194 Record of the Royal Society. 



Eev. Spaced on the field, NUMISMATIC SOCIETY OF LONDON 



FOUNDED DEC K * XXII MDCCCXXXVIII. JOHN LEE, LL.D F.R.S : 

 F.S.A : F.E.A.S PRESIDENT. 1'75. JE. 



55. [London.] Numismatic Society. Jubilee Medal, 1887. Bust 

 of John Evans, F.R.S., r., hair short, in coat and collar. 

 Leg. IOH . EVANS . D.C.L. S.R.S. PRAESIDI. On truncation, 



PINCHES . F. 



SIC 



Rev. Within an olive wreath, Inscribed around, SOCIETAS 



sic 



c 



NVMISM . LOND . ANNOS CONST . LI . MDCCCLXXXVII. 2' 26. R. 



56. Jubilee Medal. Another copy. 2*26. JE. 



57. - - Royal Astronomical Society. Medal of the Royal 



Astronomical Society. Bust of Newton, Z., bare ; behind, 

 NEWTON Leg. ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY INST : MDCCCXX. 

 Below, NUBEM PELLENTE MATHESi. On truncation, w. WYON .. 



A R A . MINT. 



Eev. Herschel's telescope. Leg. QUICQUID NITET NOTANDUM. 

 (In the exergue of this specimen is inscribed, STRUCK BY PER- 

 MISSION OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE REV D ' 

 CHARLES TURNOR . 1840.) T9. JR. 



This medal was ordered to be struck when the Society received 

 its Royal Charter of Incorporation in 1831, it replacing an 

 earlier type. The first impression was issued in 1 834. It is 

 struck in gold, and awarded annually or otherwise, as the 

 Council determines. 



58. Royal Exchange. Medal struck to commemorate 



the laying of the first stone of the Royal Exchange. Bust of 

 Queen Victoria, /., bare, wearing a diadem, hair bound with 

 fillet, and gathered into a knot behind. Leg. VICTORIA D : G : 



BRITANNIARUM REGINA F : D : On truncation, W WYON . R A. 



Rev. Inscription, spaced on the field, IN COMMEMORATION OF 

 LAYING THE FIRST STONE OF THE NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE BY 

 H : R : H : PRINCE ALBERT CONSORT OF H : M : QUEEN VICTORIA 

 17 JANUARY 1842 IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF HER REIGN. 



1-78. x. 



59. Royal Society. Buchanan Medal. Head of Sir George 



Buchanan, F.R.S., Z., bearded, crown of head bare. Leg. 



SIR GEORGE BVCHANAN M-D- F-R-C'P- F-R-S- 



Rev. Hygeia, daughter of ^sculapius, and goddess of health, is 

 standing, attended by a maiden, both clad in loose draperies. 

 Behind them a flying figure in cloak and hood carrying a 

 scythe representing the angel of death. Below, the prone 



