Stock No. 2964	Silver Official Coronation Medal for George IV
Silver official coronation medal for the coronation of George VI, 19 July 1821, executed by Bernadino Pistrucci, Chief Engraver at the Royal Mint. Obverse: Laureate head of George IV looking left. Legend: GEORGIUS IIII D . G . BRITANNIARUM REX F . D. Reverse: The King seated, with winged figure behind him crowning the King who is being approached by Britannia, Scotia and Hibernia. Legend: PROPRIO JAM JURE ANIMO PATERNO. In exergue: INAUGURATUS/ DIE . JULII XIX/ ANNO MDCCCXXI. See "British Historical Medals" vol. I, No. 1070 p.264. Maker :- Bernadino Pistrucci

Condition :-Extremely Fine
Circa :- 1821
Size :- 1.4 inches (35.6 mm) diameter
The wax model for a design for the reverse of this medal is in the Palazzo Braschi in Rome. Although it is uncertain exactly how many of these medals were struck, Henry Wollaston, in his "British Official Medals for Coronations and Jubilees" states on p.17 that he calculated that 1060 gold medals and 800 silver medals had been struck. Although there is no mention of copper medals, a large number must have been struck because there is a note in a manuscript notebook in the archives of the Royal Mint that on 1 January, 1826 there were still 1526 bronze medals left unsold. The committee who was appointed to organise the arrangements for the coronation spent œ4,770.5.4 on the official coronation medals.

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