The plaquette measures 26 by 51 millimeters and is in Extremely Fine condition.
Germany – Regensburg Cathedral Medal – Perspective Views – Exemplary Detail – Cleaned
France – Insurance Company – Octagonal Silver Medal by Barre – 1830 – 19.4 Grams – 36.28 mm – Interesting octagonal silver medal commissioned by the Compagnie Royale D’Assurances (Royal Insurance Company) founded in 1817. Created by French medalist and sculptor Jean Jacques Barre (1793-1855) who apprenticed to Thiolier at the age of seventeen and made such rapid progress that scarcely a year elapsed without some of his work appearing at the annual Fine Art Exhibitions at Paris. From 1842 until his death in 1855 he was Graveur General des Medailles (Chief Engraver of Medals) at the Paris Mint. This is just one of many beautiful medals I acquired on a recent trip to a coin show in Verona, Italy.
France – Shooting Medal – 63rd Infantry Regiment – 1893 – With Fob – Military obv SOCIETE MIXTE DE TIR DE LIMOGES rev 63e REGIMENT D’INFANTERIE LHOUMEAU Sergent THORIN d.o GRANDET d.o PILLAUDIN Sergent Fourrier MILITARY 1893 4e PRIX
Great Britain – New Royal Exchange London – 43mm – 1844 – White Metal – Wellington Statue The statue of Wellington dates back to 1844 and is said to be cast in the metal of captured French guns. Engraving by Davis, Birmingham
Italy – Livorno – Firenze – High Relief Copper Medal – 1496 /1896 – 43.7 Grams – 44.52 mm – Beautiful high relief medal, just one of many I recently purchased at a coin show in Verona, Italy. This medal was issued by the city of Firenze and the reverse reads “1496-1896 – A Livorno, fedele sorella nella difesa del libero comune e nella Italiana unita,” which translated means “To Livorno, faithful sister in the defense of a free community and a united Italy.” The medal was struck in copper, weighs 43.7 grams and has a 44.52 millimeter diameter. I grade the medal About Uncirculated.
By Jean Dassier, Swiss medalist and official engraver for Geneva from 1720-1763. AE 41mm. Composition: White Metal. Obv: Bust of Edward I, in armor, mantle and a crown, facing three-quarters left. Legend: EDOUARD . I . D . G. ANG . ET .HIB . REX. (Edward I, by the grace of God, King of England and Ireland). Rev: A circular temple with three niches containing statues of Minerva (for Edward’s wisdom and military genius), Prudence and Hercules (an allusion to the magnitude and variety of Edward’s enterprizes). At one side History is recording Edward’s deeds while two onlookers admire the monument on the other side. Exergue: NAT. 1230 . COR. 1272. MORT. 1307. (Born 1230, crowned 1272, died 1307).
The back of the medal gives basic information on the meteorite fall and is sequentially numbered. Total mintage worldwide was limited to 250 specimens. Comes as shown with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Total mintage worldwide was limited to 250 specimens. Comes as shown with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Total mintage worldwide was limited to 250 specimens. Comes as shown with a Certificate of Authenticity.
31 mm in diameter and weighing 15.5 grams of .925 silver for an actual silver weight of 0.46 ounce.
Italy – Torino – Poet Torquato Tasso – High Relief Bronze Medal – 1846 – 43.62mm – 45.6 grams – Torquato Tasso (11 March 1544 – 25 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, best known for his poem La Gerusalemme Liberata (Jerusalem Delivered, 1580), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the siege of Jerusalem. He suffered from mental illness and died a few days before he was due to be crowned as the king of poets by the Pope. Until the beginning of the 19th century, Tasso remained one of the most widely read poets in Europe. This is just one of several medals I acquired during a recent trip to the Verronafil Coin Show in Italy.
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