Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1927, France. PROFESSOR H. TRUC, FOUNDER OF THE OPTHALMOLOGICAL CLINIC, MONTPELLIER. By Henry Dropsy. AE 69mm. OBV: Bust of Prof. Truc facing left. REV: View of the Clinic. $125. Sorry, SOLD (November, 2019)

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SKU: L13-11V.13446

 

1912 (hallmark), Great Britain. BILLIARDS. By Mappin & Webb. Silver 45mm. Obv: Two players playing billiards. Rev: A winged figure of Victory beside a cartouche (uninscribed). Extremely fine. $80. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400117

 

1844, Great Britain. THE RE-OPENING OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. By Allen and Moore. WM 39m. Obv: Conjoined busts of Queen Victorian and Prince Albert facing left. Rev: A view of the Royal Exchange. BHM 2174 R, Taylor 146j. Nearly extremely fine. $75

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SKU: 10398018

 

1910, Argentina. CENTENARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF ARGENTINA. By Hippolyte Lefebvre. AE 57mm. Obv:?A nude figure of Liberty wearing a Phrygian cap and advancing with broken chains in one hand, a flag and sword in the other. Rev: The figure of Peace presenting Plenty to a seated figure of Liberty. Nearly extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD Hippolyte Lef?bvre, sculptor and medallist was born in Lille in 1863. He studied at the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts in Lille, where he won first prizes in drawing and sculpture. He later entered the ?cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he won numerous prizes. He exhibited at the Salon and won the Grand Prix de Rome in sculpture in 1892. At the 1900 Universal Exposition, he won gold medals for medals that he exhibited. Lef?bvre died in 1935. ?

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SKU: 10399694

 

1844, Great Britain. CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL. By I. Barker. AE 60mm. Obv: View of the cathedral. Rev: View of Chichester Cross. BHM 2164 R. Color a little uneven, otherwise extremely fine. $125

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SKU: 10400100

 

1789, France. THE ESTATES OF BURGUNDY. By Benjamin Duvivier. Silver 31mm. Obv: Bust of Louis XVI facing right. Rev: A crowned, armorial shield. Mitchiner 3741. Nearly extremely fine. $60.? Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398695

 

1874, Great Britain/Russia. MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AND THE GRAND DUCHESS MARIE OF RUSSIA. By Christian Schnitzspahn. AE 63mm. Obv: Conjoined busts of the Grand Duchess and the Duke of Edinburgh. Rev: An angel with two shields. Eimer 1632,? W&E 1215. Nearly extremely fine. $300. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398709

 

Undated (circa 1830), Great Britain. CAIN SLAYING HIS BROTHER ABEL. From Thomason?s Medallic Bible. WM 74mm. Obv: Cain striking Able with a club. Rev: Lengthy inscription. Bright surfaces, nearly extremely fine. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399030

 

France. COMPTOIR FRAN?AIS DE L’AZOTTE. By Maurice Delannoy. Bronze plaquette. 43mm x 61mm. Obv: A female, holding a basket of produce, with a wheat field in the background. Rev: The sun shining above a farm scene at harvest time. Cased. $75. Sorry, SOLD (November, 2022) ——— Maurice Delannoy was born in 1885. He studied under Germain Pilon. He became a professor of drawing. He designed various coins and considerable number of medals. He was made a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur in 1947. Delannoy died in 1972.

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SKU: 17133-5A

 

1916, Germany. GENERAL FREIHERR VON PFLANZER. By O. Thiede. AE 65mm. Obv: Uniformed bust facing left. Rev: View of the city of Czernowitz. Extremely fine. $100. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399205

 

1963, U.S.A. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1809-1865, President. By Anthony de Francisci. AE 44mm. Obv: Head of Abraham Lincoln facing right. Rev: A group of nude figures; in the background: a pair of hands in a broken shackle before the rising son. From the series of medals for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on University Heights Campus of New York University. Extremely fine. $50. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400598

 

1933, Sweden. ALEXANDER LAGERMAN, 1836-1904, Engineer. Signed I.V.A. AE 45mm. Obv: Almost facing bust. Rev: Prometheus. Extremely fine. $30.? Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399530

 

1965, U.S.A. THOMAS ALVA EDISON, 1847-1931, Inventor. By Granville W. Carter. AE 44mm. Obv: Bust of Edison facing right. Rev: A winged figure holding an electric light bulb. From the series of medals of the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on University Heights Campus of New York University. Extremely fine. $15.? Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398362

 

Undated (circa 1930), France. NATIONAL SOCIETY OF CAGED BIRD BREEDERS. By Mattel. AE 41mm. Obv: Birds around a nest. Rev: A circular compartment flanked by an oak branch and a winged female. In a contemporary, circular cardboard box. Extremely fine. $35. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398180

 

1860, Canada. OPENING OF VICTORIA BRIDGE. By A. Hoffnung. WM 51mm. Obv: Arms above a view of the bridge. Rev: Royal arms above an inscription and medallion portraits. Variety with $5,000,000. LeRoux 643. Extremely fine. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399949