Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1937, Great Britain. ABANDONED CORONATION OF EDWARD VIII. Unsigned. Aluminum 38mm. Obv: Crowned bust, right. Rev: Crown, inscription and spray of laurel. W & E 6835/1. Pierced (as usual). Extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: 10400420

 

1818, France/Italy. DOMENICO CIMAROSA, Composer of Comic Opera, 1749-1801. By Jean-Jacques Barre. AE 41mm. Obv: Bust facing left. Rev: Biographical inscription. From the Series? Numismatica Universalis Virorum Illustrium. Extremely fine. $45. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: 10399341

 

1793, France. THE EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI. By W. Mainwaring. WM 29.5mm. Obv: Head of Louis XVI facing left. Rev: Inscription above branches. Hennin 474, Julius 269, Schwering 691 (part lot). Extremely fine. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398697

 

1849, Great Britain. Art Union. INIGO JONES (1573-1652), architect. By Charles Frederick Carter. Bronze 54mm. Obv: High relief, draped bust of Inigo Jones wearing a cap and facing left. Rev: The fa?ade of the Banqueting House, Whitehall. Edge: Plain (some specimens have an inscription). From the Art Union of London series. Beaulah 5, BHM 2348, Eimer 1437. Extremely fine. $150. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $175.00

SKU: 10399650

 

800×600 1966, France. JEAN FAVARD, 1902-1965, Mathematician. By Andr? Henri Torcheux. Bronze 68mm. Obv: Almost facing head of Jean Favard. Rev: A town square. Extremely fine. $45. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2021)

Price: $0.00

SKU: S8-E4586

 

Undated (circa 1930), France/Germany. GOETHE. By Raoul Benard after David D’Angers. Struck at the Paris Mint. AE 68mm. Obv: Head, right. Rev: Faust,in armor, kneeling before Helen. Extremely fine. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400565

 

1741, Great Britain/Panama. CARTHAGENA TAKEN. AE 38mm. Obv: Standing figure of Admiral Vernon. Rev: Ships entering a harbor. Betts 332, MI plate CLVII/15, MH 305, McC-G 210. Pretty worn with chips to its edge. $150. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: 10400567

 

Undated, France. ST. FRANCIS D?ASSISI. By Ernest R?villon after Chartran. Plaquette AE 83mm x 44mm. Obv: Saint Francis guiding a plow drawn by two oxen. Rev: Two birds on a branch. Classens 158. Some spots, extremely fine. $175. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E-7363

 

1976, U.S.A. / France. FRENCH CELEBRATION OF THE BICENTENARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. By Magdeleine Mocquot. AE 86mm. Obv: Heads of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. Rev: A revolutionary solider. Cat. Gen. vol. 4 1319/A. Extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E-8930

 

1840, Great Britain/Germany. MARRIAGE OF QUEEN VICTORIA AND PRINCE ALBERT OF SAXE COBURG GOTHA. Unsigned. Brass 25mm. Obv: Conjoined heads of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert facing left. Rev: The Queen and Prince standing together. BHM 1938 RR, W&E 250 VR. Very fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10397981

 

1751, Great Britain. DEATH OF FREDERICK, PRINCE OF WALES. By John Kirk. Bronze 36mm. Obv: Bust of Frederick, Prince of Wales facing left. Rev: Britannia mourning before a monument. MI II 661/367, Eimer 634, Fearon 202.1.Extremely fine. $175. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2018).

Price: $0.00

SKU: N-741

 

Undated (Mid 19th Century), Great Britain/France. QUEEN VICTORIA. Unsigned. Made in France. Uniface bois durci 113mm. Obv: Diademed head of of Queen Victoria facing left. Rev: “BOIS DURCI” stamped in raised letter. Original loop for hanging. Extremely fine. $225 . Sorry, SOLD Bois Durci a dark wood-like material that is made from finely ground wood mixed with a binder, such as egg or blood albumen. ?It was patented, in Paris in 1855, by Lepage and was used to make various decorative items, including medallions, at two factories in France, until about 1927. Objects made from bois durci were created in steel molds and compressed whilst being heated by steam.

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SKU: 10398308

 

1967, Great Britain. TRIBUTE TO LEWIS CAROLL, 1832-1898, Writer and Mathematician. By D?m?tre Anastase, published by the Monnaie de Paris. AE 89mm. Obv: Head of Lewis Caroll. Rev: Characters from his books. Cat Gen. vol. 4 44B. Extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: 10399302

 

1914, Germany. CROWN PRINCE WILHELM. By R. Kuchler. Cast iron 98mm. Obv: Uniformed bust, left. Rev: A naked warrior with a sword and shield. Cf. Zetzmann 4019. Extremely fine. $225. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400581

 

1848, Great Britain. ST. PAUL?S CATHEDRAL, LONDON. By Jacques Wiener. Bronze 60mm. Obv: Exterior view of St. Paul?s Cathedral. Rev: Interior view of St. Paul?s Cathedral. BHM 2363, Eidlitz 1075, Eimer 1505, Taylor 39i, Reinecke 34. $200. Sorry, SOLD (December, 2019)

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SKU: J7604-15530-2S