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Edinburgh, Scotland, 1816. Silver, hand engraved. Oval, including the loop, 86.2mm × 55.6mm, 32.5 grams, with loop for suspension. Obverse: Boy leaning on a huge covered urn, with his left leg akimbo and a book in his right hand; the Temple of Fame on a hill in the background, all surrounded by a laurel wreath. Reverse: engraved in nine lines, Quo diligentior eo doctior JOANNI BOGG Condiscipulorum Duci Hocce Numisma Honoris gratia tribuit BENJAMINUS MACKAY VIIIJd: AUG: MDCCCXVI. With Edinburgh hallmarks below, all surrounded by a laurel wreath.

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