Matthew Boulton

Matthew Boulton, 10th Anniversary of his Death, 1819, a pair of reverse dies for the Memorial Medal, by G F Pidgeon, legend in 4 lines within wreath, INVENTAS / AVT QVI VITAM / EXCOLVERE PER / ARTIS, 64 x 80mm, 65 x 83mm (cf BHM 976; Eimer 1114; Pollard pp 316-318). Good fine and fine, actual medal surface showing rust damage, especially the first. (2)

The most damaged die appears to be signed beneath the tie of the wreath, suggesting that the second, less damaged die, was produced in the 1850's when the medal was re-struck. Certainly there appears to be small differences in the placement of the letters with regard to the wreath.