 Betts 515. William Pitt Medal (1766). Copper, 41.5mm. Choice Very Fine. Obv. Bust l. in boldly defined wig, no artist's signature. Attempted piercing creates a notch rather than a hole at 12:00. Rev. THE MAN/ WHO HAVING/ SAVED THE/ PARENT PLEADED/ WITH SUCCESS/ FOR HER/ CHILDREN. 'F' of FOR is over CH as Ford XIV:377. Betts blithely notes ''two varieties... with slight differences,'' nowhere explained by him nor clearly defined in Ford.
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