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<p>[QUOTE="Catbert, post: 477595, member: 12718"]<font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I have purchased a medal that depicts King George III (1738-1820) and want to share it with you.</font> <font face="Times New Roman">H</font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">e became King of England in 1760. I think most of us understand the founding of our country, but for an excellent refresher of how the King's actions prompted the American revolution, please see this excellent analysis by Alan Axelrod from his book <u>Profiles in Folly</u>:</font></font></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=S1Ze9MdX6w4C&pg=PA137&dq=profiles+in+folly+king+george" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.com/books?id=S1Ze9MdX6w4C&pg=PA137&dq=profiles+in+folly+king+george" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=S1Ze9MdX6w4C&pg=PA137&dq=profiles+in+folly+king+george</a></p><p> </p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">After the American Revolution, King George III developed mental illness. As per the link, his first significant bout occurred in 1788 when he suffered bizarre hallucinations, paranoia, and depression while also speaking for hours on end in streams of nonsense, raving, soiling himself, and making sexual advances to all at court. </font></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Because his symptoms were accompanied by extreme abdominal pain, vomiting, seizures, skin eruptions, and discolored urine, modern physicians believe he suffered from porphyria, an enzyme disorder. This may have been a genetic predisposition that was potentially triggered or exacerbated by arsenic, a major ingredient in many 18th century medicines. </font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">In March of 1789, Parliament sent congratulations to George III upon his recovery and a number of medals were issued in commemoration. </font></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">My piece is catalogued as a Middlesex 181 (Recovery from Illness Medal) and was one of the first medals manufactored at Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint with dies engraved by the Swiss diemaker Jean-Pierre Droz fresh from Paris. For Conder token collectors, items minted from SoHo are highly desired due to their quality. </font></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I like the profile because it's "attractively ugly"! Check out the protruding nose and double chin (and that's evidence of die rust, not pimples on his face <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />):</font></font></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh297/IndianaCatbert/1789%20George%20III%20Medal%20181/MDLSX181.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">The reverse shows an altar<span style="color: #333333"><font face="Times New Roman"> on which burns a sacrificial fire entwined with a snake, olive branch and globe below - FELICITAS PUBLICA (THE COUNTRY' GOOD FORTUNE)/ </font></span><span style="color: #333333"><font face="Times New Roman">SAL</font></span><span style="color: #333333"><font face="Times New Roman"> . </font></span><span style="color: #333333"><font face="Times New Roman">REG</font></span><span style="color: #333333"><font face="Times New Roman"> . REST ./ 1789 (THE KING'S HEALTH RESTORED 1789).</font></span></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="color: #333333"><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh297/IndianaCatbert/1789%20George%20III%20Medal%20181/MDLSX181rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></span></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Times New Roman">This token is gilded in silver or "Barton's metal" that is produced by rolling a metal surface onto a copper core. In this case the copper core is rolled between two plates of silver. The edge of numismatic items made of Barton's metal is sometimes left bare (and you can then see the three layers), or it is hidden by gilding the edge, in which case the piece appears to be made of silver. </font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Times New Roman">This medal is very rare with less than 24 made with Barton's metal. I am proud to have added this compelling piece to my small Conder token collection!</font><font face="Verdana"> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Catbert, post: 477595, member: 12718"][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I have purchased a medal that depicts King George III (1738-1820) and want to share it with you.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]H[/FONT][/SIZE][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]e became King of England in 1760. I think most of us understand the founding of our country, but for an excellent refresher of how the King's actions prompted the American revolution, please see this excellent analysis by Alan Axelrod from his book [U]Profiles in Folly[/U]:[/SIZE][/FONT] [URL]http://books.google.com/books?id=S1Ze9MdX6w4C&pg=PA137&dq=profiles+in+folly+king+george[/URL] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]After the American Revolution, King George III developed mental illness. As per the link, his first significant bout occurred in 1788 when he suffered bizarre hallucinations, paranoia, and depression while also speaking for hours on end in streams of nonsense, raving, soiling himself, and making sexual advances to all at court. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Because his symptoms were accompanied by extreme abdominal pain, vomiting, seizures, skin eruptions, and discolored urine, modern physicians believe he suffered from porphyria, an enzyme disorder. This may have been a genetic predisposition that was potentially triggered or exacerbated by arsenic, a major ingredient in many 18th century medicines. [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]In March of 1789, Parliament sent congratulations to George III upon his recovery and a number of medals were issued in commemoration. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]My piece is catalogued as a Middlesex 181 (Recovery from Illness Medal) and was one of the first medals manufactored at Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint with dies engraved by the Swiss diemaker Jean-Pierre Droz fresh from Paris. For Conder token collectors, items minted from SoHo are highly desired due to their quality. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I like the profile because it's "attractively ugly"! Check out the protruding nose and double chin (and that's evidence of die rust, not pimples on his face :rolleyes:):[/SIZE][/FONT] [IMG]http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh297/IndianaCatbert/1789%20George%20III%20Medal%20181/MDLSX181.jpg[/IMG] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The reverse shows an altar[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Times New Roman] on which burns a sacrificial fire entwined with a snake, olive branch and globe below - FELICITAS PUBLICA (THE COUNTRY' GOOD FORTUNE)/ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Times New Roman]SAL[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Times New Roman] . [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Times New Roman]REG[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Times New Roman] . REST ./ 1789 (THE KING'S HEALTH RESTORED 1789).[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Times New Roman][IMG]http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh297/IndianaCatbert/1789%20George%20III%20Medal%20181/MDLSX181rev.jpg[/IMG][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]This token is gilded in silver or "Barton's metal" that is produced by rolling a metal surface onto a copper core. In this case the copper core is rolled between two plates of silver. The edge of numismatic items made of Barton's metal is sometimes left bare (and you can then see the three layers), or it is hidden by gilding the edge, in which case the piece appears to be made of silver. [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]This medal is very rare with less than 24 made with Barton's metal. I am proud to have added this compelling piece to my small Conder token collection![/FONT][FONT=Verdana] :D[/FONT][/QUOTE]
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