Medalet - Earl Grey Appointment as Prime Minister

Obverse © Thespis26

Features

Location	United Kingdom
Król	William IV (1830-1837)
Type	Advertising medallions › Satirical medals
Year	1830
Composition	Mosiądz
Weight	4.86 g
Diameter	22 mm
Thickness	2 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Technique	Frezowana
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 49961
References	BHM# 1442 Laurence Brown. British Historical Medals. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (3 volumes). , Batty# 2192 David Thornbory Batty. Batty's Catalogue of the Copper Coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, British Isles and Colonies. Manchester, United Kingdom (4 volumes).

Commemorative issue

(en) Earl Grey appointed as Prime Minister

Obverse

Głowa Earl Grey po lewej Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
BRITONS BE TRUE TO YOUR KING
EARL GREY

Reverse

Książę Wellington depczący brytyjskiego lwa Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
BY TRAMPLING ON LIBERTY I LOST THE REINS
1830

Comments

Satyryczny medalik wyprodukowany w 1830 roku dla upamiętnienia nominacji Charlesa Greya, drugiego hrabiego Grey, na brytyjskiego premiera. Zachował on to stanowisko od 1830 do 1834 roku. Medal powstał, ponieważ poprzedni premier, książę Wellington, który pokonał Napoleona Bonaparte w bitwie pod Waterloo w 1815 roku, odmówił zgody na reformę brytyjskiego systemu parlamentarnego i został zmuszony do rezygnacji. Grey zajął jego miejsce w 1830 roku, a jego rząd uchwalił Reform Act z 1832 roku i zniósł niewolnictwo w całym Imperium Brytyjskim w następnym roku.

Poniżej fragment katalogu Batty, przedstawiający trzy odmiany:

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

A satirical medalet produced in 1830 to commemorate the appointment of Charles Grey, the second Earl Grey, as British Prime Minister. He retained that post from 1830 until 1834. The medal was made because the previous Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington who had defeated Napolean Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, had refused to allow for the reform of the British Parliamentary system and had been forced to resign. Grey took his place in 1830 and his government passed the Reform Act of 1832 and abolished slavery throughout the British Empire the following year.

An excerpt below from the Batty catalogue, showing the three varieties:

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1830

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