102 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A bronze medal commemorating the tercentenary of the 

 Foundation of Quebec. 



Presented by the National Battlefields 

 Commission of Canada. 



A specimen in bronze of the gold medal recently presented to 

 Commander Peary. 



Presented hy the Royal Geographical Society. 



The gold Championship Badge of the Billiard Association of 

 Great Britain ; also one gold and one silver badge for spot- 

 barred scores, all won by Mr. Charles Dawson. 



Presented hy Charles Dawson, Esq. 



4. Mediaeval and Modern Series : — 



(a) Coins : — 



An important series of coins, mainly European and North 

 and South American, including many of considerable rarity of 

 which the following may be mentioned : — 



Europe - - Austria.— Thaler of Leopold I. struck for 



the Tyrol. 

 Burgundy. — A gold noble of Philip le Hardi, 



an imitation of the English noble, 

 France. — 2 francs -a -pied in gold of 



Charles V., le Sage ; another of Jeanne 



de Naples struck for Provence. 

 Germany. — A thaler of Paris, archbishop of 



Salzburg. 

 Spain. — A scudo di oro of Joanna and 



Charles I. of Castille ; a gold piece of 



eight of Charles III. 

 Portugal. — A half-dobra of Maria and 



Peter III. 

 Holland. — A thaler of West Friesland. 



North America - United States. — A twenty-dollar piece of 

 1853 ; five dollar pieces of 1798, 1805 and 

 1845 ; a three-dollar piece of 1854 and a 

 gold dollar of 1856. 

 Mexico. — An onza of eight scudos of 

 Augustin I., 1822-1823, and a gold 

 quarter-onza of the republic, 1849. 



Central America. Honduras. — A dollar, half- and quarter- 

 dollar commemorating the foundation of 

 the republic, 1821. 



Guatemala. — A piece of sixteen pesos of 

 1869 with the head of Carrera, founder 

 of the republic. 



Costa Rica.- -A five-peso piece of 1869. 



San Salvador. — A ten-peso piece of 1892. 



Venezuela. — A twenty-peso piece with 

 portrait of Bolivar. 



