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Spelter commemorative medal of Queen Victoria (1887) Spelter is a zinc –lead alloy that ages to resemble bronze , but is softer and has a lower melting point . The name can also refer to a copper–zinc alloy (a brass ) used for brazing , or to pure zinc.
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An imaginary scene painted in 1857 by Henry Wallis depicting Gerard Johnson carving the monument, while Ben Jonson shows him Shakespeare's death mask. Gerard Johnson Jr. (Dutch: Gheerart Janssen; fl. 1612–1623) was a sculptor working in Jacobean England who is traditionally supposed to have created Shakespeare's funerary monument (although this attribution has more recently been challenged).
Replacing the copper coinage with bronze was beyond the capacity of the Royal Mint, which was busy with the production of silver coins and gold coins. [37] The Mint put out to tender a contract to strike 1,720 long tons (1,750 t; 1,930 short tons) of the new bronze pennies, halfpennies and farthings. It was awarded to James Watt & Co of Birmingham.
1. 1943-D Lincoln Bronze Wheat Penny — $2.3 million. Designed by Victor D. Brenner, this is one of the highest-value pennies in circulation today. During World War II, pennies were made of steel ...
Gerard Johnson may refer to: Gerard Johnson (musician) (born 1963), British keyboard player best known for his work with Saint Etienne and The Syn; Gerard Johnson (sculptor), Anglo-Dutch artist of the 17th century best known for his memorial to Shakespeare; Gerard Johnson the elder (died 1611), Dutch sculptor
Gerald Johnson may refer to: Gerald Johnson (musician) (born 1943), musician with the Steve Miller Band; Gerald W. Johnson (writer) (1890–1980), American journalist and author; Gerald W. Johnson (nuclear expert) (1917–2005), nuclear specialist; Gerald W. Johnson (military officer) (1919–2002), United States Air Force officer
Timeline of former nameplates merging into Macy's. Many United States department store chains and local department stores, some with long and proud histories, went out of business or lost their identities between 1986 and 2006 as the result of a complex series of corporate mergers and acquisitions that involved Federated Department Stores and The May Department Stores Company with many stores ...