Horses
USA - Delaware State Quarter


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Set Details
Coin Description: Medal 1820 BHM-777; Eimer-1058; Mudie-31
Grade: PCGS PF 65
Grade Comment: (PCGS Grade SP65)
Owner: brg5658
 
Set Category: Thematic & Topical Coins
Set Name: Horses
Slot Name: USA - Delaware State Quarter
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Owner's Description

Purchased from Atlas Numismatics on 4/8/2015. Listed with a mintage of 260 pieces. Struck in 1820. From Mudie J. An Historical and Critical Account of a Grand Series of National Medals. 1820, pp. 125-26: OBVERSE: His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge REVERSE: Entry of the English into Hanover, which is here allegorized by Britannia giving succour to the Hanoverian Horses. Description from Atlas website: GREAT BRITAIN. H. R. H. Duke of Cambridge. Mudie's National Series. 1814 Bronzed Copper Medal. PCGS SP65. 41mm. H.R.H. DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. Three-quarters full bust facing left with WEBB • F below bust's left shoulder / THE ENGLISH RE-ENTER HANOVER, MDCCCXIV •. Lion resting at the feet of an allegory of Hanover, seated and feeding hay to a pair of horses. Below numerals, Mudie D. (left) BARRE • F (right). Eimer-1058. From the Numismatic Chronicle (1888, Volume 8; pp. 262-263). This is one of Mudie's series of national medals. Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, son of George III and Queen Charlotte, born 24 Feb., 1774, was in 1793 appointed colonel in the Hanoverian army. He served in the campaign of 1794-5, and in 1803 was appointed Colonel-in-Chief of the King's German legions, a force in British pay, and destined to relieve Hanover then menaced by the French armies. The Duke of Cambridge, however, soon transferred his command to Count Walmoden, and coming to England was charged with superintendence of a home district. In 1814, when the French were expelled from Hanover, the Duke again took command of the electorate, which under the Treaty of Vienna was elevated to the rank of a kingdom, the Duke being appointed Governor-General in 1816. He continued to discharge these important duties till the year 1837 when the death of William IV. placed Hanover under the rule of the next male heir, the Duke of Cumberland. The Duke afterwards took up his residence at Cambridge House, Piccadilly, where he died 8 July, 1850. He was very popular in this country, and for many years was regarded as emphatically the connecting link between the throne and the people.

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