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This item SOLD at 2022 Apr 28 @ 19:50UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Breton-163. 39mm. 31.7g. Stamped 631 on edge, an indication that this once formed part of the the Wyon reference collection. Signed A. WYON. Although the devices do not give a particularly good indication of its purpose, this is a school medal for St. John’s College in Winnipeg, which now forms parts of the University of Manitoba. According that that institution:
“St John's College was officially opened by Bishop Robert Machray on November 1, 1866 but the College's roots lie in the early years of the Red River Settlement.
“The first Anglican clergyman in the Northwest interior of Canada was Reverend John West who, in 1820, established the first Anglican school in the Red River Settlement. The growth of the Red River Settlement led to the creation of the Diocese of Rupert's Land in 1849. The first bishop of the diocese was David Anderson. When he arrived at Red River he established the first school to bear the name ‘St John’s.' For the school and the proposed theological college that would grow from it Anderson chose the motto which remains the College motto, "In Thy light we shall see light" (Psalm 36, verse 9). The new school provided both academic and missionary instruction to the people of the settlement and of the North. By 1859, declining enrolment and a lack of qualified teachers forced the Bishop to close the school.
“Robert Machray became the Bishop of Rupert's Land in 1865 and arrived in the Red River Settlement later that same year. He recognized the need for an Anglican college and set about finding the necessary funds to re-open St John's. The buildings from Bishop Anderson's school were renovated and others acquired to house the boarders and faculty of the new school. The Reverend John Mclean came from London, Ontario to become the College's first warden. When the school was re-opened on All Saints Day,1866 it had nineteen boys attending as either boarders or day students and three students enrolled in theology courses.”
The Bishop of Rupertsland - St. John’s College medal is an underrated rarity. Auction appearances are scant. Indeed, this is the first example Geoffrey Bell Auctions has ever offered publicly. It is a pristine chocolate-brown specimen in every sense of the word with flashy, contact-free fields. Presumably unique with the edge stamp. Worth a premium bid.
Ex: Auction 52 (Baldwin’s, 11/2020), lot 254; Jacob Lipson (12/2020).
From the Michael Joffre Collection of Canadian Historical Medals.
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Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street (1 street north of Bloor), Toronto, Ontario, M4W 2G8, Canada
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789 Yonge Street (1 street north of Bloor)
Toronto, ON
M4W 2G8
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Abbreviations: Within the catalogue you will find many abbreviations, the list below describes each of them:
a about (aEF – about Extra Fine)
Al Aluminum
Approx. Approximate
AGW Actual Gold Weight
AR Silver
AE Brass, Bronze, or Copper
AU Gold
ASW Actual Silver Weight
AV Gold
Bo Bowman
BR Breton
Cat Catalogue
CH Charlton
Co Courteau
COA Certificate of Authenticity
Cu Copper
C/S Counter Stamp
EF Extremely Fine
F Fine
FDC Fleur de Coin
G Good
grm grams
l left
Ler LeRoux
mm Millimeters
r right
S/N Serial Number
Std Seated
Unc Uncirculated
VF Very Fine
VG Very Good
WM White Metal