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NUMISMAGRAM MEDAL SELECTIONS: MAY 21, 2023Numismagram's Jeremy Bostwick sent along these four highlights from his most recent addition of new material. These bimonthly offerings always include an assortment of art and historical exonumia, each with a good deal of information about the respective item. For all of this upload's new additions, please visit https://www.numismagram.com/inventory. -Editor 
102413 | AUSTRIA. Silver Rabbit Breeders' Club bronze Award Medal. Issued circa 1920 for special merits (36mm, 20.18 g, 12h). SILBER–KANINCHEN / RAMMLER, rabbit right / ÖSTERREICHISCHER SILBER KANINCHENZUCHT VEREIN / WEIN, FÜR / BESONDERE / VERDIENSTE in three lines within wreath. Edge: Plain. Choice Mint State. Rich red-brown surfaces, with a darker nature upon the devices that imparts a somewhat cameo aspect. $195. A type of rabbit believed to have been introduced to England by Sir Walter Raleigh in the late 16th century, the silver rabbit has since been bred for meat and its pelt, and also for show. Along the lines of breeding for shows, clubs emerged for such showings, like the Silver Rabbit Breeders' Club in Vienna as with this award medal.
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102385 | UNITED STATES & PUERTO RICO. Christopher Columbus/Puerto Rican Expo gilt bronze award Medal. Issued 1893 as a prize for the expo and as a commemoration for the 400th anniversary of the island's discovery (50mm, 12h). By Sola y Camats & Castells in Barcelona. Draped bust of Columbus facing slightly left; in background, ship under sail right and globe with inverted anchor / ? EXPOSICION DE PUERTO RICO ? / CON MOTIVO / DEL / 4° CENTENARIO / DEL DESCUBRIMIENTO / DE LA ISLA in five lines; above, arrow left; below, horizontal laurel branch and PREMIO AL MÉRITO. Eglit 303; Storer 228. PCGS SP-64 (42214893). Extremely brilliant and alluring, with a great golden-yellow nature to the color. A very rare Columbian portrait type, and almost never encountered so enticing and problem-free. Ex David Sterling Collection. $895. During the lead-up to the quadricentennial of Columbus's initial contact with the New World, numerous medals were designed and struck, both in the United States—in conjunction with the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago—and abroad—sometimes for this event or for similar others. In this case, Puerto Rico celebrated the island's own discovery that year as well.
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102365 | UNITED STATES, GERMANY, GREAT BRITAIN & PERU. Christopher Columbus/Columbian Expo bronze award Medal. Issued 1893 as the official prize [awarded to the Anglo-Continental Guano Works] (76mm, 202.22 g, 12h). By A. Saint-Gaudens & C. Barber. Columbus advancing facing slightly left onto land, extending arms and with head lifted toward the heavens; to upper right, arms of Spain above CHRISTOPHER / COLVMBVS / OCT XII / MCCCCXCII in four lines / Two nude female genii seated back-to-back, one trumpeting, the other inscribing globe between them; garlanded torch to left and right; below, Santa Maria left; all around central plaque reading WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION / IN COMMEMORATION OF THE / FOUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY / OF THE LANDING OF COLUMBUS / MDCCCXCII • MDCCCLCIII / TO [ANGLO–CONTINENTAL / GUANO WORKS] in six lines. Edge: Plain. Eglit 90; Rulau X3. Choice Mint State. Rich red-brown surfaces, with a great glossy, lustrous nature; some scattered minor marks are noted for completeness. $465. The Anglo-Continental Guano Works was a German-operated and mostly London-based firm specializing in the production of fertilizer from guano imported mainly from Peru—guano being the excrement of bats or seabirds, often clumping and serving as an excellent source for fertilizer, as it is high in nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium. Featuring a nude male on the reverse supplied by Saint-Gaudens, the design was later modified to feature nude females instead, with Charles Barber offering the finished product. Though the nude male design of Saint-Gaudens was viewed as a bit too provocative by the committee in charge of approval, the design with not one, but two nude females was gladly accepted by the panel.
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102387 | GREAT BRITAIN or NETHERLANDS. Painted Portrait Miniature gilt silver Oval Round. Made circa late 16th-early/mid 17th century (34mm x 42mm, 6.97 g). English or Dutch male bust facing slightly left, wearing ruffled collar. Extremely Fine. Some scattered light marks on the portrait side, though the painting is nearly entirely intact and still quite colorful. The non portrait side displays some scattered scuffs and marks. $295. Ex: George Way Collection. For more information on this piece, please follow this link written by the former owner: https://www.silive.com/homegarden/2011/10/many_early_artists_favored_wor.html
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