Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1956, Great Britain. 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RESETTLEMENT OF JEWS IN GREAT BRITAIN. By Paul Vincze. AE 38mm. Obv: A menorah between portraits of Oliver Cromwell and Menasseh Ben Israel in oval compartments. Rev: a seated female holding a scroll and supporting a tablet. Eimer 2097 (Lists only 56mm). Extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD Paul Vincze, the son of a Jewish father and Roman Catholic mother was born in Hungary in 1907. He studied at the High School of Arts and Crafts in Budapest and later in the studio of E. Telcs. In 1935 he won a scholarship to study in Rome. In 1937 he moved to England and eventually became a British citizen. He worked out of a studio in Chelsea, but later moved to the south of France, where he died in 1994. He is noted for an extensive body of medals.

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SKU: 10400663

 

1897, Great Britain. QUEEN VICTORIA?S JUBILEE. Unsigned (probably German in origin). Silver 60mm. Obv: Crowned, veiled bust of Queen Victoria facing left. Rev: A female standing on a terrace with Windsor Castle in the distance. BHM 3587. Cased. Cleaned, nearly extremely fine. $200. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399442

 

1822, France/Italy. JOSEPH LOUIS LAGRANGE, Mathematician. By Donadio. AE 41mm. Obv: Head facing left. Rev: Inscription. From the ?Series Numismata Universalis Virorum Illustrium.? Collignon 715. Extremely fine. $60 ? Sorry, SOLD ?

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SKU: 10400181

 

1893, France. MINISTERE DE COMMERCE ET DE L?INDUSTRIE. By Alfred Borrel. Silver 51mm, 66.3 grams. Obv: Female bust wearing her hair bound up and an oak wreath. Rev: Inscription. Extremely fine. $95.? Sorry, SOLD Alfred Borrel was born in Paris in 1836. He studied under his father Valentin- Maurice Borrel and under Jouffroy and Merley. As a student at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts. He won the seconf grand prix de Rome for medal engraving. We was a soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais. He won a second class medal at the salon in 1880, a second class medal in 1890, and a first class medal in 1893. He was made a chevalier de la L?gion d’Honneur in 1906. Borrel died in 1927.

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SKU: 10400832

 

DIAKOV, Mikhail E. Medals of theRussian Empire. Part 5: 1855-1881. Russia, 2006. 270 pages,illustrated throughout. 9? x12.5?. Laminated boards. $135. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398451

 

1888, Great Britain. NATIONAL EXHIBITION & MARKET, BREWING AND ALLIED TRADES. By J.A. Restall. AE 45mm. Obv: A female pouring a drink from a bottle into a glass. Hopes to the left and wheat to the right. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. Cased. Extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398861

 

1803, France. A LA FORTUNE CONSERVATRICE. By Nicolas Guy Antoine Brenet. AE 33mm. Obv: Bare head of Napoleon facing left. Rev: Fortune seated on a small sailing boat. Bramsen 275, D?Essling 999, Julius 1173, Schwering (part lot) 944, Todd p.183, Zeitz 30.Some slight staining near the eye and near the rim of the obverse, otherwise extremely fine. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399416

 

1856, Great Britain. WESTMINSTER ABBEY. By Jacques Wiener. Bronze 60mm. Obv: Exterior view. Rev: Interior view. BHM 2592, Reinecke 35, Hoydonck 142. $225. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2020)

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SKU: J2599-15531-2S

 

1849, Great Britain. OPENING OF THE COAL EXCHANGE IN THE CITY OF LONDON. By Benjamin Wyon. AE 89mm. Obv: Medallion portraits of the Royal Family with scenes of the arrival of Prince Albert, his children and dignatories. Rev: Interior view of the Exchange. 350 specimens struck. BHM 2357, Welch 6, Eimer 1435, Fearon 300.4. Some insignificant nicks, extremely fine. $525. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 50073

 

Undated (circa 1780), France. LOUIS XVI AND MARIE ANTOINETTE. By Benjamin Duvivier. Silver 42mm. Obv: bust of Louis XVI facing right. Rev: Bust of Marie Antoinette facing left. BDM VI/298. Lightly cleaned in the fields, attractive golden toning around lettering. Nearly extremely fine. $275. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398838

 

1905, France. LA MUTUALIT? COMERCIALE (Insurance). By P. Tasset. AE 42mm. Obv: A seated semi-nude female holding a snake entwined around a bowl and a caduceus; a beehive at her side. Rev: Inscription to recipient. Gailhouste 417 (lists silver only). Extremely fine. $60.Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399623

 

1952, France. VIET-NAM. By Raymond Tschudin. Bronze 59mm. Obv: Two dragons and an incense burner. Rev: A crowned anchor and the head of a unicorn. In its original cardboard box. $135. Sorry, SOLD (July, 2022).

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SKU: 0238-16638-12T

 

1834, Great Britain. FOUNDATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL. By Benjamin Wyon. Silver-gilt 58mm. Obv: Fa?ade of the school building. Rev: Knowledge seated, instructing a youth. BHM 1680. Eimer 1279, Taylor 120a, Welch 4. Extremely fine. $275. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400251

 

1935, Germany. THE WILL TO BEAR ARMS ? COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE. By Karl Goetz. Silver 36mm. Obv: A nude male clasping a sword in from of himself with one hand on the blade, the other on the hilt. Rev: A winged anchor between two bombs. Kienast 507. extremely fine. $250 Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10397964

 

1849, Great Britain. OPENING OF THE COALEXCHANGE IN THE CITY OF LONDON. By Benjamin Wyon. AE 89mm. Obv:Medallion portraits of the Royal Family with scenes of the arrivalof Prince Albert, his children and dignatories. Rev: Interiorview of the Exchange. 350 specimens struck. BHM 2357, Welch 6, Eimer1435, Fearon 300.4. In its original, gilt-embossed case. Corners of the case a little rubbed, also by the latches. Extremely fine. $575. sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398470