Great Britain - Historical Medals
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Lot 2291 SESSION 8 (2.30PM WEDNESDAY 31ST JULY) Great Britain - Historical Medals
Estimate $70
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DEATH OF JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, 1804, in white metal (56mm), by Halliday, bust facing left, obverse, extensive legend, reverse, (BHM 563). Good very fine.
Joseph Priestley, nonconformist theologian and chemist, most famous as the discoverer of oxygen.
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