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MEDALLION. Calendar Medal, England, 1755, by John Powell, 41mm, brass, NF, see Ackerman nos. 23 & 24, VG. John Powell was the only maker to straddle both the Julian and Gregorian calendars, striking single year calendar medals in an uninterrupted series from 1746 to 1782. Powell was a button-maker with his business at Powell's Yard, 34 Spiceall Street, Birmingham. Reference: Ackerman, "Calendar Medals in the British Museum", The Medal, Autumn 2004.
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