NUMISMAGRAM MEDAL SELECTIONS: NOVEMBER 3, 2024

 

102647 | UNITED STATES & GERMANY. Colonial America and Preußen (Prussia) silver Medal. Issued 1763. The Treaty of Hubertusburg and the end of the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War in America) (44mm, 21.94 g, 12h). By Johann Leonhard Oexlein. IAM REDIRE AVDET (now she dares to return...), Germania standing facing, head right, holding scepter and grain ear; mountains and plowman in background; in two lines in exergue, GERMANIA / PACATA (...with Germany being at peace) // NVNCIA PACIS (the messenger of Peace), view of the Hubertusburg Palace; above, Fama (Rumor) flying right, blowing in one trumpet and holding another; D 15 FEBR MDCCLXIII in exergue. Edge: Plain. Betts 446; Pax in Nummis 595; Olding 931; Henckel 1658. PCGS AU-58. Pleasingly toned, with mostly gunmetal gray hues mixing with hints of gold and deep cobalt. Compare to an NGC AU-58 that realized a total of $504 in Heritage's March 2023 World Medals and Tokens Showcase Auction #61312, lot 22180 (and for which its current owner now wants at least $756), and a PCGS SP-61 (severely hairlined as well) that realized a total of $1,320 in the Stack's Bowers February 2022 CCO Auction, lot 73771. $595.

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102942 | GREAT BRITAIN. Map of the World white metal Medal. Issued circa 1820 (73mm, 99.20 g, 12h). Unsigned, but commonly attributed to Thomas Halliday and possibly struck by Edward Thomason. Map of North and South America (Western Hemisphere), with lines of latitude and longitude crossing globe // Map of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia (Eastern Hemisphere), with lines of latitude and longitude crossing globe. Edge: Plain. BHM –; Eimer 1139a. Mint State. A few scattered spots and marks, but great brilliance remaining for a scarce type that often shows the effects of pestering. $1,095.

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102940 | SPAIN. Córdoba. Mosque/Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption bronze Medal. Issued 1859. Most Remarkable Edifices of Europe series (59mm, 12h). By Jacques Wiener in Brussels and struck at the Geerts mint in Ixelles. Interior view of the cathedral from the southwest looking northeast; in five lines in exergue, MEZQUITA ERIGIDA 786 / POR ABD-EL-RAHMAN / CONVERTIDA EN IGLESIA / POR FERNANDO III / 1236. // Interior view of the former mosque with the three arches of the maqsura and the mihrab in the far distance; in two lines in exergue, CATEDRAL / DE CORDOBA. Ross M220 (R2); van Hoydonck 167; cf. Reinecke 59 (no date on rev.). PCGS SP-64. Glossy red-brown surfaces, with a great deal of luster radiating throughout. One of Wiener's more powerful and enticing types, and no doubt a premium-quality example with respect to others of the same grade level. Compare to an inferior example in Stack's Coin Galleries (10 September 2008), lot 1656 (which sold for a total of $1,035[!]). $795.

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102956 | BELGIUM. Brussels. Art Deco gilt bronze Award Medal. Issued 1958 for the Universal Exposition (80mm, 195.73 g, 12h). By Marcel Rau. EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE INTERNATIONALE / ALGEMENE WERELDTENTOONSTELLING, BRVXELLES BRVSSEL, female bust facing, holding grain ear and raising hand; star and moon to upper right // Two nude males advancing slightly left; crescent moon, constellations, zodiac band, and clouds in background. Edge: Minor rim bruise noted for completeness, otherwise plain. Lippens 243. Choice Mint State. Brilliant gilt surfaces, with a charming matte aspect. $195.

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