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WALES: AE medalet, 1884, PCGS MS63 BN

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Europe Start Price:90.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
WALES: AE medalet, 1884, PCGS MS63 BN
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This item SOLD at 2025 Sep 21 @ 12:35UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST
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WALES: AE medalet, 1884, 37x26mm bronze medalet, The Cremation of Iesu Christ; Goat standing right, head facing, with serpent; Welsh letters around, IUYUAIUYUEUOYUW // legend in Welsh language, "GWEL JESSU CRIST O YRTAN YN LLYSCO / YN LLAW VICTORIA YM ANWYL CYMMRO / YNG GWYDD Y VARN VE BIA CLEDDU / TYWYSSOG CARRIAD CORRON CYMMRU / JONAWR YR 13 EG 1884", rare, a lovely chocolate-brown mint state example! PCGS graded MS63 BN. William Price (1800-1893) was a Welsh physician and political activist best known for his support of Welsh nationalism, Chartism and involvement with the Neo-Druidic religious movement. Historians have characterized Price as one of the most significant figures in Wales during the Victorian era.On January 13, 1884, William Price, a medical doctor, socio-political activist and druid, cremated the body of his infant son, Iesu Christ, on a hill near Llantrisant, Wales, causing an outrage and the intervention of local police officers who dragged the corpse from the burning pyre. Price successfully defeated the charges brought against him, convincing the judge that cremation was not illegal. The case set a precedent allowing for the beginning of officially sanctioned cremation in Great Britain. This medal was one of 300 struck by Price to commemorate his victory.