Historical Medals and Coins

A selection of ancient copper and bronze medals depicting historical events, featuring detailed engravings and inscriptions.

Inauguration of Philip V in Brussels, Philippe Roëttiers (II), 1702 history medal Copper medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: rising sun shines Berg landscape; Cut: Inscription Antwerp copper (metal) striking (metalworking)  Brussels
Inauguration of Philip V in Brussels, Philippe Roëttiers (II), 1702 history medal Copper medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: rising sun shines Berg landscape; Cut: Inscription Antwerp copper (metal) striking (metalworking) Brussels
Chamber of Commerce in Antwerp, in honor of Napoleon I Bonaparte, Keizer der Fransen, Jean-Pierre Droz, 1809 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man with laurel wreath inside change. Reverse: river god with rudder and stuffed horn of abundance, leaning on dolphin inside change; Cut: year, signature and open, stabbed up hand Paris silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  AntwerpKraight Tours in the Republic, Anonymous, 1601 live Copper medal. Front: motionless ship with broken mast inside Covering. Tours side: Crowned coat of arms in Cartouche Inside Cover Middelburg copper (metal) striking (metalworking)  ZeelandDuration of grain in the Netherlands, Anonymous, 1557 live Copper medal. Front: inscription Inside Sierrand. Reverse: inscription inside decorative edge. Netherlands copper (metal) striking (metalworking)  Netherlands250th year of death M.A. de Ruyter, Koninklijke Utrechtsche Fabriek van Zilverwerken by C.J. Desire, 1926 history medal Bronze medal. Front: portrait of M.A. De Ruyter with a change. Reverse: Inscription between 2 ships. In white round box. Voorschoten bronze (metal)Price medal of the 's Hertogenbossche Kegelbond on the occasion of the government anniversary of Queen Wilhelmina (1923) ,, 1923 history medal Bronze medal, on the front a kegelaar with the ball to the right, the back bent, with a change, an inscript room on the reverse side including the crowned coat of arms of 's-Hertogenbosch between cones, balls and laurel leaves.  bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)Double penny, emergency coin from Maastricht, beaten during the siege, Anonymous, 1579 coin. siege coin Front: inscription; Cut: Roman figure II. Reverse: sword above coat of arms in cartouche between the year; On either side of sword: inscription  copper (metal) striking (metalworking)  MaastrichtKarel VI victory op de Turks, Christian Wermuth, 1717 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man with laurel wreath inside change. Reverse: Herkules lifts the giant Antaeus off the ground, on the left his club and on the right Turkish weaponry inside; Cut: Inscription Gotha silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  TurkeySchouwburg entrance in Amsterdam, Johannes Lutma (1584-1669), 1645 history medal. medal Silver medal of the six supervisors of the theater in Amsterdam. Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  Amsterdam. Schouwburg Keizersgracht (1637-1772)Marriage of the Duke of Brabant 1853, Leopold Wiener, 1853 history medal Copper medal in the size of a 10-centimage piece, on the front the portrait of King Leopold I with a change, a double portrait of the bridal couple with a change in the front, with a cartel edge.  bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)Huismunt van de Colonies Rijkevorsel and Merksplas worth 1 cent, Anonymous, in or after 1823 - in or before 1839 coin Sink mint. Front: Monogram of letters R and M above mark. Reverse: Value designation Brussels zinc striking (metalworking)Zaandam department of the Hollandsche Maatschappij van Agriculture, Penning as the first prize awarded to P.H. van Gelder for his seed flowers, Johannes Petrus Schouberg, 1859 award medal Silver medal. Front: crowned coat of arms lying on two corn sheaves, two inverted, stuffed horns of abundance, an oak and a willow for inscription and agricultural equipment. Reverse: wreath of olive branches with ribbon above inscriptions Utrecht silver (metal) striking (metalworking) / engraving  Holland. ZaandamLodge "L'Esperance" Te Brussel, Anonymous, 1848 - 1874 live Pewter medal. Front: anchor and passer inside Cover. Road side: Blanco field in to wreath tied together Lauwer and Acaciatak Brussels tin (metal) striking (metalworking)  BrusselsPeace of Nijmegen, Jacob van Dishoecke, 1679 history medal Silver medal. Front: envoys say goodbye with each other with the city of Nijmegen with ramp under coat of arms between palm branches and pennant with inscription. Reverse: Peace with six crowned coats of arms from warring parties tied together with a ribbon, SLAGEROND and Palm branch standing on weaponig dismantled by celestial light within Kischrift. Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  NijmegenLandau again taken by Jozef I, Georg Friedrich Nuernberger, 1704 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man with laurel wreath inside, above inscription. Reverse: Fight of Herkules against Cacus Inside Capers; cut: inscription; lace Nuremberg silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  Landau in the Palatinate. Rijnland-PaltsDeath of Johannes, Count van den Bosch, Anonymous, 1844 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: Inscription under celestial light metlocal, above crowned coat of arms between palm and eagle branch Netherlands silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  The HagueFrance's reassurance when approaching the Dutch fleet, Jérôme Roussel (Possibly), 1674 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man with laurel wreath inside change. Reverse: France in the form of woman, leaning on coat of arms and with the horn of abundance sees fearless to enemy fleet while three angels quietly play on the beach inside Cover.  silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  Martinique. Beautiful island. BrittanyEstablishment of a statue for Charles Rogier, Leopold Wiener, 1872 history medal Bronze medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: Statue Inside Cover Brussels bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)Charles X, King of France, Penning him offered by the coal burners of Paris, Anonymous, 1824 history medal Bronze medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: Inscription Paris bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)  ParisOld West India Company, Penning by the governors to Director-General J. Root, donated, Anonymous, 1676 copy Menning. Front: coat of arms with ribbon between monogram above inscription. Reverse: Two ships of the WIC at sea within Kerschrift. Netherlands metal castingCalculation medal from Dordrecht on the war acts at Selwolde and Bislich 1595 ,, 1595 history medal. jeton Copper medal, on the front the Prince of Orange as Mars with spear and coat of arms standing in a landscape with soldiers, with a change, the Prince of Orange on the downside as a pallas with banner and coat of arms sitting in a landscape with a army camp, with a change.  copper (metal) striking (metalworking)Double Determen in the name of the VOC and the city of Utrecht with Jaartal1790, Willem II (King of the Netherlands), 1840 - 1843 coin Copper mint. Front: on the beam, including Garlande, standing, crowned coat of arms of the city of Utrecht. Reverse: monogram of the VOC, above which mint sign star and including fictional year 1790. Smooth edge. Surabaya copper (metal) striking (metalworking)Promotion with the hood in Utrecht, Roelof van Cuylenburch, 1643  Silver medal. Front: Two angels hold honorary wreath above the head of a young man inside. Reverse: Hand from Clouds holds coats of arms of Utrecht and the University of Applied Sciences within Kischruiz. Utrecht silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  UtrechtDeath of John Wyclif, Jean Dassier, 1725 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man. Reverse: inscription. Geneva silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Death of King Erik XIV van Sweden 1577, 1577 history medal Copper medal, on the front the bust of Erik XIV to the right with a change, on the reverse ten lines of text.  copper (metal) striking (metalworking)Penning Jhr. Dr. J. Loudon, former Minister of Foreign Affairs (1913-1918), 1937 medal Bronze medal, vz head of man to the left, and profil, with a change; KZ text. Netherlands bronze (metal) castingPeace of Rijswijk, in honor of Lodewijk XIV, Jérôme Roussel, 1697 history medal Bronze medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Rail side: Lodewijk, in Roman outfit, donates to France, in the form of kneeling woman with coat of arms Vredacle in Covering; Cut: Inscription Paris bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)  RijswijkBaron d'Hoogvorst appointed General and Chief of the Burger Guard, Laurent Joseph Hart, 1831 history medal Bronze medal. Front: Dischanging; Breastpiece from man to left used to uniform. Reverse: Dischanging; Eikenloof wreath in which: inscription. Brussels bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)  BelgiumCampaign in the Spanish Netherlands, Jean Mauger, 1699 - 1703 history medal Bronze medal. Front: Breastpiece Jongeman (Lodewijk XIV) within Covering. Reverse: Helmde man sitting on paramount imports under a tree inside Covering. Paris bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)  Veurne. Armentieres. Nord. Tour. Douai. Oudenaarde. Aalst. Limburg (Dutch province). FlandersUnveiling of the equestrian statue of Wellington in London 1844, Allen & Moore, 1844 history medal Tinen medal, on the front the portrait of Wellington to the left with a change, the rider statue to the right on the reverse with a change and cut -out text. Birmingham tin (metal) striking (metalworking)1/4 skilling from Sweden from the Riksgälds contor, 1799 ,, 1799 coin Copper mint. Front: Round coat of arms of Sweden. Reverse: Value designation in two lines. Under that year. Cable edge. Slot Rörstrand copper (metal) striking (metalworking)World Exhibition in London 1862, Pinches, 1862 history medal Bronze medal, on the front Brittannia and the continents as two sitting women with flags in the midst of industry, trade and art symbols, in the background ships at sea, on the reverse the exhibition building with above Omschrift and under two lines of text. London bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)Spot toking on the inconvenience between the Rijks stamp cutter Wienecke and Muntmeester Hoitsema 1921, W.K.F. Zwierzina, 1921 history medal Tinen medal, on the front Wienecke, as gestured Sint Michiel, who beats a sea horse with his tail around a penny "Hel / 50 K.M.", on the reverse six lines of text in cleaning.  tin (metal) striking (metalworking)Great French men - Jean Jacques Rousseau, Dubois, 1816 - 1838 history medal Bronze medal, on the front the bust of Rousseau to the left with a change, eight lines of text on the reverse.  bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)Isotta Acts, Vierde Vrouw Van Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Heer Van Rimini, Matteo by Andrea de'Pasti (Copy After), 1800 - 1900 history medal. copy Bronze medal with hole. Front: breastpiece woman with pointed cap inside. Reverse: Elephant above inscription. Rimini bronze (metal) casting  RiminiRetiring of Gerard Philips as director of the Philips Blue Lamp Factory, 1922 history medal Returning Gerard Philips as director of the Philips light bulb factory. Bronze medal, front: portrait (bust) of man (Gerard Philips), and profil to the left, inside change; Reverse: Eley -line text within wreath of incandescent lamps, pine branches, among other things. NetherlandsNetherlandsmanufacturer: Utrecht bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)Closure of the commercial ractate between the United States of America and the States General of the United Netherlands in The Hague, Johan George Holtzhey, 1782 history medal Silver medal. Front: memorial column, to which crowned coat of arms for two crossed rowing bundles with axes is attached; Based on a parchment with inscription and garlands; Floating Mercury with Staff keeps Krans above the coat of arms; In addition, there is a crowing rooster on a horn of abundance that is hurled around an anchor; In the background of ships on the calm sea within the change; Cut: Inscription. Downside: fame sitting on cloud, blows on trumpet and keeps two coats of arms united under a crown; In addition, Knots and Leeuwehuid van Herkules are within Kischrift. Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  The Hague. United States of AmericaRapping from the canton of Schwyz, 1846 ,, 1846 coin Copper mint. Front: Inside two branches decorated coat of arms. Reverse: within Baroque decoration in two lines of value designation, including year. Smooth edge.  copper (metal) striking (metalworking)Unveiling of the statue of Rembrandt van Rijn in Amsterdam 1852, Hart, 1852 history medal Bronze medal, on the the statue, in view of the front, with a change in the front, a radiantly surrounded Oval medallion described in the midst of various painting attributes, at the top of a text ribbon and at the bottom of olive branches, everything within an elevated edge in which the display.  bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)Silver marriage of G. Klenburg and A.M. Franszen (General marriage medal with inscription) 1757, Martin Holtzhey, 1757 history medal Silver medal, offering a veiled woman on the front above an altar on which thanks / xxv within a snake round, in a landscape with two monuments, with a change, in the cut -off 't Silvere Feest / celebrated "1757", on the Rate side two burning hearts under a crown between love symbols, with a change, a canvas with inscription at the bottom.  silver (metal) striking (metalworking) / engravingSouvenir Medal AbrahamLincoln. Artist: UnknownFortifications of Huningue (main title), 1680. Bronze copper alloy. Gilding. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Willem I Frederik, King of the Netherlands, Joseph Pierre BRAEMT, 1817  Bronze medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: Blanco Brussels bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)4 Kas from Tranquebar, Danish India of the Danish Asian Company (DAC) in the name of King Christiaan VII, 1797 ,, 1797 coin Copper mint. Front: Crowned monogram of the king. Reverse: in two lines Value designation: IV. greenhouse. Under that year.  copper (metal) striking (metalworking)Peace of Rastatt, medal in honor of Augusta Maria, princess-widow of Baden and Lodewijk Georg, Markgraaf van Baden-Baden, Anonymous, 1714  Golden medal. Front: breastpiece woman and young man inside change. Reverse: Two coats of arms under crown and above two olive branches inside Cover Germany gold (metal) striking (metalworking)  Rastatt. Baden-WürttembergEstablishment of the Colonne Nationale, in honor of the three consuls, Benjamin Duvivier, 1800 history medal Bronze medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change, above inscription. Reverse: inscription inside Omnipia Paris bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)  ParisMedal for Presentation to Rescuers of Passengers of the San Francisco Steamship,1853. Manufacturer: The United States Treasury Department, American Engraver: Anthony C. Paquet, American, 1814-1882 Manufacturer: Bailey, Banks, and Biddle, founded Philadelphia, 1832Medal Commemorating the SuezCanal.  Artist: Louis-Oscar Roty, French, 1846-1911Inauguration of the Prince and Princess of Orange to Lord and Lady of the Baronie van Breda, Nicolaas van Swinderen, 1737 history medal Silver medal. Front: prince with commandostaf and princess sitting in floats, pulled by a lion and a unicorn, custodially held up above it by two -playing angels in Covering; cut; inscription. Reverse: Two coats of arms under a crown flanked by two crowned lions within Kischragen. The Hague silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  BredaMedallion. Jean Paul Aube (French, 1837-1916). Bronze; overall: 3.5 x 2.9 cm (1 3/8 x 1 1/8 in.).Prison in 's -Hertogenbosch, house currency worth 1 cent, Hendrikus Wansink, 1824 - 1831 coin one -sided coin. Front: Value designation above rose with four leaves. Reverse: Blanco the Bosch tin plate striking (metalworking)  the BoschThird Founded by the Veenhuizen colony, home currency struck by order of the Society of Benevolence worth ten cents, Anonymous, 1818 - 1859 coin one -sided coin. Front: three stamps above each other; At the top: inscription 3 g in rectangle; Letters K and V in rectangle; Number 10. Down side: Blanco Netherlands brass (alloy) striking (metalworking)  VeenhuizenSecond centenary of the Drodging of the Beemster, Willem de Wijs, 1712 history medal Silver medal. Front: coat of arms that is held by Leeuw within the twelve of twelve -mounted coats of arms of Holland and Westfriesland, the bailiff, the Dijkgraaf, seven heme councils and the secret writer. Reverse: Inscription Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  Beemster. North HollandDUVIVIER, Pierre Simon Benjamin-(N.1730-11-05-D.1819-07-11), Ministry of the Duke of Bourbon (main title), 1724. Alloy with low melting points. Brown patina. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Two hundredth anniversary of the relief of Vlissingen, Penning made by the city of Vlissingen, Theodorus Victor van Berckel, 1772 history medal Silver medal. Front: column with breastpiece from Willem I in medallion; On columns smoking incense tank with two SLIGHEREDEN around it; in the background fleet of the Geuzen and shooting of Spanish ships from the city of Vlissingen within Kerschrift; Cut: Inscription. Rail side: freedom, depicted as a helmeted woman with hat on spear, trampled superstition, depicted as a blindfolded young man with a sword; In the background woman with pulled sword and yoke, representing tyrannia within Kischrift; Cut: Dating. Rotterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  FlushingMedallion of Joan ofArc. Artist: Ovide Yencesse, French, 1869-1947Medal of Philippe IIIRoi.  Subject: Philip III, King of France, French, 1245-1285, ruled 1270-85 Engraver: Armand Auguste Caqué, French, 1793-1881Twenty -five year old government anniversary of King Willem III 1874, Edouard Louis Geerts, 1874 history medal Bronze medal, on the front the portrait of William III to the left with a change, the history as sitting winged woman writes the word Jubilæum on a stone table, with a change and cut -cut tender. The Hague bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)12 Maravedis Uit Spanje Van Koning Philips IV, 1634, 1663 coin Copper coin, which is equipped with a number of stamps (beating), as a result of which the original sculptor can no longer be distinguished. Front: beat: VIII and XII. Tours side: beat: VIII, including 8 and knock: 1634. Madrid copper (metal) striking (metalworking)Prison Ommerschans, Huismunt Goten by order of the Society of Weldadigheid worth 25 cents, Anonymous, in or after 1822 - in Or Before 1830 coin one -sided coin. Front: value indication within pearl edge; Left: Brand. Reverse: Blanco Ommerschans tin plate. silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  OmmerschansTreaty of Teplitz, in honor of Alexander I, Tsar of Russia, Frans I, Emperor of Austria and Frederik Willem III, King of Prussia, Josef Nikolaus Lang, 1813 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpieces of three men with laurel wreaths inside Covering. Reverse: Inscription Hall in Tirol silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  TepliceInauguration of Willem V, son of the deceased William IV, Johan George Holtzhey, 1751 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece boy inside Cover. Tours side: breastpiece man under star wreath inside Cover Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Restrike Medal of Marseilles fromFrance. Artist, copy after: Nicolas Marie Gatteaux, French, 1751-1832Fifty years of the workshop in Amsterdam, Anonymous, 1832 history medal Silver medal. Front: Inside Sterrekrans. Reverse: inscription Inside Eikekrans Netherlands silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  AmsterdamMedal of Frederick William III, Frederick William I, and the anniversary of the arrival of the French Huguenots inBerlin.   Subject: William II, King of the Netherlands, 1792-1849, ruled 1840-49  Subject: Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840, ruled 1797-1840  Subject: Frederick William I, King of Prussia, 1688-1740, ruled 1713-40Medal of Admiral Earl St.Vincent.  Artist: G. Mills, BritishPatron: James MudieWillem I Frederik, King of the Netherlands, Penning offered him by J.P. Nicaise Concessionaire and Founder of the Canal between Haine and Scheldt at his inspection, Joseph Pierre Braemt, 1829 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: Inscription Brussels silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  Scheldt. Hain. Canal from Pommeroeul to Antoing's-Hertogenbosch, Midwow Menby on the construction of the Steenweg from' s-Hertogenbosch to Eindhoven, Theodorus Everardus van Berckel, 1741  Silver medal. Front: View of Stad from the south side under Pennel with inscription; In the foreground: St. Antononeschans, Fort Isabella and Straatweg; Right: a ship, five haystacks and lawn mower with scythe on the right; Cut: Inscription. Rendant: floating Mercury holds hose relief in the left hand, while he is sitting for him sitting in front of him, representing the city of 's-Hertogenbosch, which leans on coat of arms, points to Baal, Horn of abundance, basket and barrel under him in the intersection; Cut: monogram of letters S and C. the Bosch silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  Den Bosch. EindhovenWilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, Johannes Albertus Adolf Gerritsen (attributed to), 1898  Gilded copper medal with broken carrying eye. Front: breastpiece Woman with diadem inside Cover. Downside: Helmde Woman, representing the Netherlands, holds kisses in her vast hands on which Kroon lies; There is history in front of her, who writes with a pen on tableau; In the foreground right coat of arms surrounded by lauwert branches. Amsterdam copper (metal) striking (metalworking) / gilding  NetherlandsMedal of the Landing of the Pilgrims1620-1920. Artist: G. L. Turner Manufacturer: Reed and Barton, American, founded 1840Death of Cornelis Richard Anton van Bommel, bishop of Liège, 1852, Leopold Wiener, 1852 history medal Bronze medal, on the front the bust of Van Bommel to the left with a change, a church interior with subscriptions and cut -out text on the downside.  bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)Medal of French RepublicWoman. Artist: Louis-Oscar Roty, French, 1846-1911Second centenary of the Reformation, Anonymous, 1717 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man pointing with two fingers from his right hand on text in book, which he keeps open in his other hand within Kerschrift. Road side: Standing on hill a magnifying glass, in which rays of rising sun, which come together and then walk apart again. on Spiegel, at Brandpunt and at the end point of sun rays inscriptions, in the background of the city of Wittenburg within Kerschrift; Cut: Inscription.  silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Unveiling of the monument for the Volksgeest from 1830-1831 in Amsterdam 1856, Samuel Cohen Elion, 1856 history medal Significant bronze medal, on the front the portrait of King William III to the right with a change, on the reverse the statue with a change.  bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)Medal of Major General WinfieldScott.  Subject: Winfield Scott, American, 1786-1866 Engraver: Charles Cushing Wright, American, 1796-1854August 1 Swiss national holiday 1929, Huguenin, 1929 history medal Oval white metal brooch with glued red-white ribbon, on which a helmeted man with the Swiss flag, with a change.  white metalMedal; nickelPitji of the Sultanate Kedah, part of Thailand ,, 1821 - 1900 coin Pewter mint. Front: Lotus flower. Reverse: not to be identified in the event of an Arabic characters. In the middle hexagonal hole.  tin (metal) castingPayment medal of 1 cent from the Veenhuizen colony of the Society of Weldadigheid, Unknown, c. 1825 - c. 1830 history medal Round picture copper with two letters (upwards) and the number I (up). Veenhuizen copper (metal)Campaign medal for John Bell and EdwardEverett.   Subject: John Bell  Subject: Edward Everett, American, 1794-1865 Mint: UnknownUnited States of America, 25 cents (Quarter), Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Philadelphia; 2012 Mennica Filadelfia, Flanagan, John (1865 1952), Cousins, William , Vickers, Charles L.Huismunt beaten by order of the Society of Benevolence worth 1 guilders, for the ordinary colonies, Anonymous, 1818 - 1859 coin Front: Inscription top value indication. Reverse: Letters G and K Netherlands copper (metal) striking (metalworking)Design for De Rembrandt Penning, Vincent Pieter Semeyn Esser, 1988 medal Biscuit of the design of the Rembrandt Penning. Front: Rembrandt's head. Tailor the letter R. Packed in blue cardboard box. Netherlands Doossje: CardboardRenaissance imitation of a coin of the Roman emperor Galba, cast in plaster, unknown, c. 1500 - c. 1800 history medal One-sided plaster cast of an imitation point with the portrait of Emperor Galba to the right with a change, at the back glue and textile residues.  gypsum castingPhilippines (Republic), 10 Sentimo, 1985 Quezon City