Bidspirit auction | UK and World 18th-20th Century

UK and World 18th-20th Century Commemorative Medals and Tokens, Mixed Metals - A collection of commemorative medals, tokens, and a weight. The lot includes a Robert Raikes 1880 Centenary of Sunday Schools Sheffield Celebration medal in white metal with a suspension loop. Also present is a Captain James Cook commemorative medal in bronze-alloy and a Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited Jubilee 1863-1913 bronze-alloy medal featuring John Shillito. The collection further contains a brass apothecaries weight for two drams marked 3ij, a pierced Daniel O'Connell M.P. brass token, and two gilt-metal Grace Darling and Longstone Lighthouse commemorative medals. The remainder of the lot comprises various copper-alloy coins and tokens, including a worn piece with a double-headed eagle design and several heavily corroded or environmentally damaged discs.