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ENGLAND - LONDON - DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, 1764-1805 - Token 1773
weigt 5,27gr. ; copper Ø 25mm. medallist workshop ; John Kirk
obv. Bust of the Duke of Gloucester right, KIRK lower left, FEC. lower right rev. DUKE - OF - CLOCESTER - 1773
Token, or more accurately medalet, engraved by toy maker and noted medalist John Kirk. These medalets, a serie of thirteen, were all executed at the Kirk workshop in St. Paul′s Church Yard in London. John kirk was the head of the firm and thus responsible for all these medalets. However, it does not follow that John Kirk himself engraved all these dies, In this context it should be noted that the obverse dies are all signed for the family business (′KIRK′) rather than by John kirk personally (′I.KIRK′). These were given to subscribers to The Sentimental Magazine in England in the 18th Century.
The ″Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh″ was a title created by King George III , and given to his brother Prince William Frederick on 19 November 1764. There had previously been Dukes of Gloucester and of Edinburgh, but Prince William′s full title was "Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh". This title was a sole creation for Prince William Frederick, and ended with his death on 25 August 1805.
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