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GREAT BRITAIN: AE medal (12.19g), ND (1741), PCGS MS64

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GREAT BRITAIN: AE medal (12.19g), ND (1741), PCGS MS64
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GREAT BRITAIN: AE medal (12.19g), ND (1741), Eimer-561, Betts-247, 37mm bronze medal by Pinchbeck; THE GENEROUSE DUKE OF ARGYLE above a full figure of Argyle standing before a trophy of flags and cannon, wearing robes and collar of Garter, with NO PENTIONER below // MAKE ROOM FOR SIR ROBERT above the Devil (Satan) leading Walpole by a rope around his neck towards the mouth of Hell, in the form of the infernal beast; NO EXCISE in exergue, a wonderful lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS64. Robert Walpole, the First Earl of Orford (1676-1745) is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. This political medal was struck towards the end of his time in office when the influence of the Duke of Argyle, one of his main critics, was on the rise following the 1741 General Election. The 1733 Excise Bill (which failed to become law), was one of Walpole's most unpopular policies. It sought to curb the loss of revenue from the smuggling of wine and tobacco, with a strictly enforced excise system of bonded warehouses and customs officers with increased powers. Walpole left office and retired as the newly appointed Earl of Orford a year later in early 1742.