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Medal, 1831, WM, THE REFORM BILL UNDER WILLIAM IIII, Great Britain, Political Slogans and Anti-Slavery Pleas on a white metal beauty, BHM-1536, NGC MS62PL, Proof Like, Cert# 3479123-010. 45.6mm. T. Halliday Fecit. Obv. Vignettes of William IIII, Earl Grey (Tea Anyone?), and others, Ornate Banner The Confidence of the People being "hung out to dry"; Rv. Banner above, The Desire of the People; then "The Reform Bill, Triennial Parliaments, No Standing Army, No Unmerited Pensions, No Tithes, No Corn Laws, No Stamp Taxes, No East India Monopoly, No Colonial Slavery" in 11 lines. Ornate Banners Prevail in the Design. The concept is the prize here, a medal promulgating reforms of various unfair laws and opposing colonial slavery; pictured on the obverse with the king are proponents of the reform. A neat and historical medal.