Bidspirit auction | Three Commemorative Medals including History

Three Commemorative Medals including History of British Coinage and Gold Giants - BY ORDER OF THE OFFICIAL RECEIVER - Three commemorative medals in protective plastic pouches, each with a matching numbered Certificate of Authenticity. The group comprises two silver-coloured medals from the History of British Coinage series, featuring portraits of Henry VII and Oliver Cromwell. Each obverse includes two inset gold-coloured replica coins and inscriptions THE GOLD SOVEREIGN 1489 and THE GOLD BROAD 1656 respectively. Both medals share a reverse design depicting Britannia in a chariot with the legend THE HISTORY OF BRITISH COINAGE. The third medal is a gold-coloured example from the Gold Giants series, modeled on an 1898 South African 1 Pond coin. It features a heraldic crest with the word COPY and a reverse portrait of Paul Kruger with a small 9 countermark. The accompanying certificates each bear a printed blue armorial crest and serial numbers 02418, 01411, and 02177.