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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1027730, member: 66"]I can't guarantee the catalog number. I don't have that book. That reference is from British Historical Medals not Dalton & Hamer. (It does match the copper specimen shown here that is identified as BHM 311 <a href="http://s110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/rwyarmch/British%20Historical%20Medals/?action=view&current=MergedBHM311.jpg#!oZZ20QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs110.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn89%2Frwyarmch%2FBritish%2520Historical%2520Medals%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DMergedBHM311a.jpg%26" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/rwyarmch/British%20Historical%20Medals/?action=view&current=MergedBHM311.jpg#!oZZ20QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs110.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn89%2Frwyarmch%2FBritish%2520Historical%2520Medals%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DMergedBHM311a.jpg%26" rel="nofollow">http://s110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/rwyarmch/British Historical Medals/?action=view&current=MergedBHM311.jpg#!oZZ20QQcurrentZZhttp://s110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/rwyarmch/British%20Historical%20Medals/?action=view&current=MergedBHM311a.jpg&</a> ) The rest of the inscription is OK assuming it is actually silver. For a D&H 180 it should be. Without doing a specific gravity test though you can't be sure. If you just look at the obv or rev it looks like silver. (and I have heard at least one report of a 181 Barton's metal piece that was silver plated which would hide the copper showing on the edge.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Are they Proofs? It is hard to say. They are fully struck with square rims and reflective fields. Boulton was really trying to make these impressive to show off the capabilities of his new mint. I think most people would probably consider them to be proofs, but I can't say if they received multiple strikes. (And even if they did, that is common practice with medals in order to get the high relief to strike up.) or if the planchets were polished before striking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1027730, member: 66"]I can't guarantee the catalog number. I don't have that book. That reference is from British Historical Medals not Dalton & Hamer. (It does match the copper specimen shown here that is identified as BHM 311 [url]http://s110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/rwyarmch/British%20Historical%20Medals/?action=view¤t=MergedBHM311.jpg#!oZZ20QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs110.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn89%2Frwyarmch%2FBritish%2520Historical%2520Medals%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DMergedBHM311a.jpg%26[/url] ) The rest of the inscription is OK assuming it is actually silver. For a D&H 180 it should be. Without doing a specific gravity test though you can't be sure. If you just look at the obv or rev it looks like silver. (and I have heard at least one report of a 181 Barton's metal piece that was silver plated which would hide the copper showing on the edge.) Are they Proofs? It is hard to say. They are fully struck with square rims and reflective fields. Boulton was really trying to make these impressive to show off the capabilities of his new mint. I think most people would probably consider them to be proofs, but I can't say if they received multiple strikes. (And even if they did, that is common practice with medals in order to get the high relief to strike up.) or if the planchets were polished before striking.[/QUOTE]
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