An essay on medals [by J. Pinkerton].T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808 - 376 Seiten |
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Seite 141 - Scottish arms. On the borders of the canopy above the throne is an inscription in Gothic letters, IN MI DEFFEN, being corrupt French for in my defence; a common motto in the Scottish arms.
Seite 156 - in 1760 there was a great scarcity of copper coin in Ireland, upon which a society of Irish gentlemen applied for leave, upon proper conditions, to coin half-pence; which being granted, those appeared with a very bad portrait of George II., and 'Voce Populi' around it. The bust bears a much greater resemblance to the Pretender; but whether this was a piece of waggery in the engraver, or only arose from his ignorance in drawing, must be left to doubt.
Seite 220 - ... other in a manner which no art can imitate. The plated medals which have been forged in ancient times were long supposed to be capable of resisting every effort of modern imitation ; but of late years, " some ingenious rogues (says Mr. Pinkerton), thought of piercing false medals of silver with a red-hot needle, which gave a blackness to the inside of the coin, and made it appear plated to an injudicious eye. This fraud is easily distinguished by scraping the inside of the metal.
Seite 113 - About 1740, and for some years before and after, Dassier, a native of Geneva, settling in London, engraved a series of medals of all the English kings, with great taste and spirit. They are struck upon fine copper, and amount to thirty-six in number. He likewise gave medals of many illustrious men of this and other nations; all of which deserve considerable praise."—Pinkerton on Coins, vol.
Seite 102 - ... the living antiquary only that our path will be obstructed. Evelyn, a gentleman after our own heart, predicts that the tokens which he stigmatizes as having abounded in every tavern and tippling-house, would be hereafter pored over with ill-spent diligence, and " may haply, in aftertimes," says he, " come to exercise and busy the learned what they should signify, and fill whole volumes with conjectures, as I am persuaded as arrant trifles have done.
Seite 102 - These town pieces and tradesmen's tokens, together with them of the time of Elizabeth, are collected by some antiquaries with an avidity truly puerile. For I will venture to say, that their workmanship is always utterly contemptible, and that not one purpose of taste, information, or curiosity, can be drawn from them. It needs hardly be added, that they are recommended to the supreme scorn of the reader, who may justly regard the studying or collecting of them, along with the admiration of counters,...
Seite 100 - ... several cities struck tokens, which were confined to the use of their respective inhabitants, till they were called in by order of government.^ In the city of London this traffic of coinage was very considerable...
Seite 82 - England; yet he and his descendents were chief monarchs; though petty kingdoms existed till 959, and some of their coins are found, as of Sihtric and Anlaf of Northumbria. The coins of the chief monarchs present almost a complete series, from Egbert 832 to Edgar 959; after whom there are only kings of all England. Ethelbald 857, is the only chief monarch of whom there are no coins: and there are none of Edmund Ironside, AD 1016.
Seite 82 - Most of them bear rude portraits, and the reverses are sometimes curious and interesting. Some have views of cathedrals, and other buildings; particularly one of Edward the Elder, AD 900, has the cathedral of York, with three rows of windows, round arched.
Seite 101 - English refused them currency, as was justly suspected, they might be ordered to pass in Ireland. For they were not forced upon the people in the light of farthings, or established coin, but merely as pledges or tokens, for which the government were obliged to give other coin, if required. Their legend is the king's common titles running upon each side.