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NUMISMAGRAM MEDAL SELECTIONS: SEPTEMBER 22, 2024Numismagram's Jeremy Bostwick sent along these four items from his upload of new medallic art to his site. For all of the new items, please visit https://www.numismagram.com/inventory. -Garrett 
102732 | FRANCE. Vienne. Contract Lawyers of Châtellerault silver Jeton. Issued circa late 19th century (32mm, 11.19 g, 12h). LEX EST QUODCUMQUE NOTAMUS (the law is whatever we write down), open book containing the law; scales below // ARRONDISSEMENT DE CHATELLERAULT / VIENNE, CHAMBRE / DES / NOTAIRES in three lines. Edge: «cornucopia» ARGENT. Lerouge 90. PCGS MS-65. Lustrous and cartwheeling with brilliance, with intense iridescent toning upon each side. The only such example of the type in the PCGS census. Ex Collection "PL." $325.
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102898 | UNITED STATES & GERMANY. Woodrow Wilson cast bronze Medal. Issued 1915. American Neutrality (57mm, 93.60 g, 12h). By K. Goetz in München. • WOODROW • WILSON • / LIBERTY • NEVTRALITY • HVMANITY, bust of U.S. president Woodrow Wilson facing slightly right, wearing laurel wreath and stole decorated with imperial eagle of Germany and double eagle of Austria-Hungary // AMERIKA'S NEVTRALES • HANDELN (America's "neutral" action), Uncle Sam seated left on canon balls, presenting battleship and holding bag of money [$]100[,]000; cannon in background. Edge: Plain. Kienast 149; The Art of Devastation, p. 143, fig. 6 & p. 274, no. 69; Böttcher Coll. 5428. Choice Mint State. Deep brown surfaces, with charming relief. $495.
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102831 | GERMANY. Zeppelin, Eckener & Dürr silver Medal. Issued 1929. Commemorating the world tour of the LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin (36mm, 24.94 g, 12h). By O. Glöckler at the Berlin mint. • ZEPPELIN DER SCHÖPFER • ECKENER DER FÜHRER / • DÜRR DER ERBAUER •, busts left of Zeppelin, Eckener, and Dürr // I WELTFAHRT DES LUFTSCHIFFS »GRAF ZEPPELIN«, view of the Earth centered upon the North Pole, with the airship's flight path outlined throughout. Edge: PREUSS. STAATSMÜNZE • SILBER 900 FEIN. Hans Kaiser 511; Button 243; Müller 2249. PCGS SP-66. Highly vibrant and prooflike, with some scattered cobalt and amber toning throughout. $325.
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102795 | PORTUGAL. "Rouge et Noir" plexiglass & stainless steel Triptych. Issued 2002 (72mm x 110mm [each], 493.60 g [total]). By J. M. da S. Teixeira. Three pieces in the form of playing cards: Ace of Hearts, Six of Clubs, and Two of Diamonds. The Medal 43, pp. 81-3 (for the artist's take on the position of the medal within the world of plastic art). As Made. Set numbered 2/5. Includes t-shirt. Extremely rare, unusual, and interesting. Ex David Nicholas Silich Collection. $395.
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