 Cent, 1861, 1862 and 1864; -- Half Cent, 1861 and 1864. 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from his own design. 
 
 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 
 
 BRONZE : Cent, 1871. 
 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from a model by W. Theed. 
 Reverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from a drawing of the Arms 
 of Prince Edward Island. 
 
 STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 
 
 SILVER: Fifty Cents, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889. 1890, 1891, 1893, 
 1894, I ^9)> 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900 and 1901; 
 Twenty Cents, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1 %1& to I ^9 I an d 1893 to 
 1901, all years inclusive; -- Ten Cents, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 
 1876 to 1891, and 1893 to r 9 OI J a ll years inclusive; Five Cents, 
 1871, 1873, I 8?4, 1876 to 1891 and 1893 to 1901, all years 
 inclusive. 
 
 COPPER: Cent, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1883, 
 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1894, l8 95> 1897, 
 1898, 1900 and 1901; Half Cent, 1872, 1873, 1874*, 1875*, 1883, 
 1889 and 1891*; Quarter Cent, 1872, 1873, 1875*, 1889, 
 1891*, 1898, 1899 a "d 1901. 
 
 BRONZE : Cent, 1884; Half Cent, 1884; Quarter Cent, 1884. 
 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from a model by W. Theed. 
 
 PATTERN COINS. 
 
 Leonard Charles Wyon prepared many patterns for coins either 
 irom his own designs or other artists' models. The dies were engraved 
 with great skill and some of the specimens struck are unsigned, 
 very artistic and excessively rare. Among them are the following : 
 
 Cent, Undated. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : REGIN A 
 F : D : A rose between the beginning and end of the legend. Head 
 
 3
 
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 and truncated neck of the Queen in profile and looking to the left, 
 encompassed by a beaded circle. Her Majesty is wearing a wreath 
 of laurel. A grooved fillet binds the wavy hair which is parted on 
 the forehead, carried over the ear and collected into a knot behind 
 the head with a curl hanging. The wreath and fillet are partly 
 hidden by the hair. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Cent, undated. 
 
 fyL. Inscription, in two lines : ONE | CENT. A branch of 
 laurel on the left and another on the right of the inscription, the 
 lower portions of the branches being crossed below it and tied 
 together by ribbon, formed into a bow, with hanging parts. The 
 whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Cent, Undated. 
 
 Obv. Legend: VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : 
 REGINA F : D : A rose between the beginning and end of the 
 legend. Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile and 
 looking to the left, encompassed by a beaded circle. Her Majesty 
 is wearing a wreath of laurel. A grooved fillet binds the wavy hair 
 which is parted on the forehead, carried over the ear and collected 
 into a knot with a curl hanging, behind the head. The wreath and 
 fillet are partly hidden by the hair. The whole within an orna- 
 mented rim. 
 
 Cent, undated. 
 
 }$L. Inscription, in two lines : ONE CENT encompassed by 
 a beaded circle. A branch of laurel on the left and another on the 
 right of the inscription, the lower portions of the branches being 
 crossed below and tied together by ribbon, formed into a bow 
 with hanging parts. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain.
 
 $ c 
 
 Farthing, 1857. 
 
 Obv. - Legend : - - VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : RE- 
 GIN A F : D : The date, 1857, between the beginning and end of 
 the legend. Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile and 
 looking to the left, encompassed by a beaded circle. Her Majesty is 
 wearing a wreath of banksia. The wavy hair is parted on the fore- 
 head, a portion being plaited, carried below the ear and collected 
 into a knot behind the head with a curl hanging. The whole within 
 an ornamented rim. 
 
 Farthing, 1857. 
 
 fy. - - Upper legend : - - ONE FARTHING. Lower legend : 
 2 CENTIMES. An ornament on the left. and another on the 
 right between the legends. Emblem of Britannia encompassed by a 
 beaded circle and similar to that designed by William Wyon for the 
 reverse of the British Imperial copper coinage dated 1825. The 
 whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Halfpenny, 1857. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : REGINA 
 F: D: The date, 1857, between the beginning and end of the 
 legend. Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile and looking 
 to the left encompassed by a beaded circle. Her Majesty is wearing 
 
 Halfpenny, 1857. 
 
 a wreath of banksia. The wavy hair is parted on the forehead, a 
 portion being plaited, carried below the ear and collected into a
 
 knot behind the head with a curl hanging. The whole within an 
 ornamented rim. 
 
 $L. - - Upper legend : DECIMAL HALFPENNY. Lower 
 legend : - - 5 CENTIMES. An ornament on the left and another 
 on the right between the legends. Emblem of Britannia encompassed 
 by a beaded circle and similar to that designed by William Wyon 
 for the reverse of the British Imperial copper coinage dated 1825. 
 The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Cent, 1857. 
 
 Obv. - - Legend: VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : RE- 
 GINA F : D : A rose between the beginning and end of the legend. 
 Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile and looking to 
 the left, encompassed by a beaded circle. Her Majesty is wearing 
 a diadem, jewelled and heightened with beads. The ends of the 
 diadem are connected by a grooved band. The diadem and band 
 are partly hidden by the wavy hair which is parted on the forehead, 
 carried over the ear and collected into a knot behind the head with 
 two curls hanging and bound by a grooved fillet. The whole within 
 an ornamented rim.. 
 
 Cent, 1857. 
 
 tyL - - Upper legend : - - ONE CENT. Lower legend : 
 MDCCCLVII. An ornament on the left and another on the right 
 between the legends. Emblem of Britannia encompassed by a beaded 
 circle and similar to that designed by William Wyon for the reverse 
 of the British Imperial copper coinage dated 1825. The whole 
 within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Halfpenny, 1857. 
 
 Obv. - Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : REGINA 
 F : D : A rose with a bead on the left and another on the right 
 between the beginning and end of the legend. Head and truncated 
 neck of the Queen in profile and looking to the left encompassed 
 by a beaded circle. Her Majesty is wearing a diadem, jewelled and 
 heightened with beads. The ends of the diadem are connected by a 
 grooved band. The diadem and band are partly hidden by the wavy
 
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 hair which is parted on the forehead, carried over the ear and 
 collected into a knot behind the head with two curls hanging and 
 bound by a grooved fillet. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Halfpenny, 1857. 
 
 $6. - - Upper legend : - DECIMAL HALFPENNY. Lower 
 legend : MDCCCLVII. The rose, thistle and shamrock engrafted 
 upon the same stem on the left and also on the right between the 
 legends. Emblem of Britannia encompassed by a beaded circle and 
 similar to that designed by William Wyon for the reverse of the 
 British Imperial copper coinage dated 1825. The whole within an 
 ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Penny, 1857. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : 
 REGINA F : D : The date, 1857, between the beginning and end 
 of the legend with an ornament on the left and another on the 
 right. Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile and look- 
 ing to the left encompassed by a beaded circle. Her Majesty is 
 wearing a diadem, jewelled and heightened with beads. The ends 
 of the diadem are connected by a grooved band. The diadem and 
 band are partly hidden by the wavy hair which is parted on the 
 forehead, carried over the ear and collected into a knot behind the 
 head with two curls hanging and bound by a grooved fillet. The 
 whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Penny, 1857.
 
 -58- 
 
 R6. Upper legend : DECIMAL PENNY. Lower legend : 
 -r- ONE TENTH OF A SHILLING. A rose on the left and 
 another on. the right between the legends. Emblem of Britannia 
 encompassed by a beaded circle and similar to that designed by 
 William Wyon for the reverse of the British Imperial copper 
 coinage dated 1825. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Five Farthings, 1857. 
 
 Obv. - Legend : - VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : 
 REGINAF:D: The date, 1857, between the beginning and 
 end of the legend. Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile 
 and looking to the left encompassed by a beaded circle. Her 
 Majesty is wearing a diadem, jewelled and heightened with beads. 
 The ends of the diadem are connected by a grooved band. The 
 diadem and band are partly hidden by the wavy hair which is 
 parted of the forehead, carried over the ear and collected into a 
 knot behind the head with two curls hanging and bound by a 
 grooved fillet. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 F. __ Upper legend : FIVE FARTHINGS. Lower legend : - 
 10 CENTIMES. A five pointed star on the left and another on the 
 right between the legends. Emblem of Britannia encompassed by a 
 beaded circle and similar to that designed by William Wyon for 
 the reverse of the British Imperial copper coinage dated 1825. The 
 whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Five Cents, 1857. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : 
 REGINA F : D : A rose with a bead on the left and another on 
 the right between the beginning and end of the legend. Head and 
 truncated neck of the Queen in profile and looking to the left 
 
 Five Cents, 1857. 
 
 encompassed by a beaded circle. Her Majesty is wearing a diadern, 
 jewelled and heightened with beads. The ends ot the diadem are 
 connected by a grooved band. The diadem and band are partly
 
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 hidden by the wavy hair which is parted on the forehead, carried 
 over the ear and collected into a knot behind the head with two 
 curls hanging and bound by a grooved fillet. The whole within an 
 ornamented rim. 
 
 fy. -- Upper legend : FIVE CENTS. Lower legend : - 
 MDCCCLVII. The rose, thistle and shamrock engrafted upon the 
 same stem, on the left, and also on the right between the legends. 
 Emblem of Britannia encompassed by a beaded circle and similar 
 to that designed by William Wyon for the reverse of the British 
 Imperial copper coinage dated 1825. The whole within an 
 ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Ten Cents, 1857. 
 
 Obv. - - Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : 
 REGINA F : D : The date, 1857, between 'the beginning and end 
 of the legend with an ornament on the left and another on the 
 right. Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile and look- 
 ing to the left encompassed by a beaded circle. Her Majesty is 
 wearing a diadem, jewelled and heightened with beads. The ends 
 of the diadem are connected by a grooved band. The diadem and 
 band are partly hidden by the wavy hair which is parted on the 
 forehead, carried over the ear and collected into a knot behind the 
 hpad with two curls hanging and bound by a grooved fillet. The 
 whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Ten Cents, 1857. 
 
 tyL. Upper legend : TEN CENTS. Lower legend : ONE 
 TENTH OF A SHILLING. A rose on the left and another on the 
 right between the legends. Emblem of Britannia encompassed by 
 a beaded circle and similar to that designed by William Wyon for 
 the reverse of the British Imperial copper coinage dated 1825. The 
 whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. - Plain.
 
 4 o - 
 
 Halfpenny, 1859. 
 
 Obv. Legend : - - VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : 
 
 REGINA F : D : The date, 1859, between the beginning and end 
 of the legend. Head and truncated neckot the Queen in profile and 
 looking to the left, encompassed by a beaded circle. Her Majesty 
 is wearing a diadem ornamented with a scroll. The diadem is 
 partly hidden by the wavy hair, which is parted on the forehead, 
 carried over the ear and collected into a knot behind the head 
 with two curls hanging. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Halfpenny, 1859. 
 
 ty. - - Inscription, in three lines : DECIMAL | HALF | 
 PENNY encompassed by a beaded circle, which is encircled b\ a 
 wreath of laurel. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Halfpenny, 1859. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRIT : REGINA F : D : 
 An ornament between the beginning and end of the legend. The 
 Royal Crown. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Halfpenny, 1859. 
 
 tyi. Legend : PENNY. The numerals ^ with the date, 
 
 1859 below. A rose on the left and another on the right between 
 the legend and date. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Halfpenny, 1859. 
 
 Obv. - Legend : - VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : 
 REGINA F : D : The date, 1859, between the beginning and end 
 of the legend. Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile
 
 and looking to the left, encompassed by a beaded circle. Her 
 Majesty is wearing a diadem ornamented with a scroll. The diadem 
 is partly hidden by the wavy hair which is parted on the forehead, 
 carried over the ear and collected into a knot behind the head 
 with two curls hanging. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Halfpenny, 1859. 
 
 36. - - Inscription, in three lines : - - DECIMAL | HALF | 
 PENNY. A branch of laurel on the left and another on the' right of 
 the inscription, the lower portions of the branches being crossed 
 below it and tied together by ribbon, formed into a bow with hang 
 ing parts. The \vhole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Five Cents, 1859. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : 
 REGINA F : D : The date, 1859, between the beginning and end 
 of the legend. Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile 
 and looking to the left encompassed by a beaded circle. Her Majesty 
 is wearing a diadem ornamented with a scroll. The diadem is 
 partly hidden by the wavy hair which is parted on the forehead 
 carried over the ear and collected into a knot behind the head with 
 t\vo curls hanging. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Five Cents, 1859. 
 
 36. Emblem of Britannia encompassed by a beaded circle and 
 similar to that designed by William Wyon for the reverse of the 
 British Imperial copper coinage dated 1825. The beaded circle is
 
 encircled by a wreath formed of two branches of oak leaves and 
 acorns joined by a rose. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Penny, 1859. 
 
 Obv. - Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : 
 REGINA F : D : The date, 1859, between the beginning and end 
 of the legend. Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile 
 and looking to the left encompassed by a beaded circle. Her 
 Majesty is wearing a diadem, jewelled and heightened with beads. 
 The ends on the diadem are connected by a grooved band. The 
 diadem and band are partly hidden by the wavy hair which is 
 parted on the forehead, carried over the ear and collected into a 
 knot with two curls hanging, behind the head, and bound by a 
 grooved fillet. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Penny, 1859. 
 
 $L. Upper legend : DECIMAL PENNY. Lower legend : 
 ONE TENTH OF A SHILLING. A rose on the left and another 
 on the right between the legencfs. Emblem of Britannia encom- 
 passed by a beaded circle and similar to that designed by William 
 Wyon for the reverse of the British Imperial copper coinage dated 
 1825. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Penny or Cent, 1859. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRIT 
 
 REGINA F : D : 
 
 Penny or Cent, 1859.
 
 A 5 ^ 
 
 The date, 1859, between the beginning and end of the legend. 
 Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile and looking to 
 the left. Her Majesty is wearing a diadem ornamented with a 
 scroll. The diadem is partly hidden by the wavy hair which is 
 parted on the forehead, carried over the ear and collected into a 
 knot with two curls hanging behind the head. The whole within 
 an ornamented rim. 
 
 fyL. The numeral 1 with a branch of laurel on the left and 
 another on the' right, the lower portions of the branches being 
 crossed below it and tied together by ribbon, formed into a bow 
 with hanging parts. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Penny, 1859. 
 
 Obv. - - Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : 
 REGINA F : D : The date, 1859, between the beginning and end 
 of the legend. Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile 
 and looking to the left encompassed by a beaded circle. Her Majesty 
 is wearing a diadem, jewelled and heightened with beads. The ends 
 of the diadem are connected by a grooved band. The diadem and 
 band are partly hidden by the wavy hair which is parted on the 
 forehead, carried over the ear and collected into a knot with two 
 curls hanging, behind the head, and bound by a grooved fillet. The 
 whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Penny, 1859. 
 
 I. Inscription, in three lines : ONE DECIMAL PENNY 
 
 encompassed by a beaded circle which is encircled by a wreath of 
 oak-leaves and acorns. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Penny, 1859. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : 
 REGINA F : D : The date, 1859, between the beginning and end 
 of the legend with an ornament on the left and another on the
 
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 right. Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile and looking 
 to the left encompassed by a beaded circle. Her Majesty is wearing 
 a diadem, jewelled and heightened with beads. The ends of the 
 diadem are connected by a grooved band. The diadem and band 
 are partly hidden by the wavy hair which is parted on the forehead, 
 carried over the ear and collected into a knot with two curls 
 hanging behind the head, and bound by a grooved fillet. The 
 whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Penny, 1859. 
 
 I. Upper legend: DECIMAL PENNY. Lower legend: - 
 ONE TENTH OF A SHILLING. A rose on the left and another 
 on the right between the legends. Emblem of Britannia encompas- 
 sed by a beaded circle and similar to that designed by William 
 Wyon for the reverse of the British Imperial Copper coinage dated 
 1825. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. -- Plain. 
 
 Twopence, 1859. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRIT: REGINA F : D : 
 The Royal Crown. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Two Pence, 1859. 
 
 F. - - Legend : - - PENCE. The numeral 2 decorated with 
 horizontal lines with the date, 1859, below. A rose on the left and 
 another on the right between the legend and date. The whole 
 within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain.
 
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 Penny, 1 860. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : REGINA 
 F : D. Truncated bust of the Queen in profile, and looking to the 
 left. On the truncation of the bust : L.C. WYON. Her Majesty 
 is wearing a wreath of laurel partly hidden by the wavy hair which 
 is parted on the forehead, carried over the ear and collected into a 
 plaited knot behind the head. The ends of the wreath are united at 
 the rear of the head by ribbon which is tied into a bow, the hanging 
 parts being plain and flowing and one of them touching the neck. 
 The Queen wears a plain bodice with a rose in front. On the 
 bodice, a mantle, embroidered with roses, thistles and shamrocks, 
 united, and a portion of The Star of the Most Noble Order of The 
 Garter, within part of The Garter, which is inscribed HONI SO, 
 incuse. A beaded circle broken by the laurel wreath and the lower 
 part of the bust, between the legend and effigy. The whole within 
 an ornamented rim. 
 
 Penny, 1860. 
 
 I. - - Upper legend : - - ONE PENNY. Lower legend : 
 MDCCCLX. Emblem of Britannia looking to the right. The figure 
 is draped, wearing scale armour on the breast and a helmet adorned 
 with plumes. She is seated upon a rock in the sea. Her right hand 
 rests on an oval shield which leans against the rock. The shield 
 bears the cross of Saint George and the saltire of Saint Patrick, 
 united, but not heraldically coloured. Her left arm entwines an 
 ornamented trident which she holds with her hand. On her right 
 foot, a sandal. In front of the figure a three-masted battleship, fully 
 rigged, and behind, a lighthouse standing on a rock projecting 
 above the sea. The rock on which Britannia is seated is cut off by 
 a straight line forming an exergue. Situated in the rock above the 
 exergue and almost below the shield, L.C.W. incuse (Leonard 
 Charles Wyon). A beaded circle broken by the helmet and trident, 
 and the sea, between the legends and the Emblem of Britannia. 
 The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain.
 
 Penny, 1860. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : REG : 
 F : C. Truncated bust of the Queen in profile, and looking to the 
 left. On the truncation of the bust : L.C. WYON. Her Majesty 
 is wearing a wreath of laurel partly hidden by the wavy hair which 
 is parted on the forehead carried over the ear and collected into a 
 plaited knot behind the head. The ends of the wreath are united at 
 the rear of the head by ribbon which is tied into a bow, the hanging 
 parts being plain and flowing and one of them touching the neck. 
 The Queen wears a plain bodice with a rose in front. On the 
 bodice, a mantle, embroidered with roses, thistles and shamrocks, 
 united, and a portion of The Star of the Most Noble Order of The 
 Garter, within part of The Garter, which is inscribed HONI SO, 
 incuse. The whole within a plain circle, broken by the base of the 
 bust, and encircled by an ornamented rim. 
 
 Penny 1860. 
 
 $L. Legend : ONE PENNY. Emblem of Britannia looking 
 to the right. The figure is draped, wearing scale armour on the 
 breast and a helmet adorned with plumes. She is seated upon a 
 rock in the sea. Her right hand rests on an oval shield which leans 
 against the rock. The shield bears the cross of Saint George and the 
 saltire of Saint Patrick, united, but not heraldically coloured. Her 
 left arm entwines an ornamented trident which she holds with her 
 hand. On her right foot, a sandal. In front of the figure a three- 
 masted battleship, fully rigged, and behind, a lighthouse standing 
 on a rock projecting above the sea. The rock on which Britannia is 
 seated is cut off by a straight line forming an exergue, containing 
 the date, in Roman numerals, MDCCCLX. Situated in the rock 
 above the exergue and almost below the shield, L.C.W. incuse 
 (Leonard Charles Wyon). The continuity of the legend is broken 
 by the helmet and trident, the head of the latter divides the word 
 PENNY. The whole within a plain circle, encircled by an orna- 
 mented rim. 
 
 E. Plain.
 
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 Penny, 1860. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA D. G. BRITANNIARUM 
 REGINA. Truncated bust of the Queen in profile and looking to 
 the left. On the truncation of the bust : L. C. WYON. Her 
 Majesty is wearing a wreath of laurel partly hidden by the wavy 
 hair which is parted on the forehead carried over the ear and col- 
 lected into a plaited knot behind the head. The ends of the wreath 
 are united at the rear of the head by ribbon which is tied into a 
 bow, the hanging parts being plain and flowing and one of them 
 touching the neck. The Queen wears a plain bodice with a rose 
 in front. On the bodice, a mantle, embroidered with rose, thistles, 
 and shamrocks, united, and a portion of The Star of the Most 
 Noble Order of The Garter, within part of The Garter, which is 
 inscribed HONI SO, incuse. The whole within a beaded circle 
 encircled by a plain rim. 
 
 }$L. Legend : ONE PENNY. Emblem of Britannia looking 
 to the right. The figure is draped, wearing scale armour on the 
 breast and a helmet adorned with plumes. She is seated upon a 
 rock in the sea. Her right hand rests on an oval shield which leans 
 against the rock . The shield bears the cross of Saint George and the 
 saltire of Saint Patrick, united but not heraldically coloured. Her 
 left arm entwines an ornamented trident which she holds with her 
 hand. On her right foot, a sandal. In front of the figure a three 
 masted battleship, fully rigged, and behind, a lighthouse standing 
 on a rock projecting above the sea. The rock on which Britannia 
 is seated is cut off by a straight line, forming an exergue containing 
 the date, 1860, in thicker numerals than on the coins issued for 
 currency. Situated in the rock above the exergue and almost below 
 the shield, L. C. W. incuse (Leonard Charles Wyon). The contin- 
 uity of the legend is broken by the helmet and trident. The whole 
 within a pjain circle, encompassed by a beaded circle which is 
 encircled by a plain rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Penny, 1860. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA D. G. BRIT. REG.F.D. The 
 legend is divided by Her Majesty's head. Truncated bust of the 
 Queen in profile and looking to the left. Below the truncation of 
 the bust : L. C. WYON. Her Majesty is wearing a wreath of 
 laurel partly hidden by the wavy hair which is parted on the fore- 
 head carried over the ear and collected into a plaited knot behind 
 the head. The ends of the wreath are united at the rear of the head 
 by ribbon which is tied into a bow, the hanging parts being plain 
 and flowing and one of them touching the neck. The Queen wears 
 a plain bodice with a rose in front. On the bodice, a mantle,
 
 embroidered with roses, thistles, and shamrocks, united, and a por- 
 tion of The Star of the Most Noble Order of The Garter, within 
 part of The Garter, which is inscribed HONI SO, incuse. The 
 whole within a plain circle, broken by the base of the bust, and 
 encompassed by a beaded circle which is encircled by a plain rim. 
 
 tyL. Legend : ONE PENNY. Emblem of Britannia looking 
 to the right. The figure is draped, wearing scale armour on the 
 breast and a helmet adorned with plumes. She is seated upon a rock 
 in the sea. Her right hand rests on an oval shield which leans against 
 the rock. The shield bears the cross of Saint George and the 
 saltire of Saint Patrick, united, but not heraldically coloured. Her 
 left arm entwines an ornamented trident which she holds with her 
 hand. On her right foot, a sandal. In front of the figure a three- 
 masted battleship, fully rigged, and behind a lighthouse standing 
 on a rock projecting above the sea. The rock on which Britannia is 
 seated is cut off by a straight line, forming an exergue containing 
 the date, 1860, in thicker numerals than on the coins issued for 
 currency. Situated in the rock above the exergue, and almost below 
 the shield L . C . W . incuse (Leonard Charles Wyon). The conti- 
 nuity of the legend is broken by the helmet and trident. The 
 whole within a plain circle, encompassed by a beaded circle, which 
 is encircled by a plain rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Cent, 1 86 1. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D : 
 Truncated bust of the Queen in profile and looking to the left. 
 Her Majesty is wearing a wreath of laurel partly hidden by the 
 wavy hair which is parted on the forehead, carried over the ear and 
 collected into a plaited knot behind the head. The ends of the 
 wreath are united at the rear of the head by ribbon, which is tied 
 into a bow, the hanging being plain and flowing, and one of them 
 touching the neck. The Queen wears a plain bodice with a rose in 
 front. On the bodice, a mantle, embroidered w r ith roses, thistles 
 and shamrocks, united, and a portion oi The Star of the Most 
 Noble Order of the Garter, within part of The Garter, which is 
 inscribed HONI SO, incuse. The whole within a plain circle, 
 encircled by an ornamented rim. 
 
 $L. Upper legend : ONE CENT. Lower legend : NOVA 
 SCOTIA. The Royal Crown with a line and the date, 1861, below 
 it encompassed by ornaments within a plain circle which is sur- 
 rounded by a wreath of roses and mayflowers. The branches are 
 crossed above the lower legend and tied together by ribbon formed 
 into a bow with flowing parts. The wreath is encompassed by a 
 plain circle. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain.
 
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 Penny, 1862. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D : 
 
 Truncated bust of the Queen in profile, and looking to the left. 
 Her Majesty is wearing a diadem richly jewelled and heightened 
 with alternate crosses pattee and united roses, thistles, and sham- 
 rocks. The ends ot the diadem are connected by an ornamented 
 band. The diadem and band are partly hidden by the wavy hair 
 which is parted on the forehead, carried over the ear and collected 
 into a knot behind the head. The hair is bound by a plain fillet, 
 which is tied into a bow at the back of the head, the hanging parts 
 being crimped and one of them touching the neck. The Queen 
 wears a plain bodice with a rose in front. On the bodice, a mantle, 
 embroidered with roses, thistles and shamrocks, united, and a 
 portion of The Star of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, within 
 part of The Garter, which is inscribed : HONI SO, incuse. 
 The whole within a plain circle, broken by the base of the bust 
 and encircled by an ornamented rim. 
 
 Penny, 1862. 
 
 1$L. Legend : ONE PENNY. Emblem of Britannia looking 
 to the right. The figure is draped, wearing scale armour on the 
 breast and a helmet adorned with plumes. She is seated upon a 
 rock in the sea. Her right hand rests on an oval shield which leans 
 against the rock. The shield bears the cross of Saint George and the 
 saltire of Saint Patrick, united, but not heraldically coloured. Her 
 left arm entwines an ornamented trident which she holds with her 
 hand. On her right foot, a sandal. In front ot the figure a three- 
 masted battleship, fully rigged, and behind, a lighthouse, standing 
 on a rock projecting above the sea. The rock on which Britannia is 
 seated is cut off by a straight line, forming an exergue, containing 
 the date, 1862. The whole within a plain circle encircled by an 
 ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain.
 
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 Similar coins are dated 1865 and 1870 (illustrated). 
 
 Penny, 1870. 
 
 Ducat, 1867. 
 
 Obv. Legend : - - VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : REG : 
 F : D : Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile, and 
 looking to the left. Her Majesty is wearing a diadem richly jewelled 
 and heightened with alternate crosses pattee and united roses, 
 thistles, and shamrocks. The ends of the diadem are connected by 
 an ornamented band. The diadem and band are partly hidden by 
 the wavy hair which is parted on the forehead, carried over the ear 
 and collected into a knot behind the head. The hair is bound by a 
 plain fillet, which is tied into a bow at the back of the head, the 
 hanging p irts being crimped and one of them touching the neck. 
 The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Ducat, 1867. 
 
 ty. Legend: -- ONE HUNDRED PENCE. The date, 1867, 
 between the beginning and end of the legend with an ornament on 
 the left and another on the right. Inscription, in two lines : 
 ONE DUCAT. A branch of oak-leaves and acorns on the left and 
 another on the right of the inscription, the lower portions of the 
 branches being crossed below it and tied together by ribbon formed 
 into a bow with flowing parts. The whole within an ornamented 
 rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Franc, 1867. 
 
 Obv. - - VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : REG : F : D : Head 
 and truncated neck of the Queen in profile and looking to the left. 
 Below the truncation of the neck, the date, 1867. Her Majesty is 
 wearing a diadem richly jewelled and heightened with alternate
 
 crosses pattee and united roses, thistles, and shamrocks. The ends 
 of the diadem are connected by an ornamented band. The diadem 
 and band are partly hidden by the wavy hair which is parted on 
 the forehead, carried over the ear and collected into a knot behind 
 the head. The hair is bound by a plain fillet, which is tied into a 
 bow at the back of the head, the hanging parts being crimped and 
 one of them touching the neck. The whole within an ornamented 
 
 rim. 
 
 Franc, 1867. 
 
 fy. Legend : ONE FRANC TEN PENCE. A plain shield 
 bearing the Arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
 Ireland, heraldically coloured, and surmounted by the Royal Crown. 
 A branch of oak-leaves and acorns on the left and another on the 
 right of the shield, the lower parts of the branches being crossed 
 below it. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. -- Plain. 
 
 Double Florin, 1868. 
 
 Obv. -- Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : REG : 
 F : D : Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile, and looking 
 to the left. Her Majesty is wearing a diadem richly jewelled and 
 heightened with alternate crosses pattee and united roses, thistles, 
 and shamrocks. The ends ot the diadem are connected by an orna- 
 mented band. The diadem and band are partly hidden by the wavy 
 hair which is parted on the forehead, carried over the ear and 
 collected into a knot behind the head. The hair is bound by a plain 
 fillet, which is tied into a bow at the back of the head, the hanging 
 parts being crimped and one of them touching the neck. The whole 
 within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Double Florin, 1868. 
 
 fy.. Upper legend : 5 FRANCS. Lower lorend : INTER- 
 NATIONAL. Inscription, in three lines : -- DOUBLE | FLORIN
 
 I 1868. A branch of oak-leaves and acorns on the left and another 
 on the right of the inscription, the lower portions of the branches 
 being crossed below it and tied together by ribbon formed into a 
 bow with flowing parts. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 A similar specimen has a milled edge. 
 
 Ob'v Cr ^Legend': VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR : 
 REG : F : D : Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile, 
 and looking to the left. Her Majesty is wearing a diadem richly 
 jewelled and heightened with alternate crosses pattee and united 
 roses, thistles, and shamrocks. The ends of the diadem are connected 
 by an ornamented band. The diadem and band are partly hidden 
 by the wavy hair which is parted on the forehead, carried over the 
 ear and collected into a knot behind the head. The hair is bound 
 by a plain fillet, which is tied into a bow at the back of the head, 
 the hanging parts being crimped and one of them touching the 
 neck. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Half Crown, 1875. 
 
 J$L. Saint George attacking the Dragon. The saintly knight is 
 nearly nude, sitting on horseback and looking to the right, his left 
 hand holding the bridle rein. He is wearing a crested helmet with a 
 tail of hair floating behind. A chlamys flowing freely at the back is 
 fastened in front by a fibula. On the right shoulder a balteus for 
 suspending the gladius. The feet and lower portions of the legs are 
 protected by armour, but the toes are uncovered. The horse 
 apparently half advances, half shrinks, from the fabulous animal at 
 its feet. Saint George has broken his lance by wounding the winged 
 monster, and a portion of it remains in its body. The other part is 
 lying upon the ground with the initials W. W. P. (William 
 Wellesley Pole) beneath it. The Dragon is preparing itself for a 
 deadly spring, and Saint George is about to slay it with the gladius 
 he holds in his right hand. Below the ground, the date, 1875, and
 
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 the initials : B. P. (Benedetto Pistrucci). The whole within an 
 ornamented rim. 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Half Crown, 1876. 
 
 O. - - Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : REG : 
 F : D : Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile and 
 looking to the left. Below the truncation of the neck : L.C. W. 
 (Leonard Charles Wyon) and the date 1879. Her Majesty is 
 wearing a diadem richly jewelled and heightened with alternate 
 crosses patte and fleurs-de-lys. The ends of the diadem are connected 
 by an ornamented band. The diadem and band are partly hidden 
 by the wavy hair which is parted on the forehead, carried above 
 the ear and collected into a knot behind the head with a curl 
 hanging. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 4 
 
 
 A r , 
 
 
 
 Half Crown, 1876. 
 
 fyL. Saint George attacking the Dragon. The saintly knight is 
 nude, sitting on horseback and looking to the left. He is wearing 
 a crested helmet and has a chlamys hanging from his right arm. The 
 horse is jumping over the fabulous animal and Saint George is 
 attempting to slay it with the lance he holds with both hands. 
 Beneath the dragon's tail : L.C.W. (Leonard Charles Wyon). 
 The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Sovereign, 1880. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D : 
 
 Truncated bust of the Queen in profile and looking to the left. 
 Her Majesty is wearing the Imperial Crown which bisects the 
 legend. The wavy hair is parted on the forehead and carried behind 
 the ear to the rear of the head. A necklace of beads with a pendant 
 (an ornamental cross) in front encircles the neck. An eardrop is 
 suspended from the left ear. From the back ot the head depends drap- 
 ery, arranged in folds which fall over the shoulders. The ermine 
 bodice has an ornament on the front and is also adorned with a
 
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 tucker. Over the bodice, the Ribbon of the Most Noble Order of 
 The Garter. The Star of the Garter on the left breast. The whole 
 within a plain circle encircled by an ornamented rim. 
 
 Sovereign, 1880. 
 
 ^. Saint George attacking the Dragon. The saintly knight is 
 nearly nude, sitting on horseback and looking to the right, his 
 left hand holding the bridle rein. He is wearing a crested helmet 
 with a tail of hair floating behind. A chlamys flowing freely at the 
 back is fastened in front by a fibula. On the right shoulder a balteus 
 for suspending the gladius. The feet and lower portions of the 
 legs are protected by armour, but the toes are uncovered. The 
 horse apparently half advances, half shrinks, from the fabulous 
 animal at its feet. Saint George has broken his lance by wounding 
 the winged monster, and a portion of it remains in its body. The 
 other part is lying upon the ground with the initials W. W. P. 
 (William Wellesley Pole) beneath it. The dragon its preparing itself 
 for a deadly spring, and Saint George is about to slay it with the 
 gladius he holds in his right hand. Below the ground the date, 1880, 
 and the initials : B. P. (Benedetto Pistrucci). The whole within 
 a plain circle, encircled by an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from a medallion by Sir 
 J. E. Boehm. Bart. 
 
 Sixpence, 1887. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BR1TT : REGIN A 
 F : D : Truncated bust of the Queen in profile and looking to the 
 left. Below the truncation of the bust : J. E. B. (Sir Joachim 
 Edgar Boehm, Bart.) Her Majesty is wearing a widow's cap deco- 
 rated with frilling and surmounted by a small Imperial Crown. 
 Over the ermine bodice which is adorned with a tucker, the Ribbon 
 of the Most Noble Order of The Garter. The Badge of the Imperial 
 Order of the Crown of India and a portion of The Star of The 
 Garter are on the left breast. The hair is parted on the forehead 
 and carried behind the ear to the rear of the head. A necklace of 
 beads, with a pendant in front, encircles the neck. An eardrop is
 
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 suspended from the left ear. From the back of the head depends 
 drapery ornamented with a lace border and arranged in folds, 
 which fall over the shoulders. The whole within an ornamented 
 
 rim. 
 
 Sixpence, 1887. 
 
 $L. Legend: SIX PENCE. On The Garter, which is heral- 
 dically coloured, and inscribed : - - HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y 
 PENSE, a plain shield bearing the Arms of the United Kingdom 
 of Great Britain and Ireland, heraldically coloured, and surmounted 
 by the Imperial Crown. The date, 1887, is bisected by the crown. 
 The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Milled with straight lines. 
 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from a model by Sir J. E. 
 Boehm, Bart. 
 
 Crown, 1888. 
 
 Obv. Legend : -- VICTORIA D : 'G : BRITT : REG : F : D : 
 
 Truncated bust of the Queen in profile and looking to the left. 
 On the truncation of the bust : - - L. C. W. (Leonard Charles 
 
 Crowe, 1888. 
 
 Wyon). Her Majesty is wearing a diadem jewelled and heightened 
 with alternate crosses pattee and fleurs-de-lys. The diadem is partly 
 hidden by drapery arranged in folds, which fall gracefully upon the
 
 shoulders. The hair is parted on the forehead and carried behind 
 the ear to the rear of the head. A necklace of beads encircles the 
 neck. An ear-drop is suspended from the left ear. An ornament on 
 the front of the dress. The whole within a plain circle encircled 
 by an ornamented rim. 
 
 tyL. Saint George attacking the Dragon. The saintly knight is 
 nearly nude, sitting on horseback and looking to the right, his 
 left hand holding the bridle rein. He is wearing a crested helmet 
 with a tail of hair floating behind. A chlamys flowing freely at the 
 back is fastened in front by a fibula. On the right shoulder a balteus 
 for suspending the gladius. The feet and lower portions of the legs 
 are protected by armour but the toes are uncovered. The horse 
 apparently half advances, half shrinks, from the fabulous animal at 
 its feet. Saint George has broken his lance by wounding the 
 winged monster, and a portion of it remains in its body. The other 
 part is lying upon the ground. The dragon is preparing itself for 
 a deadly spring, and Saint George is about to slay it with the 
 gladius he holds in his right hand. Below the ground the date, 
 1888, and the initials : -- B. P. (Benedetto Pistrucci). The whole 
 within a plain circle, encircled by an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Milled with straight lines. 
 
 Obverse by Leonard Charles Wyon from his own design. 
 
 FOREIGN COINS. 
 
 Leonard Charles Wyon engraved dies for striking coins for the 
 following foreign countries : - 
 
 COLOMBIA. 
 
 GOLD: Double Condor, 1873 ~~ Condor, 1873; -- Half Condor, 
 1873 ; Two Pesos, 1873; Peso, 1873. 
 
 SILVER: Peso, 1873; - - Fifty Centavos, 1873 and 1874; - 
 Twenty Centavos, 1873 ; Ten Centavos, 1873 and 1874; ~~ Five 
 Centavos, 1873. 
 
 URUGUAY 
 
 GOLD: Doubloon, 1870; - Five Pesos, 1870; Two Pesos, 
 1870 ; Peso, 1870. 
 
 SILVER: Peso, 1870; - - Fifty Centesimos, 1870; Twenty 
 Centesimos, 1870; Ten Centesimos, 1870. 
 
 BRONZE: Four Centesimos, 1869; Two Centesimos, 1869; - 
 Centesimo, 1869.
 
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 MEDALS. 
 
 For the Art Union of London he designed, among others, 
 medals of Sir D. Wilkie, J. M. W. Turner, Hogarth, and T. Banks. 
 His miscellaneous medals were exceedingly numerous, but among 
 
 Stothard. 
 
 them should be mentioned a medal of the Emperor Nicholas or 
 Russia, in connexion with which he received a graceful letter of 
 thanks from William Ewart Gladstone; a medal to commemorate 
 the exchange of visits in 1855 between Queen Victoria and the 
 Emperor of the French, Napoleon the Third, and a remarkably
 
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 fine portrait of William Wordsworth (1848), from a drawing 
 from the life. This portrait, which is said to represent Wordsworth 
 better than any other, has been reproduced in Professor W. Knight's 
 " English Lake District ". Other notable medals were those for 
 the Great Exhibition of 1851 (the reverse only), the Exhibition 
 
 J. M. W. Turner. 
 
 oi 1862, the Sydney Exhibition, 1864, and the Colonial and Indian 
 Exhibition, 1886. These were among Leonard Charles Wyon's 
 chief works ; it should also be stated that numerous portraits of 
 Royal and other eminent persons, commissioned for various 
 schools, societies, and institutions, have been produced from his 
 designs, many being included in the following list :
 
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 Father (Rev. Theobald) Mathew, 1847; ^ HE REASONED ON 
 TEMPERANCE; modt-lled from life ; William Wordsworth (1770- 
 1850), 1848; -- William Hogarth, 1697-1764, Art Union Medal 
 1848; ]$,. The Voter; Stothard, 1755-1834, Art Union Medal, 
 1880; ^6. The Canterbury Pilgrims (illustrated)', Joseph Mallord 
 
 Sir David Wilkie. 
 
 William Turner, 1775-1851, Art Union Medal ; fyL The "Fighting 
 T^meraire " (illustrated); -- Sir David Wilkie, 1785-1841, Art 
 Union Medal, 1861 ; T$L. The Village Politicians (illustrated}; 
 William Wyon, Art Union Medal, 1854; 1$L. Britannia (illustrat- 
 ed)', Beriah Botfield, 1854; Annual award of Harrow School 
 (two varieties); Rev. George Fisk, 1855; School of Industry
 
 60 
 
 for female Orphans, St John's Wood; Richard Sainthill, numis- 
 matist, 1855 j John Gough Nichols and Wife, Silver Wedding, 
 1868; Hugh L. Grosvenor, Marquis of Westminster, 1870; 
 Earl of Yarborough; Lincolnshire Agricultural Society Prize Medal, 
 1871 ; Maharaja Meerza Vejaram Gujaputty Raj Munea, Sultan 
 
 William Wyon. 
 
 Buhadoor of Vizanagram ; Virgil; Prize Medal for heroic verse; 
 -Thomas Banks, R. A., 1735-1805; Sir William Browne, 
 1 692- 1 774, President of the College of Physicians and of the Royal 
 Society; Prize Medal for Greek and Latin odes and epigrams at 
 Cambridge; Henry Hallam, 1777-1859, historian; Michael
 
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 Faraday, natural philosopher, 1791-1867; Edward Forbes, natural- 
 ist, 1815-1854; Sir Frederick I. Murchison Bart., 1866; - 
 Paxton ; uniface Portrait-medal ; - - William Wordsworth, 1848 
 (illustrated)] Jonathan Pereira; medal of the Pharmaceutical Society 
 of Great Britain, founded 1854; -- Shakespeare Tercentenary 
 Anniversary, 1864; - - Queen Victoria; Portrait-medals (many 
 varieties ; uniface ; in Royal Mint Museum); Robert Stephenson 
 (Menai Bridge); Alexander Bruce, London, 1869 (A.J.N. 611); 
 
 Edward Forbes, naturalist, 1815-1854 (A.J.N. 640; in Boston 
 Collection); D r Robert Listen, surgeon, 1794-1847 (A.J.N. 762); 
 
 - D r Richard Mead; St. Thomas's Hospital (A.J.N. 790);- 
 Jonathan Pereira, 1804-1853, pharmacologist, London (A.J.N. 
 809); Frederick William IV. of Prussia, 1842 ; Czar Nicholas I. 
 of Russia, 1845 ; General Monk (copied from Simon's medal); 
 
 Earl of Clarendon (after Simon's medal ; signed on the trunca- 
 tion : LEONARD WYON MADE IN 1843); Earl of Southampton 
 (after Simon's medal) ; Napoleon (II), le fils de Napoleon, 1843 ; 
 }$L. HAUD IMMEMOR. BENEFiciORUM Armorial bearings of Richard 
 Sainthill and initials; signed : LEONARD C. WYON AET. 16 ; - - D r 
 
 William Wordsworth, 1848. 
 
 John Hunter; St. George's Hospital, 1850; - - Portrait Medals of 
 the Children of Queen Victoria (original Wax Models for seven of 
 these were in the late Mr. J. G. Murdoch's collection) ; at the sale ot 
 L. C. Wyon's medals, dies and wax models at Sotheby, Wilkinson 
 & Hodge's, July 1902, there were "seventeen dies for a series of medals 
 ot the children of the late Queen, engraved, by Royal command, by 
 L.C. Wyon" (lot. 344); W. E. Gladstone, Portrait-medal (ofthis 
 exists a large sized original model, taken from life by the artist) ; 
 
 - D r Golding Bird, London, 1887 ; -- Visit of the Emperor and 
 Empress of the French to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 1855 ; 
 
 - Navigation of the Murray River, Australia, 1853 ; Marriage 
 of the Princess Royal to Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia, 1858;
 
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 - Marriage of the Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra of Den- 
 mark, 1862; }$L. by Charles Wiener; - - Establishment of the 
 Sydney Branch of the Royal Mint established 1855 ; Royal Naval 
 College, 1863; Prize for Gunnery; Great Exhibition, 1851; 
 Prize Medal ($L. only) ; New South Wales Exhibition, Sydney, 
 1854; New South Wales Exhibit at the Paris Universal 
 Exhibition, 1855; International Exhibition in London, 1862; 
 Prize Medal ; School of Industry, St. John's Wood, 1858; Prize 
 Medal ; Medical Congress, London, 1881 (designed by J. Ten- 
 niel); Fisheries Exhibition, 1881 ($L. by J. Pinches) ; Smoke 
 Abatement, 1883 ; Fisheries Exhibition, 1884 ($L. by J. Pinches); 
 
 - Health Exhibition, 1884 (^6. by J. Pinches) ; Inventions 
 Exhibition, 1885; Another, of same; Jury Pass (1^6. design 
 adapted from William Hogarth); - Colonial and Indian Exhibi- 
 tion, 1886; Jamaica Exhibition, 1891; -- New South Wales 
 Exhibit at the Paris Universal Exhibition, 1867; New Brunswick 
 Provincial Rifle Association, 1866; St. Paul's School, Prize 
 Medal (with bust ofColet); Chester Cathedral Grammar School 
 
 Guy's Hospital Medal for Clinical Surgery. 
 
 1870; The King's School, Chester; Me Gill University Col- 
 lege, Montreal; Prize Medal; Albert Prince Consort; Prize 
 Medal ot the Society of Arts ; uniface ; Edward VI. (Bury St. 
 Edmunds Grammar School Mc-dal); Truro Prize Medal, City of 
 London School, 1851 ; -- South Africa Medal, 1853 (fyL. only) ; 
 India Medal, General Service, 1854 (fyL. only); Baltic Medal, 
 1854-5 ($6. only);-- Arctic Medal, 1857; Indian Mutiny 
 Medal, 1857-8 (^L. only) ; - - The Albert Medal and the Society's 
 Medal of the Society of Arts ; Arctic Medal, 1876 (fyL onlv); 
 Egypt Medal, 1882 ; Canada Medal, 1885 (Riel's Rebellion); - 
 Guy's Hospital Medal lor Cli.j. Surgery (illustrated) ; Medical
 
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 Department, St. George's Hospital (A.J.N. 732); Bury St. 
 Edmunds Scholastic Medal (cliches in D r Stanley Bou^field's collec- 
 tion); New Brunswick Militia Volunteers' Medal, 1861 ; Second 
 Burmese War, 1852 (by W. and L. C. Wyon) ; Persian War, 
 1856-57 ($L. only); - - Ashantee War, 1873-74 (bv. signed : 
 L. C. WYON); Best Shot Medal, British Army, 1869 (obv. only); 
 Afghanistan Medal, 1878-1880 (from the obverse design by Sir 
 Joachim Edgar Boehm Bart. ; and the reverse design by Mr. Ran- 
 dolph Caldecott); Long Service and Good Conduct, Indian Native 
 Army, 1888 ; --Meritorious Service, Indian Native Army, 1888 ; 
 
 - London Police, 1887 and 1897; " ' Rcyal National Life Boat 
 Institution, 1860; -- Foreign Office, Life Saving (varied types; 
 designed and engraved by W. Wyon, and afterwards reengraved 
 by L. C. Wyon; since 1873 the dies are kept at the Mint); 
 " Drummond Castle ", 1896 (after L. C. Wyon); King's Lynn 
 School, Prize Medal, founded, 1864; - - Goodenough Prize for 
 Gunnery, 1875 (fyL by F. P. Cockerell) ; Prize Medal for Science 
 and Art, 1853 ; City and Guilds of London Institute, Techno- 
 logical Examination (with bust of the Prince of Wales), etc. 
 
 This artist's whole life was passed in the designing of coins and 
 medals, and it is therefore not surprising that the list of his works 
 is a long one. Towards the close of his career he underwent deep 
 disappointment at the Government accepting Sir J. E. Boehm's 
 design for the obverse of the 1887 "Jubilee " coinage, and it is 
 believed that this hastened his end. 
 
 Leonard Charles Wyon's collection of coins and some of his 
 medals were sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson and 
 Hodge at 13, Wellington Street, Strand, London, W. C., on 
 Thursday, December i2th. 1901, and the following day. The 
 remainder of his medals and some of the dies, wax models for 
 coins and medals by William Wyon and Leonard Charles Wyon 
 and also some of their personal effects were sold by the same 
 auctioneers on Friday, July i8th, 1902. 
 
 BIBLIOGRAPHY. W. Wroth, Leonard Charles Wyon, Diet. Nat. Biog. LXIII, 
 269. Hawkins, ed. Franks and Grueber, Medallic Illustrations &c. Sainthill, 
 Olla Podrida, II, 401. -- Frazer, Medallists of Ireland. Mayo, Medals and 
 Decorations of the British Army and Navy. H. W. Sieger, Allgemeines Kunstler- 
 Lexikon, 1901. Cochran Patrick, M< dais of Scotland. Leroux, Medaillier du 
 Canada. Movaux, Les chemins de fer et leurs me'dailles commeinoratwes, 1905. - 
 Spink & Son's Catalogue of Mr. Montagu's Collection of Coins from George I to Victoria, 
 1891. Montagu Copper Cvins of England, 1893. W. J. Hocking, Catalogue 
 of the Coins, Tokens, Medals, Dies and Seals in the Museum of the Royal Mint, 1910. 
 
 - Henry Garside, " The British Imperial Bronze Coinage" in Spink and Son's 
 " Numismatic Circular ", 1907, 1908 and 1909; " Coins of the British Empire" 
 in Spink and Son's " Numismatic Circular ", 1910 and after. 
 
 WYON, MARIA ELISABETH (Germ.). Daughter of the Cologne 
 Mint-engraver, Everhard Wyon, and also a noted Line-engraver 
 there, circ. 1738-50.
 
 WYON, PETER (Germ.). Probably a relative of Everhard Wyon, 
 (possibly the same as Peter George (II) Wyon), was Line-engraver by 
 profession, and was employed at the Mint of Cologne as Die- 
 engraver, 1727-1742. 
 
 His signature Wyon occurs on a Thaler of Cologne, dated 1742, 
 with the title of Charles VII., and a Proclamation Medal of the 
 Emperor, issued by that city (illustrated}, also W on a Ducat of 
 same date, with bust ot Charles VII., and fyL DUCAT. NOVUS LIB 
 ET IMP. civ. COLON. Arms of city supported by a griffin, &c. 
 
 Cologne Proclamation Medal of Emperor Charles VII., 1742. 
 
 WYON, PETER (Brit.}. Second son ot George (III) Wyon, and 
 brother of Thomas (I), George (IV), and James (I) Wyon ; married 
 E. Avery, a sister of Ann Avery, wife of Thomas. About 1796, he 
 went into business in Birmingham, with his brother Thomas, as a 
 general Die-engraver. In 1797 they were residing at Lionel Street, 
 but in 1800 Thomas removed to London, and on the termination 
 of the association Peter remained in Birmingham and worked for 
 Matthew Boulton at the Soho Mint, where he displayed great taste 
 in his designs and models for ornamental brass work. He died in 
 Cock Street, St. Paul's, Birmingham, in 1822. 
 
 For a list of some of the Tokens engraved by the Wyons in 
 partnership, consult the notes on Thomas Wyon infra. 
 
 TOKENS. 
 
 Peter Wyon's signature appears on the following Tradesmen's 
 Tokens, which were issued after Thomas Wyon's removal to 
 London : Penny Tokens : Tavistock, Devon Mines, iSn; 
 Stockton, Christopher and Jennett, 1813; Rolling Mills at
 
 Walthamstow, 1812 (several varieties); Norwich, S. Barker, 
 1811 ; Nottingham, I. M. Fellowes, 1812 and 1813, and others 
 issued by W m Baker, 1813; - Bath, S.T. Whitchurch and 
 W. Dore, 1811; Glastonbury, undated (Lyre and Arms of the 
 abbey of Glastonbury); Taunton, Cox's Iron Foundry, undated; 
 
 Staffordshire County, H. Baylis, Birmingham, 181 1 ; Burslem, 
 I. and R. Riley, 1813; Cheadle Copper and Brass Company, 
 1812; Stafford, Horton & Co, 1801 (sev. var.); Lowestoft, 
 I. Chaston, 1811; Weybridge, I. Bunn & Co, 1812; 
 Birmingham, payable at the Workhouse, 1811 and 1812; 
 Staverton factory, 1811; -- Dublin, Pantheon Halfpenny, 1802 
 (view of the Pantheon); -- London Shop Tickets, Farthing size 
 (several types) and of Newcastle; - - Ratley's Token (dealer in 
 coins, Duke's Court, St. Martin's Lane); -- Arnold Works, Six- 
 pence 1791 (only the Sixpence is signed WYON, but there exist also 
 the 5/., 2/6 and i/. pieces); - - Woodbridge, Shilling 1811; 
 Hoxne, Twopence, 1798 (Loyal Yeoman Pro Rege Lege et Patria); 
 
 Bedworth, Shilling, 1811 (WYON); Birmingham, The 
 Overseers' Two Shillings and Sixpence, 1811 (WYON); Shilling 
 1811; Sixpence, 1811; Willey's Shilling, 1799; The Over- 
 seers' Penny, 1811; Bridlington, Shilling 1811; -- Beverley, 
 Threepence 1813 (WYON); Dundee, Shilling 1797; Dublin, 
 WELLINGTON ex ERIN GO BRAGH, 1818; George III, Irish Penny 
 1814 (WYON); -- Irish Penny Token, 1805 (FOR PUBLIC ACCOM- 
 MODATION) ;-- Xewcastle-on-Tyne, Eighteen Pence, 1811, and 
 Sixpence, of same date; Bath, Four Shillings 1811 (Halliday 
 and P. Wyon), and several varieties, described by Davis, Nineteenth 
 Century Token Coinage, p. 95, n os 7-14;-- Walsall, Penny 1811; 
 
 Weybridge, Shilling (1812); Chichester, Shilling and 
 Sixpence, foil; Dublin, Penny 1822 (HIBERNIA); Three 
 Shillings, Eighteen Pence, and Sixpence 1811. 
 
 MEDALS. 
 
 Peter Wyon's medals include : Medal ot the Royal Infirmary 
 for Children, established 26. April 1820; Memorial medal of 
 Samuel Fereday, 1815 (signed : P. WYON SCULPT) - - Memorial 
 Portrait-medallion of Matthew Boulton, 1809 (modelled by Rouw, 
 and published by Thomason); Lieut. -Col. John Carrick, Bethnal 
 Green Volunteer Infantry, disembodied 1814 (signed: P. WYON S :); 
 -James Sadler, first English aeronaut, 1811 (signed: P.W.F.; illus- 
 trated); Memorial medal of Nelson, Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 
 (signed : P.W.F.); Jubilee of George III., 1809 ; William Lloyd 
 Wardle, M.P., 1809; Oval Portrait-medallion of the same; 
 Sir John Moore, 1809 ; Pitt Club Medals ot Dudley, Warrington,
 
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 1814, Wolverhampton 1813 (P. WYON S.), and probably others; 
 Victories of Wellington up to Salamanca, and Entry into 
 Madrid, 1812 (obv. by T. Wyon; I. signed : P.W.F.) ; 
 Charles James Fox, statesman; memorial medal, 1806 (signed : 
 P.W F.) ; Memorial medal of Sir John Moore, on his death at 
 Corunna, 1809 (P.W.F.); - - Liverpool Royal Institution; Prize 
 medal 1814; tyL Wreath; signed : P. WYON S.C. ; - - There is a 
 plaque by him in the United Service Museum, Whitehall, London. 
 Some of the medals signed : P. WYON are said to have been 
 engraved in reality by his son, William Wyon (N. Carlisle's 
 Memoir of William Wyon). 
 
 James Sadler, aeronaut. 
 
 "Before his death Peter Wyon had the satisfaction of seeing his 
 son William enjoying greater reputation than himself. " (Grueber, 
 Guide, p. 124 ) 
 
 BIBLIOGRAPHY. W. Wroth, Peter Wyon, Diet. Nat. Biog. LXIII, 270. 
 Davis, Nineteenth Century Token Coinage. Sharpe, Chetwynd Catalogue. - 
 H.A. Grueber, Personal Medals from ij6o. Bramsen, op. cit. Bolzenthal, 
 op. cit. Edwards, The Napoleon Medals. 
 
 WYON, PETER GEORGE (II) (Brit.}. Third son of George (I) Wyon 
 and Maria Sybilla Hemmerden; was born at Cologne in 1710, d ed 
 at Saint Kitts, West Indies, 1744. He probably came to England in 
 the train of King George II., or some time after his accession, and 
 brought with him the little boy who grew up to be the George (III) 
 Wyon, buried at Birmingham in July 1797. 
 
 It does not seem probable that George (I) Wyon ever came to 
 England, but that Peter George (II) Wyon was employed in this 
 country under King George II. is not open to doubt.
 
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 The Rev. Walter James Wyon, who is the senior representative 
 of the eldest branch of the Wyon family, and possesses documents 
 and much inedited information has kindly supplied me, through 
 the courtesy of Mr. Allan G. Wyon, with the genealogical table of 
 the Wyons, and other valuable and interesting data. He writes : 
 " I have made some research in the archives at Cologne, and have 
 made a good many extracts from various registers, of baptisms, 
 marriages and burials connected especially with Saint Columba's 
 Church at Cologne. I cannot absolutely assert the identity of Peter 
 George Wyon, born 1710, with my great-great-grandfather, but 
 the identity is probable to a very high degree approaching cer- 
 tainty. I am clear that the family tradition, as handed to me by my 
 own father, is that our ancestor came with King George II. to 
 England, not with King George I. I mention this because I have 
 seen the latter King's name in print in this connection. My father's 
 (Benjamin Wyon) assertion fits in with my own researches as 
 shewn in the pedigree I send you. Another matter of tradition is 
 that the George (II) Wyon who came to England brought with him 
 the little boy who grew up to be the George (III) Wyon and was 
 buried in Birmingham in 1797. If this be the case then Peter George 
 Wyon who was seventeen years of age when George II. became King 
 may not have come over at the accession but at a later date under 
 his patronage, or he may have come over in some domestic capacity 
 at the age of seventeen and afterwards gone back to Germany, 
 married, and so come back here later with his wife and little son". 
 Whether this Peter George Wyon is identical with the Peter 
 Wyon, who was engaged as Die-engraver at the Cologne Mint, I 
 have not been able to ascertain, but I think it is highly improbable. 
 Peter George Wyon went to the British West Indies to sell 
 some pictures, and died of yellow fever on the Island of Saint 
 Kitts in the year 1744. 
 
 WYON, S.W. Referred to in " Medals and Decorations of the 
 British Army and Navy ", by J.H. Mayo, volume I, page 211. 
 
 WYON, THOMAS (I) the Elder (Brit.). The eldest of the four sons 
 of George (III) Wyon, and a brother of Peter (father of William), 
 George (IV), and James. He learned die-engraving, and about 1796 
 went into partnership with his brother Peter, as a general Die- 
 sinker at Birmingham. Their business was conducted in 1797 at 
 Lionel Street. He engraved a large number of dies for tradesmen's 
 tokens, especially part of the Coventry series of buildings. The 
 tokens manufactured by the two brothers are signed W or WYON, 
 and others are unsigned. In 1800 ' Thomas Wyon removed to 
 
 i. At the end of the eighteenth century, Thomas and Peter Wyon being in 
 partnership, Thomas said to Peter, " This business is not enough for us two :
 
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 London, where he carried on the business, still extant, while Peter 
 remained in Birmingham. On 3O th September i8i6 2 he was 
 appointed Chief-engraver of His Majesty's Seals. He died on 
 i8 th October, 1830, in Nassau Street, London. Two of his sons, by 
 A. Avery, distinguished themselves as Medallists, Thomas Wyon 
 
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 View of the Royal Mint, London, temp. George III. 
 
 the younger, and Benjamin Wyon; a third, Edward William 
 Wyon, was a noted sculptor and modeller. 
 
 The seals of State executed on the accession of King George IV. 
 were by Thomas Wyon. 
 
 TOKENS. 
 
 The following Tradesmen's Tokens were issued by the two 
 brothers, Thomas and Peter Wyon : Basingstoke, John Pinkerton's 
 
 I will go to London and see what I can do there and you can carry this on 
 alone in Birmingham ", and so he went to London, and settled down in a street 
 on the west side of Blackfriars' Bridge Road, not far from the south end of that 
 Bridge and close to a church designated in the Family Bible as " Christ Church, 
 Surrey", but I have not yet ascertained whether this is its proper ecclesiastical 
 designation (W.].W.'). 
 
 2. There was a subsequent day in Thomas' history when a new coinage was 
 heing got out and the Mint staff found themselves in difficulties. My grandfather 
 Tbomas was applied to on account of his immense practical acquaintance with 
 both the artistic and the mechanical work of turning out coins and medals: and he 
 was induced by the Commissioners to go into the mint and reside there for three 
 months until the difficulties were overcome. At the end of that time the 
 Commissioners (amongst whom I understood the Lord Mayor of London had a 
 place) said to him " What can we do for you so that in a more permanent way 
 our sense of your invaluable services may be marked ? " He declined the special 
 appointment that they suggested, I am uncertain what that was, and in the end 
 accepted the appointment of " Chief Engraver of the King's Seals ", which was 
 conferred upon him by Letters Patent. Unfortunately I cannot give the date of 
 this transaction (W .J '. W.~).
 
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 Shilling Token, 1789 ; Newmarket, Penny Token, 1799 ; - 
 Sunderland Penny, 1796 ; Kempson's Buildings (Penny Tokens, 
 issued 1796): Guildhall, Mansion-House, Somerset House, Bank 
 of England, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Bethlem Hospital, Carle- 
 ton House, Chelsea Hospital, Christ's Church Hospital, St. Paul's 
 Church Covent Garden, Foundling Hospital, St. George's Hospital, 
 Goldsmiths' Hall, Greenwich Hospital, Guy's Hospital, St. James's 
 Palace, Ironmongers' Almshouse, St. Luke's Hospital, Middlesex 
 Hospital, Montague House (altered for the British Museum), The 
 Monument, Ordnance Office, Royal Exchange, St. Thomas's 
 Hospital, Trinity Aims-House ; - - Kempson's Bridges (Penny 
 Tokens, issued 1797): London Bridge, Westminster Bridge, Black- 
 friars' Bridge ; Kempson's City Gates (Penny Tokens, 1797). 
 Aldgate, Aldersgate, Bishopsgate, Bridge Gate, Cripplegate, 
 Ludgate, Moorgate, Newgate ; Norwich Loyal Military Associa- 
 tion, Penny Token, 1797; - - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Mather's 
 Penny Token, 1797; - - Hoxne and Hartsmere, Suffolk Loyal 
 Yeomanry Cavalry, Penny Token, 1795 ; Kempson's Warwick- 
 shire Penny, 1796; Birmingham Penny Token, 1796; 
 Welch's Birmingham Penny, 1795 ; Coventry, St. Michael's 
 Church, Penny Token ; Fountains Abbey, Penny (signed on 
 obv. P. KEMPSON FECIT); Cambridgeshire County, Half-Penny 
 Token, 1795 ; - - Chester Halfpenny; - - Macclesfield, Charles 
 Roe's Halfpenny, 1790; Buxton Halfpenny, undated and 1796; 
 South Shields, Halfpenny 1794; Braintree, W. Goldsmith's 
 Halfpenny, 1794; Chelmsford, Clachar &Co's Halfpenny, 1794; 
 Colchester, Charles Heath's Halfpenny, 1794; Warley Camp 
 Halfpenny, 1794 (sev. varieties); Swansea, John Voss's Half- 
 penny, 1796;-- Gloucester, Halfpence 1793 (var.); -- Newent, 
 J. Morse's Halfpenny, 1796; Emsworth, John Stride's Halfpence, 
 T 793> J 794> 1795 (sev. var.); Gosport, J. Jordan's Halfpenny, 
 1794 ; Petersfield, Halfpenny, 1793 ; -- Portsmouth, Halfpence 
 1797 (several varieties) ; - - Portsea, G. E. Sargeant's Halfpence, 
 1794 (sev. var.);-- Hereford, C. Honiatt's Halfpenny, 1794; 
 Appledore, W. Peckham's Halfpenny, 1794; Benenden, Thomas 
 Reeves' Halfpenny, 1794; - Brookland, Thomas King's Half- 
 penny, 1794; Deal, Richard Long's Halfpenny, 1794; -- Dim- 
 church, W. Parris's Halfpenny, 1794; Lamberhurst, T. Foster's 
 Sussex Halfpenny Token, 1794 ; - - Another, of I. Gibbs, 1794 
 (varieties); Romney, John Sawyer's Halfpenny, 1794; 
 Lancaster, Halfpenny (OUR CAUSE is JUST) ; Rochdale, Halfpenny, 
 1792 (var.); Spalding, T. Jenning's Halfpenny, 1794 (sev. var.), 
 and others of I. Jordan's;- Wainfleet, Halfpenny, 1793; - 
 Chambers, Halfpenny, 1794; -- Ching's Halfpenny; -- Clark's 
 Halfpenny, 1795 (bust of Washington); Fowler's Halfpenny,
 
 1794 > London Halfpenny, MAY PEACE AND PLENTY ACCOMPANY 
 THE PRINCE & PRINCESS OF WALES; Mail Coach, Halfpence, 1797, 
 issued by J. Palmer (sev. var.); Moore's Lace Factory, Halt- 
 penny, 1795 ; Ratley's Halfpence, 1795 ; Manufactory and 
 Iron-Foundry, Clerkenwell, London, Halfpence, 1795 ; 
 Skidmore, Holborn, London, Halfpenny, 1795 (Wyon and James) ; 
 Blofield, Loyal Norfolk Yeomanry, Halfpenny 1796; 
 Norwich, Richard Bacon's Halfpenny, 1794; and others of the same 
 town, issued by N. Bolingbroke' 1792, Bullen and Martin's, R. 
 Campin 1794, Richard Dinmore and Son, John Harvey 1792, 
 John Rooks 1793 ; Newcastle, Halfpenny 1800; Nottingham, 
 Halfpenny, 1792; Coalbrook Dale, Halfpenny 1789, 1792 
 (several varieties); Bath, W. Gye's Halfpence 1794 fsev. 
 varieties), and others issued by F. Heath, 1794, 1795, 1796; 
 M. Lambe & Son's Halfpenny 1795 (Arnold & Wyon); Walcot 
 Turnpike Token, 1796; Wood & Go's Halfpence (sev. var.), Bath 
 City Token, 1798 ; Bridgewater, B. Water, Halfpenny, 1794 ; 
 
 Crewkerne, Sparks and Gidleys, Halfpenny, 1797; -- Leek, 
 Commercial Halfpence, 1793 (3 var.); Litchfield, Halfpenny 
 1796 (with bust of D r Sam 1 Johnson); Tamworth, Halfpenny, 
 1799; Bury, P. Deck's Halfpenny, and another issued by James 
 Goers ; Haverhill, John Fincham's Halfpenny, 1794 ; Hoxne 
 & Hartsmere, Suffolk Loyal Yeomanry Cavalry, 1795 ; Ipswich, 
 Gender's Halfpenny, 1794; Sudbury, Goldsmith & Son's Half- 
 penny, 1793 ; Brighton, Halfpence 1794 (with bust of Prince of 
 Wales); Chichester, Daily's Halfpenny, 1794 (with bust of 
 Queen Elizabeth); Frant, Sussex Halfpenny Token, 1794; 
 Hastings, James Tebay's Halfpenny 1794 ; Northiam, John 
 Toiler's Halfpenny 1794, and others issued by G. Gilbert, 1794; 
 
 Winchelsea, Richard Maplesden's Halfpenny, 1794; North 
 Wales Halfpenny, 1793 (several varieties); Birmingham Mining 
 and Copper Company Halfpence, 1791 (sev. var.), and others 
 dated 1792 and 1794; Birmingham, Halfpence 1793, INDUSTRY 
 HAS IT'S SURE REWARD; others of Donald & Co. 1792 ; Payable at 
 Nottingham 1792; Birmingham Poor House, 1796; Bisset's 
 Museum (sev. var.); John Clark's 1795 ; Coventry, John Nixon's 
 Halfpence, 1799 (var.); Salisbury, I. & T. Sharpes, 1796; 
 Hull, Halfpenny, 1799; Leeds, Samuel BirchalPs Halfpenny, 
 I 795> York, Halfpenny 1796 (with bust of Constantine the 
 Great), and another type, with LIBERTAS JUSTITIA PAX; Gloucester, 
 Penny Tokens 1797 (issued by Kempson ; with views of various 
 buildings ; 1 1 types) ; Series of Halfpenny Tokens, with build- 
 ings in Bath; Series of Halfpenny Tokens, with buildings in 
 Birmingham (published by Kempson, and executed by the Wyons; 
 ct. Sharp's Catalogue, p. 117, n 1-108); Series of Halfpenny
 
 Tokens of Coventry, with views of principal buildings (publ. by 
 Kempson, and executed by Wyon; cf. Sharp, n 1-38); Bruns- 
 wick Halfpenny 1795 ; General Convenience Halfpenny Token 
 1795 ; Low Hall Colliery 1797 Halfpenny ; Sir Isaac Newton, 
 Halfpenny 1793 ; - - Peace and Plenty Halfpenny Tokens 1793 
 (sev. varieties); Political Tokens, Halfpenny size: Hon. T. 
 Erskine; Erskine and Gibbs ; A way to prevent knaves getting a 
 trick; Views of Newgate 1794, 1795; Noted Advocates for the 
 rights of men, 1796; The wrongs of man Jan. 21 : 1793 ; Cam- 
 bridgeshire County, Farthing Token 1796; Lord Bridport, 
 Promissory Naval Token, Farthings; Adm 1 Lord Hood, Farthings; 
 
 Adm 1 Earl Howe, Farthings ; Adm 1 Sir John Jervis, Far- 
 things; Industry has its sure reward, 1795, Farthings ; Adm 1 
 Macbride, Farthings ; etc. Many of these Tokens occur also as Mules, 
 and specimens were struck out of their metals for collectors. 
 
 By the Wyons are also: Dundee Pence 1798; Fifeshire, 
 Penny of Scotland, 1797; Loch-Leven Penny 1797; Paisley 
 Penny, 1798 (2 var.); - - Dundee Halfpence 1795, 1796, 1797 
 (many varieties); Forfar Halfpenny 1797 (designed by Wright); 
 
 Edinburgh Halfpence 1796 and 1797; Dundee Farthings 
 1796 and 1797; Perth Farthing 1798 (designed by T. Menzies); 
 
 Dublin Halfpenny, 1792. 
 
 Thomas Wyon's signature occurs on the following Tradesmen's 
 Tokens: Birmingham Penny, CRESCIT IN IMMENSVM (T. W.}\ - 
 Walthamstow Halfpence, 1811 and 1813 (issued by the British 
 Copper Company in Thames St., London; several varieties); - 
 London, Mail Coach, Halfpenny; Norwich, Dunham and Yallop, 
 Halfpenny 1811; and another issued by Newton, MDCCCXI; - 
 Sheffield, Halfpence 1811 and 1812 (varied types); - - Bank of 
 England Three Shilling Tokens 1812-1816; - - Bank of Ireland 
 Ten Penny Token 1813 ; Birmingham, Workhouse 2/6, 1/6 and 
 i/. Tokens; -- Devonshire County Twopence, 1801 ; Basing- 
 stoke, Shilling, 1789; Staverton, Half Crown, 1811; and 
 Penny (signed: T. W.); Tullamore, One shilling and one 
 penny token (3 var.); Guernsey, Five shillings, 1809 (issued 
 by Bishop de Jersey & Co.). 
 
 Tickets : Birmingham, Society for Free Debate, 1789 ; Union 
 Mill, Birmingham, 1796 ; Felsted School (with head of Minerva); 
 
 Race Course, Newcastle, 1800. 
 
 MEDALS. 
 
 Thomas Wyon's medals include : 
 
 George III.'s recovery from insanity, 1789 (several types); 
 George III. and Queen Charlotte, PATRONS OF VIRTUE; and another
 
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 PEACE AND HARMONY ; Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty, 
 1799 (signed : WYON) ; Earl Howe, Admiral of the Fleet; - 
 Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, 1791 ; Col. Noel, of the 
 Rutland Fencibles; -- Admiral Gardner, election token ; - - Tur- 
 
 Turton's Memorial medal of Nelson, 1805. 
 
 ton's memorial medal of Nelson, 1805 (illustrated'); Wellington's 
 Victories up to Salamanca and Entry into Madrid, 1812 ($L. by 
 Peter Wyon); Stonehenge, 1796 (signed: T. WYON); Battle of 
 the Nile, 1798; Archduke Charles, 1799; - - George III. 
 Jubilee, 1810; - - Regency of the Prince of Wales, 1811 (obv. 
 modelled by Rouw; signed: T. WYON F.; }$L. by Thomas Wyon 
 Jun r ) ; -- Memorial medalet of George III., 1820; uniface, and 
 signed : T. WYON. This forms the front of a gold locket, the back 
 of which is engraved with the crown and the Royal monogram 
 with inscription below. Obt. 2? th Jan 1820 Act. 81 ; Charles 
 Hutton, mathematician, 1737-1823 (signed : B. WYON SC. ; 
 T. WYON DIR.); Algiers bombarded. 1816 (obv. by T. Wyon 
 jun r ); John Hansen, the weaver's friend, 1781-1811, Tribute 
 1810 (modelled by Rouw); George, Prince Regent, 1811 
 ($L. by T. Wyon jun r ); Liverpool Royal Institution, founded 
 1814; Memorial medal of Princess Charlotte, 1817 (designed by 
 P. Turnerelli) ; Centenary of the Union of Scotland with 
 England, and Stability of the Throne, 1807; CONCORD is THE 
 SECURITY OF NATIONS; National Jubilee, 25. October 1809; 
 Visit of Alexander of Russia to St. Catherine's Hospital ; Peace 
 Medal 1814 (obv. by Parkes); Death of George III., 29. January 
 1820; D r William Turton, London(^./.N. 897); Manchester 
 Infirmary, 1796 (two types; A. J.N. 1069-70; in Boston Collec- 
 tion); -- Halifax National School; Prize Medal (1795); signed: 
 T. WYON (Leroux, p. 57, n 480), etc.
 
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 BIBLIOGRAPHY. Thos. Sharpe, Catalogue of Provincial Copper Tokens, Coins, 
 Tickets and Medalets, issued in Great Britain, Ireland, and the Colonm, in the 18^ 
 and /9<t> Centuries, by Sir Geo. Cbetwynd, 1834. W. J. Davis, The Nineteenth 
 Century Token Coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of 
 Man, London, 1904. Pye, op. cit. 
 
 WYON, THOMAS, II) junior (Brit.). Eldest son of Thomas Wyon 
 the elder, was born in 1792 in Birmingham. He was educated in 
 London, and at the age of fourteen years was apprenticed to his 
 father, who was Engraver of His Majesty's Seals. Under the training 
 of Nathaniel Marchant, the gem-engraver, he acquired a correct 
 taste for the antique. About this time he joined the school ot 
 sculpture of the Royal Academy, and obtained two silver prize 
 medals. In 1809, when only sixteen years old, he engraved his 
 
 Wellington, 1810. 
 
 first medallic die, for a medal presented to Lieutenant Pearce, 
 R.N., for saving life, by a society of young ladies. In the next 
 year he gained the gold medal of the Society of Arts for medal- 
 engraving, and again in 1811 ; the subject in 1810 being a head of 
 Isis, which was utilised for their prize medal ". One of his next 
 medals was that of Wellington, from a bust of J. Nollekens, with 
 tyL. a figure of Victory, designed by himself, 1810 (illustrated). 
 From this period, says Mr. Wroth, he produced many medals for 
 schools, societies, Pitt Clubs, and other institutions. 
 
 "On 2o lh November 1811, Wyon was appointed Probationer 
 Engraver of the Mint, and was employed in making the dies for 
 Bank Tokens for England and Ireland, and coins for the British 
 Colonies and for Hanover. On 13 th October 1815 he was appointed 
 
 i. The Isis Medal was awarded in the last two distributions of awards in 1850 
 and 1853.
 
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 Chief Engraver to the Mint, being then only twenty-three. The 
 next year he brought out the new silver coinage for the United 
 Kingdom (Half-Crown, Shilling and Sixpence), designing the 
 reverses himself. In 1817 he engraved the dies for the Maundy 
 Money, and began to make his pattern crown-piece in rivalry of 
 Thomas Simon. Signs of consumption now began to appear, and 
 Wyon a modest and talented artist died on 23rd (or 22nd) 
 September 1817 at the Priory Farmhouse, near Hastings. He was 
 buried in the graveyard attached to Christ Church, South wark ". 
 (Wroth, p. 269). 
 
 The seals for the Newcastle Antiquarian Society (1813), the 
 Chester Canal Company, and the Limerick Chamber of Commerce 
 (about 1815) were engraved by Thomas Wyon the younger. 
 
 In 1816 Pistrucci was commissioned to make models for a new 
 coinage. The work of engraving the dies from these models was 
 first done by Thomas Wyon, juiv After his death in 1817, 
 Pistrucci engraved the dies himself. 
 
 COINS FOR CURRENCY. 
 
 Among the best known coins produced from dies engraved by 
 Thomas Wyon, jun., are the following : 
 
 BRITISH IMPERIAL. 
 
 'SILVER: Three Shillings, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815 and 1816 ; - 
 Eighteen Pence, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815 and 1816. 
 
 Obverse from a model by Nathaniel Marchant. 
 
 SILVER: Half Crown, 1816 and 1817; Shilling, 1816, 1817, 
 1818, 1819 and 1820; -- Sixpence, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819 and 
 1820; Fourpence, 1817, 1818 and 1820; Threepence, 1817, 
 1818 and 1820; - - Twopence, 1817, 1818 and 1820; - - Penny, 
 1817, 1818, and 1820. 
 
 Obverse from a model in jasper by Benedetto Pistrucci. 
 
 BRITISH GUIANA. 
 
 SILVER: Three Guilders, 1816 ; Two Guilders, 1816; Guilder, 
 1816 ; Half Guilder, 1816; Quarter Guilder, 1816. 
 COPPER: Stiver, 1813 ; Half Stiver, 1813. 
 
 BRUNSWICK, LUNEBURG AND HANOVER. 
 
 GOLD: Five Thalers (Pistoles), 1813, 1814 and 1815. 
 SILVER: Two Thirds Thaler (Gulden), 1813.
 
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 CEYLON. 
 
 SILVER: R Dollar, 1821. 
 Reverse by Thomas Wyon, jun. 
 
 COPPER: Two Stivers, 1815; -- Stiver, 1815; - - Half Stiver, 
 1815. 
 
 FRANCE. 
 GOLD : Twenty Francs, 1815. 
 
 
 Louis XVIII., Twenty Francs, 1815. 
 
 Under an Order in Council dated loth May, 1815, 871,581 
 Louis d'Or (Twenty Francs) were coined in the Royal Mint, 
 London, to pay the troops serving under the Duke of Wellington. 
 
 IRELAND. 
 SILVER: Tenpence, 1813. 
 
 JERSEY. 
 
 SILVER : Three Shillings, 1813; Eighteen Pence, 1813. 
 PATTERN COINS. 
 
 Thomas Wyon, jun., engraved numerous dies from which 
 pattern coins were struck. Among them are the following : 
 
 BRITISH IMPERIAL. 
 
 Guinea, 1813. 
 
 Obv. - Legendi GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA. Head and trun- 
 cated neck of the King in profile and looking to the right. Below 
 the truncation of the neck : - - W (Thomas Wyon, jun.). His 
 Majesty is wearing a wreath of laurel. The en$s of the wreath are
 
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 united at the rear of the head by ribbon, which is tied into a bow 
 with one of the hanging parts on the neck. The whole within an 
 ornamented rim. 
 
 %L. - Legend: BRITANNIARVM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR. 
 The Royal Arms on a shield garnished with the rose, shamrock 
 and thistle and surmounted by the Royal Crown which bisects the 
 date, 1813. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 The King's head on the obverse was engraved from Nathaniel 
 Marchant's model. 
 
 Sovereign, 1816. 
 
 Obv. Legend : GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA. Head and 
 truncated neck of the King in profile and looking to the right. His 
 Majesty is wearing a wreath of laurel. The ends of the wreath are 
 united at the rear of the head by ribbon, which is tied into a bow 
 with hanging parts. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 I. Legend: BRITANNIARUM REX FID : DEF : The Royal 
 Arms on a garnished shield surmounted by the Royal Crown. The 
 date, 1816, below the shield. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Half Crown, 181-. 
 
 Pattern Half Crown 181-. 
 
 The King's head on the obverse was engraved from a model by 
 Benedetto Pistrucci. 
 
 " Proof of the head of the Half Crown of George III., a work by 
 T. Wyon, Chief-engraver at the Mint, and retouched by me with 
 the diamond point. This head was copied from one of my cameos 
 preserved at the Mint, but was never issued, the puncheons of the 
 said head, retouched by me, were burnt several times at the Mint. 
 They are extremely rare, as although they resemble the Half 
 Crowns in circulation, they differ much in the face, which on the 
 common coins is more morbid. Given to me by Mr. Pole. " 
 B. PISTRUCCI.
 
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 CEYLON. 
 
 Two Rix Dollar, 1812. 
 
 Obv. An elephant standing on a piece of land with herbage, and 
 looking to the left. The date, 1812, below the ground. The whole 
 within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Two Rix Dollar, 1812. 
 
 I. - - Upper legend : -- CEYLON. Lower legend: --CUR- 
 RENCY. Inscription in two lines, within an oblong compartment 
 surmounted by the Royal Crown : TWO | RIX-DOLLAR. The 
 mound ot the crown bisects the upper legend. On an escroll below 
 the compartment : DIEU ET MON DROIT. The whole within 
 an ornamented rim. 
 
 Rix Dollar, 1812. 
 
 Obv. An elephant standing on a piece of land with herbage, 
 and looking to the left. The date, 1812, below the ground. The 
 whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Rix Dollar, 1812. 
 
 I. Upper legend : CEYLON. Lower legend : - - CUR- 
 RENCY. Inscription, in two lines, within an oblong compartment 
 surmounted by the Royal Crown : - - ONE RIX DOLLAR. The 
 mound of the crown bisects the upper legend. On an escroll below 
 the compartment : - DIEU ET MON DROIT. The whole within 
 an ornamented rim.
 
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 IRELAND. 
 
 Penny, 1813. 
 
 Obv. GEORGIUS III . D : G . REX. Draped bust of the King in 
 profile and looking to the right. The monogram T.W. (Thomas 
 Wyon) on the drapery. His Majesty is wearing a wreath of laurel. 
 The ends of the wreath are united at the rear of the head by ribbon 
 which is tied into a bow with one of the hanging parts on the 
 neck. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 
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 Penny, 1813. 
 
 }$L. Legend : HIBERNIA. A harp with nine strings crowned 
 with the Royal Crown. Below the harp, the date, 1813. The whole 
 within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Milled incusely in the centre. 
 
 MEDALS. 
 
 Thomas Wyon junior's medals include the following : Presen- 
 tation medal to Lieutenant Pearce R. N. for life saving, 1809; - 
 Isis medal, 1810 (re-engraved in 1813, and used by the Society of 
 Arts for their Prize medals); - Medal of Wellington, 1810 
 Wooldrige medal, 1812; Nottinghamshire Rifleman; 
 Honorary Medal for T. Skinner, Fort de Bath ; Medal for the 
 Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, 1812; Manchester Pitt Club 
 medal, 1813 (J$L. Pitt arousing the genius of Britain to resist 
 the fiends of Anarchy, who have overthrown Religion and 
 Royalty, with the Virtues awaiting the result, etc. According to 
 Sainthill, one of Wyon's grandest efforts; illustrated)', 
 Regency of the Prince of Wales, i8ri (tyL. signed : T.W JD N . 
 D&F); --The Pea- e of 1814 (T. WYON JUN. s!) ; -- The Hano- 
 verian Dynasty, 1814 (T. WYON. JUN. S :) ; Upper Canada
 
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 preserved'; Medals presented to the Indian Chiefs in Canada, 
 1814 (several types); Medal of the Tsar Alexander I. of Russia, 
 struck during the Visit of the Grand Duchess of Oldenburg to the 
 Royal Mint, London; - - Treaty of Paris, 1814 (published by 
 Rundell & Co., from his 'Peace checking the Fury of War', a 
 design which had won the gold medal of the Society of Arts); 
 
 Manchester Pitt Club Medal, 1813. 
 
 Centenary of Accession of House of Brunswick (for the Corporation 
 of Cork); Liverpool Pitt Club medal; Waterloo medal, 1815 
 (illustrated), with reverse, Victory, adapted from a Greek coin ot 
 Elis (illustrated}, a type which is described as one of the finest 
 
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 Pattern for Waterloo Medal, 1815. 
 
 compositions in Greek numismatic art ; the medal is signed : 
 T. WYON. JUN. S. ; - - Opening of Waterloo Bridge, 1817; - 
 Medal issued for the Army, 1808-1814, obv. Britannia to left seated
 
 So- 
 on a globe; I$L. Laurel-wreath enclosing the name of the battle; 
 Pattern for Waterloo medal, 1815 (illustrated); -- Cambridge 
 Prize Medal, 1812 (ARTIS C.ELATUR.E NUMISMATIBUS LXEMPLAR 
 ADROGATUM; medal executed for H. R. H. the Duke of Gloucester 
 as the Chancellor of the University of Cambridge; Pitt, 1814 
 designed by H. Howard); Jubilee in honour of the Peace, 
 
 Stater of Elis, B.C. 479-421. 
 
 i. Aug. 1814; Algiers bombarded, 1816 (obv.only); published 
 by Rundell, Bridge & Rundell ; Coronation of George IV., 1821 
 (obv. signed : T. W. JUN. E., was engraved before artist's death in 
 1817; fyL. by Benj. Wyon) ; George, Prince Regent, 1817; 
 
 }$L. TO THE NOBLE SIGNOR VICTOR CARIDI, DEPUTY FROM THE LEGIS- 
 
 
 Bombardment of Algiers, 1816. 
 LATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED IONIAN STATES II. JULY 1817. 
 
 Upper Canada preserved (A beaver undismayed by the appearance 
 of the American eagle ; the British lion in the distance); True- 
 Blue Club medal; iMiniature medal (weighing seven grains) of 
 the Duke of Wellington ; Miniature medal of the Prince ; 
 Medallion of Sir Joseph Banks (unfinished) ; Medal of Miles (as
 
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 a counterpart to that of Snelling; unfinished); -- Medal of the 
 Mint (unfinished). 
 
 " The private life of Thomas Wyonjunr. ", says Sainthill, " was 
 
 Medal awarded to Indian Chiefs, 1814. 
 
 as amiable as his public was splendid ; his habits were strictly reli- 
 gious and domestic; and as a son and a brother, he was all that a 
 parent or a relative could wish for ; his manners were uncommonly 
 mild and unassuming ; though it would not have been wonderful 
 if abilities which, at so early an age, placed him at the undisputed 
 
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 head of his profession in this country, had rendered him otherwise; 
 he was also perfectly free from that envy and jealousy which, 
 while it exists among all classes of society, is perhaps more visible 
 among artists. No person could be more ready at all times to point 
 out merit wherever it existed, and no one more severely criticised, 
 or had so humble an opinion of his own labours as himself" (Olla 
 Podrida, I, p. 32). 
 
 BIBLIOGRAPHY. W. Wroth, Thomas Wyon, Diet. Nat. Biog. LXIII, p. 269. 
 Memoir by Mr. Allan Wyon in Colville's Worthies of Wanvickshire. Gent. Mag., 
 1818, I, J79- Sainthill, Olla Podrida, I, 22 p., n, 354. - Hocking, Royal Mint 
 Museum Catalogue, 1910. Crowther, op. cit. Marvin, Masonic Medals, 1880. 
 Leroux, op. cit. H. A. Grueber, Personal Medals. Bolzenthal, op. cit 
 R. McLachlan, Canadian Indian Medals, pp. 24-26, 30. Ruding, Annals of the 
 Coinage of Great Britain, 1840. Grueber, Handbook of the Coins of Great Britain 
 and Ireland, 1899. ~~ Spink, Catalogue of the Montagu Collection of Coins jrom 
 George II. to Victoria, 1891. Bramsen, op. cit. 
 
 WYON, WILLIAM (Brit.} 179 5- 1851. Eldest son of Peter Wyon, was 
 born in Birmingham in 1795. He went to school in his native place, 
 and in 1809 was apprenticed to his father. The art of Flaxman, with 
 which he became acquainted, when a boy, through coming across 
 a copy of the famous artist's " Dante", left a lasting impression on 
 his mind; so much so, that in after life he was in the habit of calling 
 Flaxman his real instructor. 
 
 Under the guidance of his father, the youthful engraver collabor- 
 ated with him in the execution of many dies for Tokens and 
 Medals, which bear Peter Wyon's signature. At the age of sixteen, 
 he produced a head of Hercules in bold relief, which was brought 
 to the notice of Nathaniel Marchant, "and elicited from the 
 renowned gem-engraver an earnest recommendation that the youth 
 should be employed upon objects of higher art than those which 
 his father was accustomed to receive fr-em the tradesmen of Bir- 
 mingham". Among other early works of William Wyon, Sainthill 
 mentions a head of Antinous, " which his father set in gold for his 
 own seal", and a die with a copy of " The Woodman" after 
 Westall's picture, gilt impressions from which were struck for 
 brooches which " obtained so large a sale that the manufacturers 
 were anxious to have other similar designs executed by the same 
 hand". 
 
 In 1812 William Wyon visited London on the invitation of his 
 uncle Thomas Wyon, and was induced to make a die in competi- 
 tion for the premium offered by the Society of Arts. The subject 
 was 'a head of Ceres'. "Marchant praised the design", says Wroth, 
 " and when Wyon wanted to obtain a model of an ancient plough 
 told him to go to Richard Payne Knight, and to say that he was 
 ' that pretty behaved, modest boy whom he had spoken to him 
 about'. On 25. May 1813 the Society of Arts awarded Wyon their
 
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 large gold medal for his ' Ceres' and purchased the dies for use in 
 striking the Society's prize gold medal (class, Agriculture) ". The 
 same Society granted to him another gold medal for his designs for 
 a Naval prize medal, being an original composition of Victory in a 
 marine car attended by Tritons. 
 
 In 1815 William Wyon again visited London, and aided his 
 uncle Thomas Wyon the elder in engraving the new Great Seals. 
 He was required to cut those for Scotland and Ireland, while his 
 cousin Thomas was engaged on the execution of the Great Seal for 
 England. 
 
 In 1816 Pingo and Marchant, the chief and second engravers of 
 the Mint having been superannuated, Thomas Wyon junior was 
 
 Portrait-medal of William Wyon, 
 by Leonard C. Wyon. 
 
 promoted to be Chief-engraver, and notwithstanding the objection 
 raised against the candidature of William Wyon, on account of his 
 being of the same family as the Chief-engraver, he was chosen, 
 after a competition, and on the award of Sir Thomas Lawrence, to 
 fill the post of Second engraver. 
 
 In 1817 Thomas Wyon junior died, and Pistrucci, the noted 
 Gem-engraver, and a favourite of the Master of the Mint, Lord 
 Maryborough, was appointed to the vacant office. William Wyon 
 resented this nomination, and differences arose between the two 
 men. Pistrucci was a skilful artist, but it is said an indolent one : 
 and most of the work incurred by the great recoinage of 1816 and 
 the British and Colonial coinages of George III. and George IV. 
 devolved on Wyon, without any increase to his pay.
 
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 In 1822, Pistrucci practically withdrew his services by declining 
 to reproduce Sir Francis Chantrey's bust of the King on the coinage 
 of that year. He nevertheless retained his salary of 500 w y hile 
 Wyon only received 200. This continued until 1828, when, as a 
 compromise, Wyon was made Chief-Engraver, and Pistrucci 
 
 Portrait-model of George IV., by William Wyon. 
 
 received the designation of Chief-Medallist, each receiving a yearly 
 salary of 350, while Wyon was awarded 500 for his extra ser- 
 vices from 1823 to 1828. 
 
 "In 1830 Wyon began the series ot coin-dies of William IV., 
 the portrait (illustrated) being taken from Sir Francis Chantrey's 
 model. In 1835 he visited Lisbon and modelled the portrait of 
 Queen Donna Maria for the new Portuguese coinage which he was 
 selected to engrave. In 1831 he had been elected an associate of the 
 Royal Academy, and on 10. March 1838 he became an academician, 
 this being the first occasion on which a medallist had been elected. 
 He was also an honorary member of the Imperial Academy of Fine 
 Arts at Vienna (elected 183 6). 
 
 " On the accession of Queen Victoria the preparation of the 
 Coronation medal was entrusted to Pistrucci, and in 1837 and 1838 
 a newspaper controversy as to the respective merits of the work 
 (and nationality) of Pistrucci and Wyon excited public interest. 
 Pistrucci \\as stoutly defended by William Richard Hamilton, while 
 Wyon was supported by Richard Sainthill, the numismatist, and 
 by Edward Hawkins, who wrote under the pseudonyms ot 'Daniel 
 Briton ', ' Persona ', and ' A . Z . ' Wyon's friend Nicholas Carlisle
 
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 printed privately a eulogistic memoir of him in 1837" (Wroth, 
 Diet. Nat. Biog., p. 270). 
 
 The following extract from the Parliamentary Record of the 
 Mint shows how acute the controversy became. Pistrucci, in his 
 notes, complains of Wyon spoiling his dies by retouching them, 
 and in a letter of R . J . Lane to Sainthill, in which he praises 
 Wyon's City medal ' as the most exquisitely perfect and true por- 
 trait of the Queen ', we read that at the Palace Wyon refused to 
 take his sittings with Pistrucci at work in the room. Sainthill 
 however observes that Wyon was entirely free trom any feeling 
 of jealousy, as regarded other artists in his own profession, native 
 or foreign, at every period of his life; nor was this disposition 
 ever disturbed by the malevolence and injustice which, at some 
 stages of his career, he encountered from others. 
 
 " It appears that Signer Pistrucci was invited over from Italy, 
 when Lord Maryborough was Master of the Mint, to lend his assis- 
 tance in preparing the dies for a new coinage then about to be 
 issued. It was held as a matter of course, that there could not be 
 sufficient talent among the engravers of Great Britain itself, for the 
 due execution of the task, and that, therefore, a foreigner must be 
 secured at all hazards. And what has been the result ? A new 
 coinage appeared not particularly remarkable for its excellence in 
 design or execution, but exceedingly remarkable for the unprece- 
 dented prominence given by himself, we presume, to the name of 
 the artist. While the style and titles of His Majesty were obliged 
 to be represented by curtailments and initials, the name 
 " P-i-s-t-r-u-c-c-i " figured at full length in a conspicuous situation 
 on both sides of the coin ; as though it were desired to proclaim to 
 all the world that England was compelled to search the continent 
 for an artist capable of fitly executing her coinage, and that none 
 such was to be found within " the four seas of Britain". Signor 
 Pistrucci, it appears, conferred these great favours on the pledge of 
 Lord Maryborough, that he should succeed to the chief engravership 
 on the first opportunity; but when this opportunity occurred it 
 turned out that in making his promise, the Master of the Mint had 
 proved himself grossly ignorant of the powers of his office, inas- 
 much as an Act of Parliament stood directly in the way of the 
 appointment, by which it was enacted, that no foreigner should 
 have possession of the dies belonging to the coinage of the 
 kingdom; without which possession the chief engraver could not 
 possibly perform his duties. The consequence has been, that ever 
 since, Signor Pistrucci has resided in the Mint, with the nominal 
 appointment of chief medallist, and the (by no means nominal) 
 salary of 300 a-year. It will have been perceived that in this 
 period he has had nothing to do with engraving either coins or
 
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 medals, yet we have had both, and those executed too in a style 
 far superior to the productions of this Italian Artist. How is this ? 
 Has the continent again been ransacked ? Has another first-rate 
 engraver been decoyed from Italy to this land of fog, there to pine 
 away after a time on a fat salary and the " dolce far niente "? No 
 such thing! The matter was settled simply enough; Mr. William 
 Wyon was appointed chief engraver, and has ever since performed 
 all its duties in person, the only perceptible difference in the coin 
 since it has been under the superintendence of a native artist, 
 having been a very considerable improvement in point both of 
 
 Trial piece bearing the Effigy of King William IV., 
 by William Wyon. 
 
 design and execution, and the dwindling of the engraver's name 
 from the full-length and alto-relievo stateliness of the Italian, to 
 the scarcely-visible " W.W. " of the Englishman. 
 
 "It is plain from all this, that Lord Maryborough might have 
 spared himself the trouble of his Italian importation, and it is 
 equally plain, that had he so spared himself, he would have spared 
 John Bull the honour and glory of supporting a thankless sinecu- 
 rist in the person of Signer Pistrucci ; for after all, it appears that 
 the Signer considers himself an ill-used man, and repels all insinua- 
 tions that he might do something for his salary by observing that 
 when the British Government fulfil their promises to him, he shall 
 have no objection to do something for the British Government. 
 That he is determined fully to maintain his rights, may be inferred 
 from the fact of his having lost no time in taking possession of the 
 apartments appropriated to the former chief engraver, which he has 
 ever since continued to occupy, so that, as Mr. Wyon complains, 
 he is compelled to carry on the engraving of the dies in a smaller 
 and more inconvenient space than any of his predecessors, while 
 the dies themselves are more than ever subject to be lost or injured. 
 It is indeed, admitted on all hands, that the present arrangements 
 as to the dies require a thorough reform. They undergo so many
 
 removals during the various processes they have to undergo, that 
 it is more owing to good fortune than good management that 
 many of them have not disappeared, and that some private manu- 
 facturers are not enabled to turn out a coinage undistinguishable 
 from that of the Mint itself ! The clerk of the irons under whose 
 superintendence they are placed, informs the Committee that at 
 
 Impression from Wax model by William Wyon of Queen Victoria's head for the 
 obverse of the British Imperial gold, silver and copper coinage issued for 
 currency. 
 
 present, " the dies are torged and burned in one place, brought up 
 from the punches and annealed, hardened, and kept in another, 
 polished in a third, lettered in a fourth, and submitted to the in- 
 spection of the chief engraver in a fifth department ". 
 
 This trial piece is the size of a crown. The reverse is plain and 
 also the edge. 
 
 In the autumn of the year 1835 the Portuguese Government
 
 applied to the British Government to allow William Wyon to 
 proceed to Lisbon for the purpose of making a model of Her Most 
 Faithful Majesty Donna Maria to be used for the obverse of a new 
 coinage for Portugal. Nicholas Carlisle in " A memoir of the life 
 and works of William Wyon " published in 1837 says : 
 
 " The consent of the British Government being obtained, and 
 his medical advisers being of opinion that his health might be 
 improved by a sea voyage, Mr. Wyon embarked on the twenty- 
 second of September, and, after a very tempestuous voyage, arrived 
 in safety at Lisbon. 
 
 " His stay in that capital appears to have been satisfactory in the 
 highest degree. The model of Her Majesty was esteemed to be a 
 most happy likeness, and the youthful Queen was so well 
 pleased, that she graciously commanded Mr. Wyon to execute a 
 large medal from it, to be used in the intended coinage. 
 
 " After an agreeable residence of six weeks in the city of Lisbon, 
 Mr. Wyon requested the permission of Her Majesty to return to 
 England, which being graciously complied with, our artist, in 
 the month of November, stepped again upon his native soil, to the 
 great joy of his family, and amidst the congratulations of his friends, 
 for the consummate manner in which he had upholden the taste, 
 talent and dignity of the unshackled genius of a Briton, and he 
 now reaps a proud reward in the new series of coins, which he has 
 engraved for the Portuguese Dominions ". 
 
 In 1839 Wyon visited Paris, and received a cordial welcome by 
 Louis Philippe,who presented him with a gold medal. Wyon showed 
 the King his Guildhall medal of Queen Victoria, and his medallion 
 of King William IV. Louis Philippe praised that of the Queen highly, 
 and when he looked at William IV., he laughed and said ' It is the 
 old boy, his very self. 
 
 Wyon's head of Queen Victoria for the coinage received universal 
 approbation and still ranks as one of the noblest productions, 
 combining beauty of design and perfect execution, in the British 
 numismatic series. Sainthill says : " The graceful arrangement, 
 character, and expression of the whole bust ; its breadth and softness ; 
 the perfect youth, yet sweetly defined womanhood, of the features; 
 the exquisite delicacy of the line connecting the cheek and neck ; 
 and the surpassing beauty ot the lower part of the face and lip, 
 strike us as a combination of excellences where all the truth of nature 
 is displayed in all the perfection of art " (Olla Podrida I, 65). 
 
 One of Wyon's most notable productions \vas the Cheselden 
 medal for St. Thomas's Hospital (illustrated). The subject was a 
 peculiarly difficult one; a dead body laid out in the dissecting room, 
 but he succeeded admirably, showing a wonderful anatomical 
 knowledge, defying all criticism.
 
 In 1846 Wyon designed and engraved a Pattern Crown of the 
 Queen in the mediaeval style (the so-called ' Gothic Crown '), 
 which by Royal command was issued as a coin in 1847. Eight 
 thousand crowns were coined for distribution among the London 
 bankers, and they were soon absorbed by collectors, so that scarcely 
 any strayed into general circulation. 
 
 During the remainder of his life Wyon was actively engaged on 
 
 Impression from the Wax model by William Wyon for the reverse ot the current 
 British India Two Mohurs and Mohur of King William IV., from John 
 Flaxman's design, adopted on the suggestion of Lord William Bentinck. 
 
 coin and medal work. He was married in 1821 to Catherine Sophia, 
 third daughter of John Keele, a surgeon of Southampton. His wife 
 died in February 1851, and some months later, in September of the 
 same year, he was attacked by paralysis, which deprived him of the 
 use of his left side, at Brighton, \vhere he died on the following 
 29th of October. William Wyon left four children, two sons and 
 two daughters, the elder son, Leonard Charles Wyon became Chief- 
 engraver at the Royal Mint on his father's death in 1851 and 
 remained in office until his death in 1891; the younger son, 
 Frederick William, followed the legal profession and died in March, 
 1904. 
 
 Leonard Charles Wyon engraved a portrait-medal of his father 
 (illustrated}. Another portrait drawn by him in 1842 is reproduced
 
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 The Cheselden Medal for St. Thomas's Hospital.
 
 in Sainthill's " Olla Podrida " (I., 88) and in " The Gentleman's 
 Magazine" (1851, II. 609). 
 
 " Wyon's industry as a designer and engraver of dies both for 
 coins and medals was extraordinary", remarks Wroth. " His work 
 was always conscientious and well finished, though he was no doubt 
 hampered by the mechanical conditions with which a modern 
 medallist has usually to comply, and he sometimes adhered too 
 
 SOCIETY 
 
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 iv mSTlULJV.i*10K 
 
 KTISTK FUND 
 
 Medal of the Society for the Management and Distribution of the 
 Artists Fund. 
 
 faithfully to the medallic traditions of classical, or rather of pseudo- 
 classical, design. Some of his productions attain a really high level 
 of artistic excellence". 
 
 Sainthill praises Wyon " as an engraver of medals who will stand 
 hereafter in our English order of merit immediately after Thomas 
 Simon. He may not have equalled Simon (?) but he has surpassed 
 , Briot, the Roettiers, Rawlins, Blondeau, Croker, Tanner, Pingo, 
 and Pistrucci. His heads have both force and delicacy, and are 
 always admirable in point of likeness. His reverses are conceived in 
 the School of Flaxman, for whose works he was known to have 
 evinced greater enthusiasm than for those of any other modern 
 artist ". 
 
 In Carlisle's ' Memoir' is a fairly complete list of William Wyon's 
 medallic productions up to 1836; another list (but incomplete) was
 
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 compiled by L. C. Wyon and printed in Sainthill's 'Olla Podrida' 
 (II., 401-403). I possess a letter by L. C. Wyon, addressed to Stephen 
 Tucker Esq., a collector, in March 1885, in which he mentions that 
 no complete list of his father's works had been made. He states that 
 the nearest approach to it is one which he compiled many years 
 previously (probably for Sainthill), rather hastily, from his account 
 books, which were not carefully kept. They date from 1825 when 
 he was thirty years old, and had of course executed a number of 
 medals. 
 
 A case of medals by William Wyon was exhibited at the Great 
 Exhibition in London in 1851. Many of his Pattern Coins and 
 Medals are preserved in the British Museum. A fine series of his 
 medals is contained in a special case which is on exhibit at the 
 Royal Mint Museum, London. 
 
 William Wj^on's signature occurs usually as W . W. ; WYON ; 
 W. WYON; W. WYON A. R. A. ; or W. WYON, R. A. 
 
 Sainthill, in ' Olla Podrida ' I and II has described and ably 
 criticised many of the medallic works of William Wyon, although in 
 some cases I think he has been somewhat excessive in his praise. 
 
 COINS FOR CURRENCY. 
 
 The coins issued for currency in various parts of the British. 
 Empire during the reigns of King George the Third, King George 
 the Fourth, King William the Fourth and Queen Victoria which 
 were struck from dies engraved by William Wyon are dated as 
 follows. Those bearing dates distinguished by an asterisk were 
 coined as specimens. Sometimes he only executed one of the two 
 dies used for striking the coins. 
 
 AUSTRALIA. 
 
 QUEEN VICTORIA. 
 MELBOURNE MINT. 
 
 GOLD: Sovereign (Royal Arms on reverse), 1872 to 1887 both 
 years inclusive ; - - Sovereign (Saint George and the Drsgon on 
 reverse), 1872 to 1887 both years inclusive; Half Sovereign, 
 1873, ^77, 1881, 1882, 1884, 1885, 1886 and 1887. 
 
 Obverse by William Wyon from his own model from life. 
 
 SYDNEY MINT. 
 
 GOLD: Sovereign (Royal arms on reverse), 1871 to 1887, both 
 years inclusive; Sovereign (Saint George and the Dragon on
 
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 reverse), 1871 to 1887 both years inclusive; -- Half Sovereign, 
 1872, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1886 and 
 1887. 
 Obverse by William Wyon from his own model from life. 
 
 BRITISH GUIANA. 
 
 WILLIAM IV. 
 
 SILVER : Three Guilders, 1832; Two Guilders, 1832; Guilder, 
 1832, 1833, 1835 and 1836; Half Guilder, 1832, 1833, 1835 and 
 1836; Quarter Guilder, 1832, 1833, 1835 and 1836; Eighth 
 Guilder, 1833, 1835 an( ^ 1836. 
 
 Obverse by William Wyon from a bust by Sir Francis Chantrey. 
 Reverse of the eighth guilder dated 1833, 1835 and 1836 and of the 
 guilder, half guilder and quarter guilder dated 1836 by William 
 Wyon from his own designs. 
 
 BRITISH IMPERIAL. 
 
 GEORGE III. 
 
 GOLD : Half Sovereign, 1817, 1818 and 1820. 
 Reverse by William Wyon. 
 
 GEORGE IV. 
 
 GOLD : Sovereign, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1829 and 1830; Half 
 Sovereign, 1825*, 1826, 1827 and 1828. 
 
 SILVER: Half Crown, 1824*, 1825, 1826, 1828 and 1829; - 
 Shilling, 1825, 1826, 1827 and 1829; -- Sixpence, 1826, 1827, 
 1828 and 1829. 
 
 COPPER: Penny, 1825, 1826 and 1827; " Halfpenny, 1825, 
 1826 and 1827; -- Farthing, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1825 and 1826 
 (Type i); Farthing, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829 and 1830 (Type 2). 
 
 Obverse of all except the farthing of Type i by William Wyon 
 from a bust by Sir Francis Chantrey. Reverse of all by William 
 Wyon from his own designs. 
 
 WILLIAM IV. 
 
 GOLD: Sovereign, 1831 to 1837 both years inclusive; Half 
 Sovereign, 1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837.
 
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 SILVER .- Half Crown, 1831*, 1834, l8 35> l8 3 6 an d l8 37J - 
 Shilling, 1831*, 1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837; ~~ Sixpence, 1831, 
 1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837; --Groat, 1836 and 1837; Four- 
 pence, 1831 to 1837 both years inclusive; Threepence, 1831 to 
 1837 both years inclusive; Twopence, 1831 to 1837 both years 
 inclusive; Penny, 1831 to 1837 both years inclusive. 
 
 COPPER: Penny, 1831,1834, 1836 and 1837; -- Halfpenny, 
 1831, 1834 and 1837; Farthing, 1831, 1834, 1835, 1836 and 
 
 1837- 
 
 Obverse of all by William Wyon from a model by Sir Francis 
 Chantrey. Reverse of the groat and copper penny, halfpenny and 
 farthing by William Wyon from his own design. 
 
 VICTORIA . 
 
 GOLD: Sovereign (Royal Arms on the reverse), 1838, 1839, 1841 
 to 1866, 1868 to 1874 and 1887* all years inclusive; Sovereign 
 (Saint George and the Dragon on the reverse), 1871, 1872, 1873, 
 1874, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1884, 1885 and 1887*. -- Half 
 Sovereign, 1838, 1839, 1841 to 1861, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 
 1867, 1869 to 1880, 1883, l88 4> l88 5 <d l88 7* a11 Y ears inclusive. 
 
 Crown, 1879. 
 
 SILVER: Crown, 1839*, 1844, 1845, 1847 and 1879* (illustrated); 
 Half Crown, 1839 to 1846, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1853*, 1862*, 
 1864*, 1871*, and 1874 to 1887 all years inclusive; - - Shilling, 
 1838 to 1846 and 1848 to 1887 all years inclusive; Sixpence, 
 1838 to 1846 and 1846 to 1887 all years inclusive; Groat, 1837*, 
 1838 to 1856 both years inclusive, 1857* and 1862*; Fourpence, 
 1838 to 1887 both years inclusive; -- Threepence, 1838 to 1887 
 both years inclusive; Twopence, 1838 to 1887 both years inclu- 
 sive ; Penny, 1838 to 1887 both years inclusive. 
 
 COPPER: Penny, 1839*, 1841, 1843 to 1849, 1851 to 1859 and
 
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 1860* all years inclusive; -- Halfpenny, 1838, 1839*, 1841, 1843 
 to 1849, 1851 to 1859 (illustrated} and 1860*, all years inclusive; 
 Farthing, 1838 to 1859 both years inclusive and 1860*; 
 
 Halfpenny, 1859. 
 
 Half Farthing, 1842, 1843, 1844, l8 47> 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 
 1856 and 1868*. 
 
 Obverse of all by William Wyon from his own model from life. 
 Reverse of the groat and copper penny, halfpenny, farthing and 
 half farthing by William Wyon from his own designs. 
 
 SILVER : Crown(Gothic) 1846*, 1847 (illustrated) and 1853* > ~ 
 
 "Gothic" Crown, 1847. 
 
 Florin (Godless or Graceless) 1849 ; Florin (Gothic) 1851*, 1852 
 to 1 88 1 and 1883 to 1887 all years inclusive. 
 
 Obverse of all by William Wyon from his own design. 
 
 BRITISH INDIA. 
 
 WILLIAM IV. 
 
 GOLD : Two Mohurs, 1835 ; -- Mohur, 1835 . 
 SILVER: Rupee, 1835 ; -- Half Rupee, 1835 ; - - Quarter Rupee, 
 1835.
 
 Obverse of all by William Wyon. Reverse of the Two mohurs 
 and Mohur by William Wyon from John Flaxman's design. 
 
 VICTORIA 
 
 GOLD: Mohur, 1 841. 
 
 SILVER.: Rupee, 1840 and 1849*; Half Rupee, 1840 and 
 1849*; Quarter Rupee, 1840; Two Annas, 1841 and 1849*. 
 
 Obverse of all by William Wyon. Reverse of the mohur by 
 William Wyon from John Flaxman's design. 
 
 BRITISH WEST INDIES. 
 
 WILLIAM IV. 
 
 SILVER: Threehalfpence, 1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837. 
 
 Obverse by William Wyon from a model by Sir Francis Chantrey. 
 
 VICTORIA . 
 
 SILVER : Threehalfpence, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 
 1860, 1862 and 1870*. 
 Obverse by William Wyon from his own model from life. 
 
 CEYLON. 
 
 GEORGE IV. 
 
 COPPER : Half Farthing, 1828 and 1830. 
 Obverse and reverse by William Wyon. 
 
 WILLIAM IV. 
 
 COPPER : Half Farthing, 1837. 
 
 Obverse by William Wyon from a model by Sir Francis Chantrey. 
 Reverse by William Wyon from his own design. 
 
 VICTORIA. 
 
 COPPER: Half Farthing, 1839; - Quarter Farthing, 1839, 
 1851, 1852, 1853 and 1868*. 
 
 Obverse by William Wyon from his own model from life. 
 Reverse by William Wyon from his own design. 
 
 COPPER: Five Cents, '1870, 1890, 1891 and 1892; Cent, 1870, 
 1890, 1891, 1892, 1900 and 1901 ; Half Cent, 1870, 1890, 1892, 
 1895, 1898 and 1901 ; Quarter Cent, 1870, 1890, 1898 and 1901. 
 
 Obverse by William Wyon from his own design .
 
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 GIBRALTAR. 
 
 VICTORIA . 
 
 COPPER: Two Quarts, 1842 and 1861*; -- Quart, 1842 and 
 1 86 1*; Half Quart, 1842. 
 Obverse by William Wyon from his own model from life. 
 
 HONG KONG 
 
 VICTORIA . 
 
 SILVER: Ten Cents, 1863, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1872, 1873, 
 1874, I ^75, 1876, 1877 an d l8 79 to : 9 01 a H years inclusive. 
 
 BRONZE: Cent, 1863, 1865, 1866, 1875, l8 ?6, 1877, 1879, 
 1880, 1881, 1899, 1900 and 1901. 
 
 Obverse by William Wyon from his own design. 
 
 ISLE OF MAN. 
 
 VICTORIA . 
 
 COPPER : Penny, 1839, 1841* and 1859*; -- Halfpenny, 1839, 
 1841* and 1860*; -- Farthing, 1839, 1860* and 1864*. 
 Obverse by William Wyon from his own model from life. 
 
 IONIAN ISLANDS. 
 
 GEORGE III. 
 
 COPPER: Ten Oboli, 1819; Five Oboli, 1819; -- Two and a 
 half Oboli, 1819 and 1820. 
 
 Obverse and reverse by William Wyon from his own designs. 
 
 WILLIAM IV. 
 
 SILVER: Thirty Oboli, 1834 and l8 35- 
 
 COPPER: Obolus, 1834 and 1835. 
 
 Obverse and reverse by William Wyon from his own designs. 
 
 VICTORIA . 
 
 SILVER: Thirty Oboli, 1848, 1849, 1851, 1852, 1857 and 1862. 
 COPPER: Obolus, 1848, 1849, 1851, 1853, 1857 and 1862. 
 Obverse and reverse by William Wyon from his own designs. 
 
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 IRELAND. 
 
 GEORGE IV. 
 
 COPPER: Penny, 1822 and 1823 ; -- Halfpenny, 1822 and 1823. 
 Obverse by William Wyon from a model by Benedetto Pistrucci. 
 Reverse by William Wyon from his own design. 
 
 JERSEY. 
 
 VICTORIA. 
 
 COPPER: Thirteenth of a Shilling, 1841, 1844, 1851, 1858, 1861 
 and 1865 ; -- Twenty-Sixth of a Shilling, 1841, 1844, 1851, 1858 
 and 1861; Fifty-Second of a Shilling, 1841 and 1861. 
 
 Obverse by William Wyon from his own model from life. 
 Reverse by Willam Wyon from a design supplied by the Govern- 
 ment ot Jersey. 
 
 MALTA. 
 
 GEORGE IV. 
 
 COPPER: Third of a Farthing, 1827. 
 
 Obverse by William Wyon from a bust by Sir Francis Chantrey. 
 Reverse by William Wyon from his own design . 
 
 WILLIAM IV. 
 
 COPPER: Third of a Farthing, 1835. 
 
 Obverse by William Wyon from a model by Sir Francis Chantrey. 
 Reverse by William Wyon from his own design. 
 
 VICTORIA . 
 
 COPPER: Third of a Farthing, 1844. 
 
 Obverse by William Wyon from his own model from life. 
 Reverse by William Wyon from his own design. 
 
 MAURITIUS. 
 
 GEORGE IV. 
 
 SILVER: Half Dollar, 1822; -- Quarter Dollar, 1820 and 1822; 
 - Eighth Dollar, 1820 and 1822; Sixteenth Dollar, 1820 and 
 1822. 
 
 Obverse and reverse by William Wyon.
 
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 NEW BRUNSWICK. 
 
 VICTORIA. 
 
 COPPER : Penny, 1854; Halfpenny, 1854. 
 
 Obverse by William Wyon from his own model from life. 
 
 PENANG. 
 
 GEORGE IV. 
 
 COPPER : Pice, 1825 ; Half Pice, 1825 ; Quarter Pice, 1825. 
 Obverse and Reverse dies engraved by William Wyon. 
 
 STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 
 
 VICTORIA. 
 
 COPPER : Cent, 1845 and 1862 ; Half Cent, 1845 and 1862 ; 
 Quarter Cent, 1845 and 1862. 
 
 Obverse by William Wyon from his own design. 
 
 PATTERN COINS. 
 
 Numerous dies engraved by William Wyon were used for 
 striking Pattern Coins. These pieces are much prized by collectors. 
 They are most artistic specimens of this engraver's work, being 
 very carefully struck. Many are exceedingly rare. Among thtm are 
 the following : 
 
 GEORGE III. 
 
 Crown, 1817. 
 
 Pattern Crown, 1817. 
 
 Obv. Legend : GEORGIUS III D : G : BRITANNIARUM REX. 
 The date, 1817, between the beginning and end of the legend. 
 Bust of the King in profile and looking to the right. His Majesty is 
 wearing a wreath of laurel. The shoulders are draped. Below the 
 drapery : - - W. WYON : The whole within an ornamented rim.
 
 IOO 
 
 ty. Legend : - - INCORRUPTA FIDES VERITASQUE. A 
 shield bearing the Royal Arms without heraldic colouring and 
 surmounted by the Royal Crown. The whole within an ornam- 
 ented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Crown, 1817. 
 
 Obv. Legend : GEORGIUS III D : G : BRITANNIARUM 
 REX F : D : The date, 1817, between the beginning and end of 
 the legend. Head and truncated neck of the King in profile and 
 looking to the right. Below the truncation of the neck : 
 W. WYON. The whole within a plain circle, encompassed by a 
 beaded circle which is encircled by a plain rim . 
 
 Pattern Crown, 1817. 
 
 F6. - Legend: - - FOEDUS INVIOLABILE. Three female 
 figures of chaste design and masterly execution expressing the 
 legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland. Their heads are 
 adorned with roses, thistles and shamrocks respectively. To the 
 left of Hibernia, a harp and W. WYON. Between Hibernia and 
 Britannia, an oval shield with united fimbriated crosses. To the 
 right of Scotia, a thistle. In the exergue, a rudder crossed by a 
 branch of palm. The whole within a plain circle, encompassed by 
 a beaded circle which is encircled by a plain rim . 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Obverse and reverse by William Wyon. 
 
 GEORGE IV. 
 
 Half Crown, 1824. 
 
 Type and legends as the Crown of 1826. (Cf. Num. Circular, 
 Vol. XXIII, 1915, n 32265). Also in Barton's metal (/.<:., n 32302). 
 
 Two Pounds, 1825 . 
 
 Obv. Legend : GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA . Head and 
 truncated neck of the King in profile and looking to the left.
 
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 Below the truncation of the neck, the date, 1825. The whole 
 within an ornamented rim . 
 
 Pattern Two Pounds. 1825. 
 
 I. - - Legend : -- BRITANNIARUM REX FID : DEF : On an 
 ermine mantle surmounted by the Royal Crown a plain shield 
 bearing the Royal Arms without heraldic colouring. The whole 
 within an ornamented rim . 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 ^ There is also a Trial piece in gold for the obverse of a Five 
 Pound piece, dated 1825 (Cf. Num. Circular, Vol. XXIII, 1915, 
 n 32238). 
 
 Mohur, 1828. 
 
 Obv. A Lion looking to the left in front ot a palm-tree . 
 
 Pattern* Mohur, 1828. 
 
 tyL Star of The Garter, with BOMB AY on The Garter, enclosing 
 the date 1828. 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Five Pounds, 1829. 
 
 Obv . Legend : GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA . Head and trun- 
 cated neck of the King in profile and looking to the left. On the 
 truncation of the neck : -- W.W. (William Wyon), below it, the 
 date, 1829. The whole within an ornamented rim.
 
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 Pattern Five Pounds, 1829. 
 
 I. Legend : BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF : On an 
 
 ermine mantle surmounted by the Royal Crown, a plain shield 
 bearing the Royal Arms withojut heraldic colouring. The whole 
 within an ornamented rim . ' 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Crown, 1829. 
 
 Obv. Legend : GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA. Head and 
 truncated neck of the King in profile and looking to the left. On 
 the truncation of the neck : W. W. (William Wyon), below it, 
 the date, 1829. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Pattern Crown, 1829. 
 
 36. -- Legend : BRITANNIARUM REX FID : DEF : On an 
 
 ermine mantle surmounted by the Royal Crown the Collar of the 
 Most Noble Order of The Garter with The George pendant. A 
 plain shield bearing the Royal Arms, heraldically coloured on The 
 Garter. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 E. Plain.
 
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 WILLIAM IV. 
 
 Five Pounds, 1831. 
 
 Obv. Legend : GULIELMUS IIII D : G : BRITANNIAR : 
 REX F : D : Head and truncated neck of the King in profile and 
 looking to the right. On the truncation of the neck : W.W. 
 (William Wyon). The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Pattern Five Pounds, 1831. 
 
 }$L. Legend: ANNO 1831. On an ermine mantle sur- 
 mounted by the Royal Crown The Collar of the Most Noble Order 
 of The Garter with The George pendant turned to the left. A plain 
 shield bearing the Royal Arms heraldically coloured on The Garter. 
 The whole within an ornamented rim . 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Crown, Undated . 
 
 Obv. Legend : GULIELMUS IIII D : G: BRITANNIAR: 
 REX F : D : Head and truncated neck of the King in profile and 
 looking to the right. On the truncation of the neck : W. W. 
 (William Wyon). The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Pattern Crown.
 
 - io 4 - 
 
 I. Legend : - BRITANNIARUM REX FID : DEF : On an 
 ermine mantle surmounted by the Royal Crown The Collar of the 
 Most Noble Order of The Garter with The George pendant turned 
 to the right. Below the pendant : -- J.B.M. (Johann Baptist 
 Merlen). A plain shield bearing the Royal Arms heraldically 
 coloured on The Garter. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 ,* Two varieties described in Numismatic Circular, Vol. XXIII, 
 n os 32339 and 32340. Besides these, trials of the dies for obv. or 
 rev. exist in various metals. 
 
 Groat, 1836. 
 
 Obv. Legend : GULIELMUS IIII D : G : BRITANNIAR : 
 REX F : D : Head and truncated neck of the King in profile and 
 looking to the left. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Pattern Groat, 1856. 
 
 1^,. Emblem of Britannia looking to the right.- T The figure is 
 draped, wearing scale armour on the breast and a helmet adorned 
 with plumes. She is seated upon a rock. Her right hand rests on 
 an oval shield which leans against the rock. The shield bears the 
 cross of Saint George and the saltire of Saint Patrick, united, but 
 not heraldically coloured. Her left arm entwines a plain trident 
 which she holds with her hand. Her right foot is bare. On the left 
 of the figure the numeral 4 and on the right P. Below the rock, 
 the date, 1836. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 VICTORIA. 
 
 Five Pounds, 1839. 
 
 Obv. - : Legend : - VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIARUM 
 REGINA F : D : Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile 
 and looking to the left. On the truncation of the neck : 
 W. WYON, R.A. A decorated diadem and an ornamented fillet 
 bind the wavy hair, which is parted on the forehead, carried over 
 the top of the ear and gracefully collected into a knot, with two 
 curls hanging, behind the head. The diadem and fillet are partly 
 hidden by the hair. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 I. - - Legend : DIRIGE DEUS GRESSUS MEOS. The 
 Queen as Una looking to the left and guiding the British lion with 
 the sceptre which she holds in her right hand. The orb, in her left
 
 hand. Below the ground, the date, MDCCCXXIX. Beneath the 
 date : W. WYON, R. A. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Pattern Five Pounds, 1839. 
 
 E. Inscribed : -- DECUS.ET .TUTAMEN. AN^O.REGNI. 
 TERTIO. A rose after TUTAMEN and another after TERTIO. 
 
 Crown, 1839. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA DEI GRATIA. Head and trun- 
 cated neck of the Queen in profile and looking to the left. On the 
 truncation of the neck : W.WYON, R.A. ; below it the date, 
 1839. A plain diadem and a plain fillet bind the wavy hair, which 
 is parted on the forehead, carried over the top of the ear and grace- 
 fully collected into a knot, with three curls hanging, behind the 
 head. The diadem and fillet are partly hidden by the hair. The 
 whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Pattern Crown, 1839. 
 
 fy. Legend : -- BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID : DEF : A 
 plain shield bearing the Arms of the United Kingdom of Great 
 Britain and Ireland heraldically coloured and surmounted by the 
 Royal Crown. A branch of laurel on the left and another on the 
 right of the shield, the lower portions of the branches being crossed 
 below it, and tied together by ribbon formed into a bow with hang-
 
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 ing parts. Beneath the crossed branches and between two ornaments, 
 the rose, thistle and shamrock engrafted upon the same stem. The 
 whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Obverse by William Wyon. Reverse by J. B. Merlen. 
 
 Half Crown, 1839. 
 
 Obv. Legend : - VICTORIA DEI GRATIA. Head and 
 truncated neck of the Queen in profile and looking to the left. On 
 the truncation of the neck : -- W.W. incuse (William Wyon), 
 below it, the date, 1839. An ornamented diadem binds the wavy 
 hair, which is parted on the forehead, carried over the top of the 
 ear and gracefully collected into a knot, with two curls hanging, 
 behind the head. The diadem is partly hidden by the hair. The 
 whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Pattern Half Crown, 1839. 
 
 f. - Legend : BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID : DEF : A 
 
 plain shield bearing the Arms of the United Kingdom of Great 
 Britain and Ireland heraldically coloured and surmounted by the 
 Royal Crown. A branch of laurel on the left and another on the 
 right of the shield, the lower portions ot the branches being crossed 
 below it and tied together by ribbon formed into a bow, with 
 hanging parts. Beneath the crossed branches and between two 
 ornaments, the rose, thistle and shamrock engrafted upon the same 
 stem. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Obverse by William Wyon. Reverse by J. B. Merlen. 
 
 Crown, 1844. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA DEI GRATIA. Head and truncated 
 neck of the Queen in profile and looking to the left. Below the 
 truncation of the neck : W.W (William Wyon), and the date, 
 1844. A plain diadem and a plain fillet bind the wavy hair, which 
 is parted on the forehead, carried over the top of the ear and 
 gracefully collected into a knot, with a curl hanging, behind the 
 head. The diadem and fillet are partly hidden by the hair. The 
 whole within an ornamented rim.
 
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 Pattern Crown, 1844. 
 
 #,. Legend : -- BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID : DEF : A 
 
 plain shield bearing the Arms of the United Kingdom of Great 
 Britain and Ireland heraldically coloured and surmounted by the 
 Royal Crown. A branch of laurel on the left and another on the 
 right of the shield, the lower portions ot the branches being crossed 
 below it, and tied together by ribbon formed into a bow with hang- 
 ing parts. Beneath the crossed branches and between two ornaments, 
 the rose, thistle and shamrock engrafted upon the same stem. The 
 whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Obverse by William Wyon. Reverse by J. B. Merlen. 
 
 Quarter Sovereign, 1853. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : REGINA 
 F : D : Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile and look- 
 ing to the left. A plain diadem and a plain fillet bind the wavy 
 hair, which is parted on the forehead, carried over the top of the ear 
 and gracefully collected into a knot, with a curl hanging, behind 
 the head. The diadem and fillet are partly hidden by the hair. The 
 whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Pattern Quarter Sovereign, 1855. 
 
 ty.. Upper legend : - QUARTER. Lower legend : - 
 SOVEREIGN. A plain shield bearing the Arms of the United 
 Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, heraldically coloured and 
 surmounted by the Royal Crown, bisects the date, 1853. The whole 
 within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Obverse by William Wyon. Reverse by Leonard Charles Wyon.
 
 io8 
 
 Half Shilling, 1856. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: 
 REG : F : D : Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile and 
 looking to the left. A plain diadem and a plain fillet bind the wavy 
 hair, which is parted on the forehead, carried over the top of the 
 ear and gracefully collected into a knot, with a curl hanging, behind 
 the head. The diadem and fillet are partly hidden by the hair. The 
 whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Pattern Half Shilling, 1856. 
 
 1$L. Inscription, in two lines : HALF | SHILLING with 
 the Royal Crown above. An ornament below SHILLING. A branch 
 of olive on the left and a branch of oak-leaves and acorns on 
 the right of the inscription, the lower portions of the branches 
 being crossed below it and tied together by ribbon, formed into a 
 bow with hanging parts. Beneath the crossed branches, the date, 
 1856. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. 
 
 Half Farthing, 1857. 
 
 Obv. Legend : -- VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : REG 
 F : D : The date, 1857, between the beginning and end of the 
 legend : Head and truncated neck of the Queen in profile, looking 
 to the left and encompassed by a beaded circle. A plain diadem and 
 a plain fillet bind the wavy hair, which is parted on the forehead, 
 carried over the top of the ear and gracefully collected into a knot, 
 with a curl hanging, behind the head. The diadem and fillet are 
 partly hidden by the hair. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Pattern Half Farthing, 1857. 
 
 I. Upper legend : HALF FARTHI.NG. Lower legend : - 
 I CENTIME. Emblem of Britannia looking to the right and 
 encompassed by a beaded circle. The figure is draped, wearing scale
 
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 armour on the breast and a helmet adorned with plumes. She is 
 seated upon a rock. Her right hand rests on an oval shield which leans 
 against the rock. The shield bears the cross of Saint George and the 
 saltire of Saint Patrick, united but not heraldically coloured. Her 
 left arm entwines a plain trident which she holds with her hand. 
 Her right foot is bare. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Halfpenny, 1859. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA DEI GRATIA. The date, 1859, 
 between the beginning and end of the legend with an ornament on 
 the left and another on the right. Head and truncated neck of the 
 Queen in profile, looking to the left and encompassed by a beaded 
 circle. A plain diadem and a plain fillet bind the wavy hair, which 
 is parted on the forehead, carried over the top of the ear and grace- 
 fully collected into a knot, with a curl hanging, hehind the head. 
 The diadem and fillet are party hidden by the hair. The whole 
 within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Pattern Halfpenny, 1859. 
 
 1^. Legend : BRITANNIAR : REG : FID : DEF : The rose, 
 thistle and shamrock engrafted upon the same stem with an orna- 
 ment on the left and another on the right between the beginning 
 and end of the legend. Emblem of Britannia looking to the right 
 and encompassed by a beaded circle. The figure is draped, wearing 
 scale armour on the breast apd a helmet adorned with plumes. She 
 is seated upon a rock. Her right hand rests on an oval shield which 
 leans against the rock. The shield bears the cross of Saint George 
 and the saltire of Saint Patrick, united, but not heraldically 
 coloured. Her left arm entwines a plain trident which she holds 
 with her hand. Her right foot is bare. The whole within an orna- 
 mented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 Farthing, 1859. 
 
 Obv. Legend : VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : REG : 
 F : D : A rose between the beginning and end of the legend. Head 
 and truncated neck of the Queen in profile, looking to the left and
 
 no 
 
 encompassed by a beaded circle. A plain diadem and a plain fillet 
 bind the wavy hair, which is parted on the forehead, carried over 
 the top of the ear and gracefully collected into a knot with a curl 
 hanging, behind the head. The diadem and fillet are partly hidden 
 by the hair. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 Pattern Farthing, 1859. 
 
 tyL. --Upper legend : - - ONE FARTHING. Lower legend: 
 MDCCCLIX. An ornament on the left and another on the right 
 between the legends. Emblem of Britannia looking to the right and 
 encompassed by a beaded circle. The figure is draped, wearing scale 
 armour on the breast and a helmet adorned with plumes. She is 
 seated upon a rock. Her right hand rests on an oval shield which 
 leans against the rock. The shield bears the cross of Saint George 
 and the saltire of Saint Patrick, united, but not heraldically coloured. 
 Her left arm entwines a plain trident which she holds with her hand. 
 Her right foot is bare. The whole within an ornamented rim. 
 
 E. Plain. 
 
 FOREIGN COINS. 
 
 NEW GRANADA. 
 
 COPPER-; Tenth Real, 1847; Twentieth Real, 1847. 
 Obverse and reverse dies engraved by William Wyon. 
 
 MEXICO. 
 
 GOLD: Doubloon, 1826. 
 
 SILVER: Peso, 1827. 
 
 Obverse and reverse dies engraved by William Wyon. 
 
 PORTUGAL. 
 
 GOLD: Five Thousand Reis, 1836 and after; -- Two Thousand 
 Five Hundred Reis, 1836 and after. 
 
 SILVER: Thousand Reis, 1836 and after; -- Five Hundred Reis, 
 1836 and after; Two Hundred Reis, 1836 and after; Hundred 
 Reis, 1836 and after.
 
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 COPPER: Twenty Reis, 1836 and after; -- Ten Reis, 1836 and 
 after; Five Reis, 1836 and after. 
 
 Obverse by William Wyon trom his own model from life, 
 Reverse dies engraved by William Wyon. 
 
 VENEZUELA. 
 
 COPPER: Centavo, 1845; - Half Centavo, 1845; - - Quarter 
 Centavo, 1845. 
 
 MEDALS. 
 
 1794. Earl Howe; Victory of the I st June 1794, French fleet 
 defeated off Ushant (n 3 of Mudie's National Medals). Issued 
 in 1818. 
 
 1797. Admiral Viscount Duncan ; obv. by Webb; 1$L. W. WYON 
 (one of Mudie's medals) . 
 
 1810. Bartholomew Johnson, musician (on the completion of his 
 ioo th anniversary). 
 
 1811. James Sadler, first English aeronaut (signed : P. W./. ). 
 
 H.R.H. William Frederick Duke of Gloucester; Chancellor ot 
 the University of Cambridge. 
 
 1812. Alexander I., Tsar ot Russia; the Avenger of Europe, 
 MDCCCXII. 
 
 1813. Miniature medal of the Duke of Sussex, as Grand Master 
 of the Freemasons. Ceres medal. 
 
 Dudley Pitt Club (described in Carlisle's memoir, p. 139). 
 Wolverhampton Pitt Club (designed by E. Bird; signed on obv. : 
 P. WYON S. and on tyL. WYON S. BIRM). 
 
 1814. Stirling Pitt Club. 
 
 Warrington Pitt Club (signed : P. WYON on obv. ; described in 
 Carlisle's memoir). 
 
 *% "The name of P. Wyon occurs on these Pitt Club medals, 
 but they were really executed by William Wyon (Carlisle, p. 140). 
 
 Victory of Algiers (won the large gold medal of the Society ot 
 Arts) . 
 
 Grand National Jubilee (with bust of the Prince Regent). 
 
 Commemorative medal of the Thanksgiving in 1814. 
 
 1815. Waterloo Medal for the German Legion. 
 
 1816. Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820); I^L. IN GENIUS AND SUBSJ- 
 TANTIAL LEARNING HIGH (designed by T. Wyon junior ; W. Wyon s.).
 
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 Mrs Waters (Scholastic medal ; designed by P. Rouw ; 
 W. Wyon's.). 
 
 Viaory or Algiers ; with date AUG. 27, 1816. 
 
 1817. 58 th Anniversary of George III.'s Reign (obv. after Tur- 
 nerelli's jubilee bust; signed : W. WYON). Two varieties. 
 
 Waterloo Bridge, London (a joint production of Thomas and 
 William Wyon). 
 
 1818. Marquis of Hastings (1754-1826); Pindaree and Mahratta 
 Confederacy defeated (one of Mudie's medals; modelled by P. 
 Rouw and H. Howard). 
 
 Princess Charlotte, memorial (unfinished, from wax model). 
 
 1820. The Cymmrodion Society; revived in 1820 for literary 
 purposes (medal designed by Flaxman). Two varieties. 
 
 Bombay Native Education Society; the Hon ble Mountstuart 
 Elphinstone's fnedal (issued in 1834). 
 
 Miniature memorial medal of George III . 
 
 The Horticultural Society of London (obv. Head of Sir Joseph 
 Banks) . 
 
 1821. British and Foreign Bible Society. (The die of this medal 
 broke repeatedly and was re-engraved five or six times by Wyon). 
 
 Coronation of George IV. (executed for Thomason and Jones, Bir- 
 mingham) . 
 
 1820. Royal Naval College, Portsmouth. Mathematical Prize ; 
 Historicaland Geographical Prize; Classical Prize. Bust of George IV. ; 
 tyL. Wreath and inscription. 
 
 Royal Astronomical Society, Prize medal (bust of Newton) . 
 
 1823. George IV. on his intended Visit to Southampton; VOTIS 
 
 COMMUNITATIS 1823. 
 
 The Royal Institution, Manchester (with bust of B. A. Hey wood, 
 the donor of the medal). 
 
 1824. Sir Walter Scott. 
 
 Edinburgh Academy of Literature (obv. Head of Homer) . 
 Royal National Institution for the preservation of life from 
 Shipwreck . 
 
 1825. Edinburgh Academy of Literature (obv. Homer. 
 ty. A wreath). 
 
 *National Life-boat Institution. 
 
 Commemorative medal of the laying of the first stone of the New 
 London Bridge. 
 
 1826. Royal Naval College. 
 
 Royal Society (the first Royal [NewtonJ Medal of the Royal 
 Society) .
 
 Harrow School (with bust of Cicero) ; the Peel medal. 
 George IV. ; 1$L. Statue of Newton, Medal of the Royal Society. 
 Burmese War Medal, 1824-1826. Taking of Ava. Designed bv 
 W. Daniel! R. A. 
 Service in India, 1799-1826. 
 
 1827. Silver Prize Medal for the Royal Academy of Arts. 
 Rev. Robert Fellowes. 
 
 Glasgow Academy (obv. Head of Isaac Newton). 
 Foundation of University College, London. 
 
 *Peel Medal of Harrow School (obv. Cicero) 1 . 
 Society for the Management and Distribution of the Artists' Fund, 
 incorporated 1827 (illustrated). 
 University of London . 
 
 1828. Francis Bacon; uniface. 
 
 The same ; with tyL. FOR CHEMICAL DISCOVERIES &c. (medal oi 
 the Royal Institution, London). 
 
 Lord Mayor (Walton) and Lady Mayoress of London . 
 
 Prize for Gunnery ; Royal Naval College . 
 
 Richard Duppa (1770-1831); uniface (dated 1827). 
 
 Richard Duppa; Memorial medal, suppression of the Papal 
 Government ; MDCCCXXVIII . 
 
 1829. **Cheselden Medal of St. Thomas's Hospital, London (illus- 
 trated") . 
 
 London University. 
 
 1830. Bodiam Castle. ]$L. Plain. 
 First Burmese War, Medal . 
 
 Coronation Medal of William IV., after Chantrey, and executed 
 for the trade (Rundell, Bridge & C). 
 
 Masonic Medal (Honourable Testimonial) . 
 
 King William IV. and Queen Adelaide (2 var. ; Carlisle, p. 141). 
 Royal Naval College ; Prize medals . 
 
 Royal Geographical Society, Prize medal (signed on obv. P. 
 WYON). 
 
 Royal Academy. 
 
 Society of Apothecaries (Ray, Linnaeus, Jussieu, Sloane). 
 
 183 i. *Gold Prize Medal of the Royal Academy of Arts. 
 *Linnaeus Medal of the Society of Apothecaries ; with bust of 
 Linnaeus; dated 1830. 
 
 Official Coronation medal of William IV. and Adelaide. 
 Member's Ticket of the London Institution. 
 
 I. The medals marked with an asterisk are considered bv Leonard (".. Wvon 
 as exhibiting very fine work: those with uvo asterisks ** are the master pie.
 
 Prize Medal of the Leeds School of Medicine, 1831 (possibly by 
 Benjamin Wyon). 
 
 1832. Wollaston Medal, for the Geological Society, dated 1831 . 
 Charles Calvert; memorial medal. 
 
 1833. Hey wood Medal, for the Royal Institution, Manchester. 
 Chief Justice West's Medal, Bombay (signed : W. WYON. MINT, 
 
 1833). This exists in gold and silver. Subject : Britannia instructing 
 two Indian children. 
 
 Horticultural Society of Cornwall . 
 
 Royal Society Medal (obv. William IV) . 
 
 James Watt ; uniface. 
 
 Naval College; HOC ALTERNA FIDES. 
 
 Royal Naval School at Camberwell. 
 
 Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society (Bust of James Watt). 
 
 1834. Sir John Soane, architect. 
 
 John Fuller, of Rose Hill, Sussex; Memorial medal; signed : 
 W. WYON A.R.A. 
 
 Princess Victoria ; uniface medallion. 
 
 Bombay Native Education Society ; the Hon ble Mountstuart 
 Elphinstone's medal; dated 1833, and signed: W. WYON. S. MINT 
 on both sides. 
 
 1835. Mill Hill School, Elphinstone. 
 *Cornwall Polytechnic Society. 
 ""Cornwall Horticultural Society. 
 Lord Camden . 
 
 Cambridge University ; the Chancellor's Prize Medal . 
 
 1836. *Camden Medal, for the University of Cambridge. 
 *London Horticultural Society (Flora). 
 
 Duke of Newcastle . 
 
 1837. Princess Victoria (Medal to commemorate her Majority). 
 Accession of Queen Victoria . 
 
 Thomas Telford, engineer. 
 
 *Royal Geographical Society. 
 
 Queen Victoria. Medallions, Models, and Trial pieces for the 
 coinage. 
 
 Queen Victoria at the Mayoralty Banquet in the Guildhall, 
 London, on the 9 th November 1837. Medal in two sizes. 
 
 Royal Academy ot Arts. 
 
 1839. ""Lloyd's Medal . 
 
 **Guildhall, London, Medal(Queen's Visit to the City, dated 1837). 
 Eglinton Tournament, Athol Highlanders (Cochran-Patrick, 
 
 P- T 74)- 
 
 1840. Fellowes Medal for University College, London.
 
 II) 
 
 James Prinsep ; uniface. 
 
 Obv. of Royal Society Medal (Queen Victoria). 
 Royal Agricultural Society of England. 
 Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. 
 
 iS.ji. *Smithfield Club, London. 
 
 Foreign Office Medal. 
 
 Royal Agricultural Society of England. 
 
 Sir Henry Thomas de la Beche (1796-1855); Reward for Good 
 Conduct. 
 
 Life-saving Medal, struck by direction of the Foreign Office, for 
 presentation to foreigners. 
 
 Apothecaries' Medal. 
 
 1842. *Galen Medal of the Society of Apothecaries. 
 
 *Duke of Northumberland (Chancellor of Cambridge University). 
 
 Foundation of Ne\v Royal Exchange, London. 
 
 Francis Wrangham; Prize of Trinity College, Cambridge. 
 
 First Chinese War, Medal, 1840-1842. 
 
 Pattern for a Medal, First Chinese War, Nanking, 1842. 
 
 Sinde Campaign ; Hyderabad, 1842. 
 
 Second Jelalabad Medal, 1842. Designed and executed by William 
 Wyon in place of one produced in the Calcutta Mint which was not 
 considered satisfactory. 
 
 Afghanistan, War Medal. 
 
 1843. Medals for the East India Company (Cabul Candahar, 
 Ghuznee, Cabul, Candahar - - Ghuznee, Cabul Kelat-I- 
 Ghilzie --Jelalabad). Dated 1842. 
 
 **Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, Bart ; Honorary medal. tyL. E 
 
 TENEBRIS &C. 
 
 *Artists' Benevolent Fund Seal. 
 
 Sinde Campaign 1843 ; Meeanee Hyderabad. 
 
 1844. The Gresham Committee (Opening of Royal Exchange, 
 London small medal). 
 
 **Liverpool Shipwreck Society. 
 *Ne\vcastle and Carlisle Railway. 
 Sir Thomas Gresham. 
 
 1845. University College, London, small medal (there is a larger 
 medal, unrecorded). 
 
 Earl Spencer; medal of the Smithfield Club, London. 
 Prince Albert; W.WYON.R.A. $L. FEST UNO TREU. St. George 
 and the Dragon. (A specimen in the late King Edward's Collection.) 
 
 1846. *Sir Francis Chantrey, R.A. (for the Art Union of Lon- 
 don). 
 
 Gregory Medal of Harrow School.
 
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 First Sikh War, 1845-1846 ; Moodkee Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal, 
 and Sobraon. 
 
 Sutlej Campaign; 1845-1846. 
 
 1847. **Royal Humane Society Medal. 
 Meritorious Service Medal (Army), 1845. 
 
 Lawson Medal (for the Manchester Grammar School). 
 The Gresham Committee (large medal). 
 
 1848. Royal Medal for the Royal Institute of British Architects. 
 War Medal for the Sutlej Campaign. 
 
 R. Lambert Jones; issued in 1849. 
 Major Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, gold medal, 1848. 
 Primrose Medal for the Manchester School of Design. 
 Prince Albert, as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. 
 General Service Medals. Army (1793-1814) and Xavy (1793-1840). 
 Medal awarded to Major Herbert B. Edwardes (Mayo, Medals, 
 pi. 27, fig. 4). 
 
 Military Sen-ices during the Peninsular War, 1793-1814. 
 Indian General Sen-ice, 1848 (for Meritorious Service), 1848. 
 
 1849. Fort William Medal. 
 
 The Society's medal of the Society of Arts. 
 Second Sikh War, 1848-1849 ; Punjab Medal. 
 Royal Marines, 1848. 
 
 1850. *Retrospective Medal for Wars in India. 
 Retrospective Medal for Spanish Campaign. 
 **H.R.H. Prince Consort (fyL. St. George and Dragon). 
 Wrangham Medal. 
 
 1851. *Punjab War Medal. 
 
 Great Exhibition of 1851 (obv. of Council, Prize and Jurors' 
 medals, and Sendee and Exhibitors' Medals). 
 India medal, 1799-1826. Struck in 1851. 
 
 1852. Second Burmese War, 1852; Pegu ($L. by L. C. Wyon). 
 William Wyon's obv. with bust of Queen Victoria was used on 
 
 War medals of a date subsequent to his death : Campaigns in South 
 Africa, 1834-1853 ; Crimean War, 1854-1855 ; Service in the 
 Baltic, 1854-1855 ; Persian War, 1856-1857 ; -- Indian Mutiny, 
 1857-1858; Second Chinese War, 1855-1860. 
 
 Undated (or date not known). Trinity College, Dublin, founded 
 1591 ; Prize medals ; varied sizes. 
 
 London Institution; STUDIO FALLENTE LABOREM MDCCCVII. 
 
 London Institution ; 30 GUINEAS SUBSCRIPTION- . 
 
 Richard Miles ; a model from life ; from an unfinished die. 
 
 Medal of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts. 
 
 The School of Medicine at Boston, U.S.A.
 
 Mill Hill School, Prize Medal. 
 
 L> Sir B.C. Brodie (;/./. AT. 608). 
 
 Stockwell School, Prixe Medal. 
 
 Rev. Robert Fellowes (A.J. N. 639). 
 
 Cambridge University ; the Sir William Browne medal for medi- 
 cine. 
 
 University of Glasgow ; Prize medal (Bust of Newton). 
 
 D r W.H. Wollaston ; Geological Society of London (A.J. N. 
 904). 
 
 Royal Academy of Arts ; Prize Medals (various) . 
 
 Society of Arts; Prize Medals (various). 
 
 Geological Society ; Prize Medal (with bust of Wollaston). 
 
 Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche. 
 
 Horticultural Society ; Prize Medal (with bust of Sir Joseph 
 Banks). 
 
 Admiralty Medal (for Long Service and Good Conduct). 
 
 Admiralty Medal (for Conspicuous Gallantry). 
 
 Ardrossan Prize Medal for Agriculture. 
 
 Bethnal Green Volunteers Medal (signed on obv. P. WYON). 
 
 D r James Burnes of Bombay; Masonic medals (A. J.N. 615-616; 
 one in Boston Collection). 
 
 Bombay Mint (obv. Bust of George IV.; 1$L. Lion and palm- 
 tree). 
 
 D r William Cheselden, London (A. J.N. 625). 
 
 Presentation medal to the King and Native Chiefs of Gambia 
 (Carlisle, p. 193). Tw r o" sizes. 
 
 Smithfield Club, London (with bust of the Duke of Bedford). 
 
 The Duke of Wellington; tyL. BY HIS CONSUMMATE SKILL, etc. 
 
 The W. N. Boylston Prize, Medical Department, Harvard Uni- 
 versity (A. J.N. 140). Boylston was a benefactor who left money 
 to the school. As the word FUNDATOR was used, it gave the impres- 
 sion that B. was the founder of the school, instead of merely of the 
 medal ; the dies were therefore not used. A replica was issued 
 recently with the mere substitution of FAUTOR. 
 
 Marmaduke Trattle, a famous coin collector. 
 
 Abraham Edmonds. 
 
 Mr. Green. 
 
 Head of Hercules . 
 
 Antinoiis. 
 
 The Woodman . 
 
 Peace . 
 
 Miniature medal of Queen Adelaide. 
 
 William Debonaire Haggard. 
 
 Captain William Henry Smith, R.N. 
 
 Donna Maria, Queen of Portugal .
 
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 Thomas Andrew Knight. 
 
 Thomas Telford . 
 
 Medal for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, presented by 
 the Committee of Lloyd's Coffee House, London. 
 
 The Duke of Newcastle . 
 
 Gen. D r Joseph Warren of Boston, killed at the battle ol 
 ' Bunker's Hill ' (mentioned by D r R. H. Storer, as having been 
 advertised in 1914 at a New York Sale, but otherwise unknown. 
 
 SEALS. 
 
 Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 1826 (Banyan 
 Tree). 
 
 Athenaeum Club, London, 1825. 
 
 Philosophical Society of Cambridge, 1833. 
 
 Pericles. 
 
 Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Co., 1836. 
 
 London and Birmingham Railway Co., 1833 . 
 
 The North Midland Railway Co. 
 
 The South Eastern Railway Co. 
 
 Official Seal of the India Company. 
 
 Commissioners of Compensation, for the West Indies, - - two 
 Seals . 
 
 Common Seal of the Corporation of Plymouth. 
 
 Irish Waste Land Incorporated Society. 
 
 Medico-Chirurgical Society. 
 
 Montreal Bank, Canada. 
 
 Common Seal for the Joint Stock and Annuity Fund of the 
 Artists' Society. 
 
 POSTAGE STAMPS. 
 
 The British Imperial Penny and Twopenny postage stamps 
 printed between 1840 and 1879, both years inclusive, bear the head 
 and truncated neck of Queen Victoria in profile and looking to 
 the left. The portrait was drawn by Henry Corbould from the 
 obverse of the medal designed by William Wyon and struck to 
 commemorate the Queen's visit to the City of London in 1837. 
 
 The British Imperial embossed postage stamps of the values ot 
 Sixpence, Tenpence and Shilling were made from dies engraved by 
 William Wyon and bear his initials. The sixpenny stamp was first 
 issued in 1854, the Tenpenny stamp in 1848 and the Shilling stamp 
 in 1847. 
 
 William Wyon also prepared dies for embossing stamps on enve-
 
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 lopes issued by the British Government for the use of the general 
 public . 
 
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