Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1916, Austria. CENTENARY OF THE AUSTRIAN NATIONAL BANK CELEBRATED IN THE 68TH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF FRANZ JOSEPH. By Stephan Schwartz. Bronze 66mm. OBV: Two men. REV: Inscription within a wreath. Nearly extremely fine. $50. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S14-10276

 

1942, France. CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF CAMILLE FLAMMARION, Astronomer. By Abel La Fleur. Plaquette bronze 57mm x 73mm. Obv: Almost facing bust. Rev: An observatory above an inscription. Some contact marks on the face, nearly extremely fine. $120. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S11-11543

 

1814, Great Britain. CENTENARY OF THE HOUSE OF BRUNSWICK.? By Thomas Wyon Jr. after N. Marchant. AE 50mm. Obv: Laureate bust of George III facing right. Rev: Britannia standing on an island rock with her lion and holding her trident and and Victory on a globe. BHM 779, Eimer 1056. Extremely fine. $300

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SKU: 10398821

 

1952, U.S.A. BOY SCOUTS. By Karl Gruppe. AE 73mm. Obv: Two boy scouts. Rev: An eagle. Forty-sixth issue of the Society of Medalists. Edge F. Alexander 46.2. Reported production of 762 in bronze. In a Society of Medalists cardboard box, no descriptive leaflet. Extremely fine. $105. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398030

 

1853, Great Britain. BATH & WEST OF ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. By Thomas Ottley. Silver 48mm. Frosted finish. Under lunettes. In a broken case. Sorry, SOLD (July, 2018)

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SKU: 14633-2G

 

1930, France, South America. CENTENARY OF THE DEATH OF SIMON BOLIVAR ? CONCOURS FRANCE-AM?RIQUE. By Lucien Bazor (1889-1974, Grand Prix de Rome, 1923). AE-gilt 68mm. OBVERSE: Uniformed bust of Simon Bolivar facing left. REVERSE: Inscription within a wreath. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 29/D. Cased. Extremely fine. $250. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E3370

 

England, JAMES I, 1603-1625, By Jean Dassier. Bronze 41mm. OBVERSE: Bust of James I facing right, wearing a ruff and ermine mantle tied in a knot on the shoulder. Legend: IACABUS . I . D . G . M . BR . FR . ET . HIB . REX. (James I, by the grace of God, king of Great Britain, France and Ireland). REVERSE: A monument ornamented with the armorial shield of the kindom, crowned, into which an infant Genius inserts in the second quarter the arms of Scotland, alluding to the union of the kingdoms. On the left, another Genius points to a book which he holds, alluding to the kings fame as an author. Exergue: NAT . 19 . IUN . 1556 . CORON . 25 .? IUL . 1603 . MORT . 27 . MART . 1625. (Born 19 June, 1556; crowned 25 July, 1603; DIED 27 mARCH, 1625). MI volume I page 237/104, Eimer 104, Eisler I 262/26. Dassier issue. $100. Sorry, SOLD (February, 2021).

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SKU: Q1310-15434-1S

 

Undated (1942), France. LE CH?NE ET LE ROUSEAU (The oaktree and the reed). By Jean Vernon. Uniface bronze 59mm. OBVERSE: A bird perched on a bull-rush with an oak tree in the background. Cat. Gen. Vol. 3 391/E. $90. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2023)

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SKU: 08790-Q

 

1918, U.S.A., Belgium. THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS MEDAL. By Theodore Spicer-Simpson. Published by the American Numismatic Society. Bronze 63mm. Miller 37 (136 struck in bronze). $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 14514-1G

 

1804, France. CORONATION OF NAPOLEON. Bronze 45mm. OBVERSE: Napoleon raised on a shield by four soldiers in armor. REVERSE: Inscription within a wreath. $200. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2020)

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SKU: N1060-P8

 

1821, France, St. Helena. THE INTERNMENT OF NAPOLEON. White metal 54mm. OBVERSEE: Bust of Napoleon within a continuous wreath. REVERSE: Inscription. Light wear and handling. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: N146

 

1946, U.S.A. NAMELESS IN WORTHY DEEDS. By Sidney Waugh. AE 73mm. Obv: A man and a woman. Rev: A blacksmith. Thirty-fourth issue of the Society of Medalists. Golden bronze with tan patina. Edge B. Alexander 34.2. Reported production of1,182 in bronze. In a Society of Medalists cardboard box with its descriptive leaflet. Extremely fine. $70. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S5-7

 

1992, U.S.A. ADAM AND EVE AND RETRIBUTION. By Karen Worth. AE 101mm. Obv: An angel standing behind Adam and Eve. Rev: Adam cast into a pit of fire. One hundred twenth-sixth issue of the Society of Medalists. In its original box. Extremely fine. $200. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398598

 

1804, France, Great Britain. THE ANTICIPATED INVASION OF ENGLAND. By Droz. Bronze 41mm. OBVERSE: Laureate head of Napoleon facing right. REVERSE: Antaeus vanquished by Hercules. D’Essling 1044, Bramsen 365. Light handling. $350. Sorry, SOLD (February, 2019). ———- This medal was struck Sir Edward Thomason’s Manufactory, in Birmingham. He describes the circumstances of his coming to strike it in his autobiography. He notes that a die was prepared in France in anticipation of an invasion of England. The inscription in its exergue proclaims FRAPEE A LONDRES (Struck in London). Thomason notes that the intention was to strike them at the Mint in Paris, but to issue them as if they had been struck in London. Six samples were struck. The die and the medals were hidden by Denon, Director of the Mint. They were discovered after Denon’s death. One was given to the Duke of Wellington, “who considered it an excellent opportunity to exhibit the presumption of Bonaparte. Hence the letter of Sir Neil Campbell to me.” This resulted in Thomason creating a new die. He records “I succeeded in making an exact copy of the original, so much so, that it was difficult to discern the bronze medal from my dies from the original French medal.”

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SKU: N0096-P8

 

Undated (circa 1920), France. STORK IN ITS NEST. By Carvin. AE 50mm. OBV: Two storks in a nest. REV: A wreath. Extremely fine. $80. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S9-11290