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NUMISMAGRAM MEDAL SELECTIONS: MARCH 17, 2024Numismagram's Jeremy Bostwick sent these three items from his most recent upload of new material to his site. This upload, occuring on the Ides of March, had a very macabre theme. For all of the new items, please visit https://www.numismagram.com/inventory. -Editor 
102056 | GERMANY. Nürnberg. Copper Rechenpfennig Issued circa 1580-1610. (27mm, 5.43 g, 12h). By H. Laufer. DEN KVMPT DER DODT GIBT DEN LON, skeleton standing left within a graveyard and wielding a spear; in background, church to right // ARBEIT VND TVGENT MACHT EDEL, infant Christ standing slightly left, raising hand in benediction and holding orb. Neumann 32331; "Aspects of Death and Correlated Aspects of Life in Art, Epigram, and Poetry," p. 567. Choice Very Fine. Tan-brown surfaces, with a lighter nature on the higher points. A very rare and haunting type, and the first of the type that we have seen. $695. Rechenpfennigen, German for "accounting pennies," are similar to other tokens or jetons that could serve reckoning, gaming, or even semi-numismatic functions. In particular, the rechenpfennigen were made famous by their various manufacturers in Nürnberg (Nuremberg) from the mid-late 16th century to the early 18th century, with a host of themes used as subject matter. These topics included history, mythology, contemporary political affairs, and even satire. Though many were intended as aids in accounting and bookkeeping (with an accounting board and these tokens taking the place of an abacus or sliderule), they were also useful in other functions, such as in the world of gaming—as poker chips—or in commerce and monetary transactions—as a substitute for harder currency.
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102543 | BELGIUM. Luik (Liège). Chapter of St. Lambert's Cathedral bronze Méreau or Communion Token. Dated 1653. Used for the receiving of food during feast day celebrations (20mm, 4.46 g, 4h). ANNIVERSA?, skull and crossbones // ECCLESIÆ LEODI, crossbones between two flames. De Renesse pl. LXXI, 3. PCGS AU-50. Deep brown surfaces. Ever-popular type. $895. St. Lambert served as the Bishop of Maastricht and later, Liège, where he is celebrated as a martyr and patron saint, having defended the fidelity of marriage and not succumbing to Merovingian politics. Though buried at Maastricht, his successor, St. Hubertus, had his relics removed and enshrined at Liège.
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102708 | CANADA. Mond Nickel Company nickel Medal. Issued 1925 for the 25th anniversary of the firm (44mm, 44.69 g, 12h). By P. Metcalfe. TUM PRIMUM CONGNITA PRAEPES SUBVOLAT (then for the first time a winged thing sprang aloft, –adapted from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book XIV), Pan or impish, mischievous demon dancing left above flames, with bubbles ascending from his hands // THE MOND NICKEL COMPANY LIMITED / 1900•1925, stylized depiction of daffodils (Wales) and maple leaves (Canada), representing the two locations of the company's major interests. Edge: Plain. Choice Gem Mint State. Exceedingly brilliant and alluring, with cartwheel luster abounding throughout. $165.
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