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NUMISMAGRAM MEDAL SELECTIONS: SEPTEMBER 8, 2024Jeremy Bostwick with Numismagram forwarded these four medals from his upload of new material to his site. For all of the new items, please visit https://www.numismagram.com/inventory. -Garrett 
102643 | GREAT BRITAIN. Westminster Abbey bronze Medal. Issued 1855. Most Remarkable Edifices of Europe series (59mm, 12h). By J. Wiener in Brussels & Elkington and Co., and struck at the Geerts mint in Ixelles. WESTMINSTER ABBEY, exterior view of the abbey building from the west-northwest // Interior view of the Henry VII chapel from just to the right of the center aisle centerline looking toward the altar; in three lines in exergue, ST. PETER'S CHURCH FOUNDED ABOUT 612 / REBUILT AND ERECTED AN ABBEY / 958 AND 1049-1066; in four lines to left, THE PRESENT CHURCH CONSTRUCTED / 1220-1285 / RESTORED END OF THE / XVII CENTURY; in four lines to right, WESTMINSTER HALL BUILT 1397 / THE CHAPEL OF HENRY VII / COMMENCED 1503 / RESTORED 1809. Edge: Plain. Ross M189; van Hoydonck 142; Reinecke 35; Taylor 8b; BHM 2592; Eimer 1506. PCGS SP-63. Rich red-brown surfaces, with a great glossy nature. Undoubtedly one of the most attractive and intricate—if not the most intricate—medals in this ambitious series. Compare to a similar example, also a PCGS SP-63, though a bit less brilliant, that realized a total of $600 in the recent Stack's Bowers Global Showcase Auction (23 August 2024), lot 47930. $595.
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102738 | ITALY. Vittorio Emanuele II/Pantheon bronze Medal. Issued 1878 for the king's interment in the Pantheon (68mm, 143.09 g, 12h). By F. Speranza at the Rome mint. VITTORIO EMANUELE II RE D'ITALIA, head right, wearing oak wreath // L'OPERA A CUI CONSACRAMMO LA NOSTRA VITA È COMPIUTA, frontal view of the Pantheon; in two lines in exergue, XVII GENNAIO / MDCCCLXXVIII. Edge: Plain. Forrer V, 599. Choice Mint State. Deep brown surfaces, with a pleasing, lustrous nature. $435.
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102735 | FRANCE. Nièvre. Contract Lawyers of Clamecy octagonal silver Jeton. Issued circa late 19th century (32mm x 32mm, 13.68 g, 12h). By A. Borrel. Female personification of Justice seated facing on throne, holding scales, tablet of laws, and Hand of Justice; implements of agriculture and commerce to left and right // NOTAIRES DE L'ARRONDISSEMENT DE CLAMECY / NIÈVRE, tablet of laws over scales; all within oak wreath. Edge: «cornucopia» ARGENT. Lerouge 97. PCGS MS-64. Extremely lustrous, with some hints of burnished toning at the peripheries and with immense frosting upon the devices. The only such example of the type in the PCGS census. Ex Collection "PL." $195.
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102884 | GERMANY. Poodle Club uniface bronze Medal. Issued circa 1920 for the German Poodle Club situated in München (80mm, 128.35mm, 12h). By E. Friedmann in Frankfurt. DEUTSCHER PUDELKLUB e. V. SITZ MÜNCHEN, poodle standing left // Blank except for maker's mark near bottom. Edge: Plain. Mint State. Deep brown surfaces, with a slightly matte nature. A very rare and interesting dog-related type featuring a breed that is seldom encountered in medals. $275.
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