Historical Medals and Coins

A selection of historical medals and coins, featuring notable figures and inscriptions, showcasing numismatic art.

William Mainwaring. Louis XVI King of France immolved by the factious, January 21, 1793. Etain. 1794. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Medal, numismatics
William Mainwaring. Louis XVI King of France immolved by the factious, January 21, 1793. Etain. 1794. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Medal, numismatics
Planets-manager. Cornalet Collection Sites 2013-2016. Numismatic.Chamber of Notaries of the Arrondissement of Versailles (Seine et Oise), First Empire Chamber of Notaries of the district of Versailles (Seine et Oise), first empire ". Money.William Mainwaring. Louis XVI King of France immolved by the factious, January 21, 1793. Etain. 1794. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Medal, numismaticsCarnavalet museum, medal collection To the right busts attached to Rodophe in uniform, carrying the golden fleece to the neck and the great cord of the Marie-Thérèse order to the side, and draped, and of Princess Stéphanie; set off a female allegorical figure and a love holding two crowns with the arms of Habsburg and Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha.Carnavalet museum, medal collection Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte's right right; Reverse registration on ten lines.Planets-manager. Cornalet Collection Sites 2013-2016. Numismatic.Test for the 5 cents of Louis-Philippe, 1831 Joseph Fran�ois DOMARD (1792-1858). Test for the 5-cent hall piece of Louis-Philippe, 1831. Copper. 1831.Carnavalet museum, medal collectionCarnavalet museum, medal collection Law bust of Guillaume I on the right, wearing the crown known as Charlemagne where we read the letters making up the name Wilhelm; Trophy reverse weapons surrounded by crowns with the weapons of the Kingdom of Prussia, the Kingdom of Bavaria, the Grand Duchy of Baden, the Kingdom of Saxony and the Kingdom of Wurtemberg based on a crowning crown of phylactera; Under the shield of Prussia, the date 1870.Carnavalet museum, medal collection Right registration on eleven lines; Reverse head of the Republic on the left wearing the Phrygian cap.Bliżej Kultury Machin, Arnold (1911 1999), Devlin, Stuart , mennica CanberraCarnavalet museum, medal collection Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte's right to the left; Reverse the Republic on a base holding a sword in the right hand, the left hand placed on a column.Currency of trust in the effigy of Mirabeau, 1792. Anonymous. Currency of confidence with the effigy of Mirabeau, 1792. Metal of bell, 1792. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.Carnavalet museum, medal collection Right head of Eugène Sue on the left; On the back registration on four lines.Carnavalet museum, medal collection To the bust law of François-Vincent Raspail on the right; Reverse registration on six linesCarnavalet museum, medal collectionPolish Kingdom, Aleksander (1815-1825), 1 Polish zloty, Warsaw; 1818 Mint of Warsaw, Aleksander andLouis XIV, King of France, Jean Warin (II) (Copy After), 1666 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man with laurel wreath inside change. Reverse: sun illuminated soil above the year, inside change. Paris silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Carnavalet museum, medal collection Napoleon III's right head on the left, regraded from the headdress of the Prussian horsemen; Reverse Aigle enclosing thunderbolts, regraded with a head of owl.Norwegia, Olaf V (1957 1991), 1 Korona, Kongsber; 1963 Menica Kongsberg, Storm, Per Palle (1910 1994)Grahal-Manzara. Carnavalet 2013-2016 collection sites. Numismatics.Carnavalet museum, medal collectionCarnavalet museum, medal collection Right registration on seven lines; Reverse Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte at the foot on a piedestal, in military costume and carrying his helmet under the left arm.Recapture of Namur by Willem III, Reynier Arondeaux, 1695 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man with laurel wreath inside change. Reverse: City of names in the form of kneeling woman offers Willem III in Roman clothing keys in a triple change. Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  Names (city)Carnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionCarnavalet museum, medal collection Right head to the right of the Count of Chambord; Reverse Three heraldic lily flowers between two bay bores and knotted lilies.Armand-Auguste Caqué (1793-1881). Installation of the 1st stone of the Ile des Cygnes Éntreot, October 20, 1833. Cuper, 1833. Paris, Carnavalet Museum. Medal, numismaticsCarnavalet museum, medal collectionLouis XV / Equestrian Statue Benjamin Duvivier (1730-1819). "Louis XV / equestrian statue". Medal, 1763.Carnavalet museum, medal collectionPlanets-manager. Cornalet Collection Sites 2013-2016. Numismatic.Stay of Marie-Antoinette A Gunzburg, April 1770 Anton Guillemaard (death in 1812) / Anton Friedrich K�nig (1756-1838). Stay of Marie Antoinette in Gunzburg, April 1770. Medal, 1770.Grahal-Manzara. Carnavalet 2013-2016 collection sites. Numismatics.Trade Chamber of Officers Trade Guards, 1841 Armand-Auguste caked (1793-1881). Trade Chamber of Trade Guards Officers, 1841. Bronze.Test for the 5 cents room, 1821 Nicolas-Pierre Tiolier (1784-1853). Test for the 5 cents room, 1821. Golden bronze. 1821.Louis XVII (1785-1795), King Holder of France (1793-1795) P. G. Li�nard (1849-1900). Louis XVII (1785-1795), King Holder of France (1793-1795). Silver copper repulsed.Carnavalet museum, medal collectionCarnavalet museum, medal collectionPolish People's Republic, 10 zlotys, Warsaw; 1959 State Mint, Zieliński, Kazimierz (1923 2010)Stay of the stadholder's family in Amsterdam, Johannes Michiel Lageman, 1788 history medal Silver medal. Front: two coats of arms standing against Oranjeboom, in which three fruits hang; In the background face to the city of Amsterdam aan IJ Inside Covering on Wimpel; Cut: signature under Garlande. Reverse: Coat of arms between two Myrtak branches within Tweeregelig Verchanging Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  AmsterdamBliżej Kultury Unknown, Karlsteen, Arvid (1647 1718)Anniversary of the Republic, 1848 (dummy title) Anonymous. Anniversary of the Republic, 1848. Brass. 1849.Carnavalet museum, medal collectiondenarius; Karakalla (188-217; Roman emperor 198-217); 198 (177-00-00-177-00-00);Carnavalet museum, medal collectionEastern Caribbean, Elżbieta II (1952 ), 10 CENTS, 1981 Mint London, Machin, Arnold (1911 1999), Paget, Thomas Humphrey (1893 1974)Carnavalet museum, medal collectionBliżej Kultury unknown, Oexlein, Johann Leonhard (1715 1787)NAPOLEON BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL, 1803 Rambert Dumarest (1750-1806). Napoleon Bonaparte Premier Consul, 1803. Bronze. 1803.Louis XVIII, King of France, 1814 Anonymous. Louis XVIII, King of France, 1814. Etain, 1814.Johan Willem, Duke of Saxony-Gotha died at Toulon, Johann Christian Koch, 1707 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: View of the city of Toulon and batteries within Covering; Cut: Inscription Gotha silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  Toulon. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurPiece of 50 Francs in Golden Napoleon III, 1865 Albert-desired barr� (1818-1878). Piece of 50 francs in gold of Napoleon III, 1865. Or. 1865.Commemorative pendant of the 100th anniversary of the death of Tadeusz KościuszkoCarnavalet museum, medal collection Allegory right of the victory haloed by a glory, a star above the head and the laurel crowns in each hand; At his feet, a lying lion; Reverse registration on fifteen lines.Pieter Albert van der Parra since ten years Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, Anonymous, 1771 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverside: Man in Greek clothing sends ship the Argo with a flag with VOC monogram safe between cliffs to fortress within Overschrift; Cut: year  silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  Dutch East Indies, TheCarnavalet museum, medal collection Right male bust cut to the waist on the left wearing a buttoned coat and a hat, smokes the pipe and holds under his left arm an ax, pistols to his belt; Reverse in a bay crown, inscription on four lines in a medallion decorated with cut leathers and flanked by palms, topped with a Phrygian cap.Death of Louis XVI, January 21, 1793 Anonymous. Death of Louis XVI, January 21, 1793. Brass.Penning donated to C.L.W. Gardiner, Johan Philip Mathias Menger, 1877 medal Bronze medal, original of gold was granted to him for the donation of objects found by him on Nova Zembla. Front: Portrait of a man, his King William III, looking to the right with beard in relief. Utrecht whole: bronze (metal) engraving  New ZemblaInauguration of Willem V, Prince of Oranje-Nassau, as a hereditary stadholder of the Netherlands, Gerrit van Moelingen (I) (Possible), 1766 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverside: Hope, depicted as a woman with loss of freedom in her hand on lance, to which arrow bundle is bound, puts another hand on open bible opened, which lies on altar in front of her, while hand from clouds crown above her head inside in the change; Cut: Inscription The Hague silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Grahal-Manzara. Carnavalet 2013-2016 collection sites. Numismatics.Midwifery of the city of 's-Hertogenbosch, Theodorus Victor van Berckel, 1785  Silver medal. Front: View of the city from the south side under clouds, on which coat of arms rests within the Op Rint. Reverse: sitting, to the right, to the right woman with freedom hat on spear, representing city 's-Hertogenbosch, points with the right hand in the pipeline and papers at her feet within Kerschanging; Cut: year. the Bosch silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  the Boschdenarius; Trajan (53-117; Roman emperor 98-117); 112-117 (112-00-00-114-00-00);heads, eagles, banners, laurel wreathsGrahal-Manzara. Carnavalet 2013-2016 collection sites. Numismatics.FALSE COIN, speaking 1745, Frederick Augustus II (1733 1763)Stanisław August Poniatowski (1764-1795), Złotówka Koronna, Warsaw; 1772 Mint Warsaw, Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732 1798)denarius; Antoninus Pius (86-161; Roman emperor 138-161); 140-144 (140-00-00-144-00-00);Carnavalet museum, medal collection Right a Phrygian cap in glory above an inscription of four lines; Reverse a naked man seated on the ground, his head pressed on his closed left fist, a sword broken in the right hand; Snakes surround her feet.Planets-manager. Cornalet Collection Sites 2013-2016. Numismatic.Commemorative token, 400 Years VOC 1602 2002, I  Establishment of the Voc, Utrecht; 2002 Mennica UtrechtWillem V, Prince of Oranje-Nassau, Johann Heinrich Schepp, 1785  Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man. Reverse: Flower wreath Inside Cover The Hague silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Żeton, Practical Trade School, 10 Cents, Paris unknownBliżej Kultury Unknown, Gebel, Matthes (approx. 1500 1574)Installation of the first stone of the Rochechouart Barrier, April 12, 1826 Alexis-Joseph Deaulis (1790-1867). Installation of the first stone of the Barrier of Rochechouart, April 12, 1826. Bronze. 1826.Carnavalet museum, medal collection Right bust of the republic carrying oak and laurels and overcoming a handful of hands between a Phrygian cap on the left and a level on the right; Reverse two women, the first holding a crown and a level, the second relies on it and holds a pique surmounted by the Phrygian hat, on the left a broken chain.Jan III Sobieski (1674-1696), Medal minted on the occasion of the Royal Couple's stay in Gdańsk Höhn, Jan (Mł.; Ca 1641 1693)Great Britain, Edward VII (1901 1910), 1/2 Pensa, London; 1903 Mint London, Saulles, George William De (1862 1903), Edward VII (1901 1910)Test for the 10-cent of the second republic, 1852 Albert-desired barr� (1818-1878). Test for the 10-cents of the second republic, 1852. Copper. 1852.Jules Hardouin-Mansart, first architect of the King / Minerve J�r�me Roussel (1663-1713). "Jules Hardouin-Mansart, the first architect of the King / Minerve". Medal, 1702.Grahal-Manzara. Carnavalet 2013-2016 collection sites. Numismatics.Louis XVI, King of the French, 1791 Louis XVI, King of the French, 1791 . Brass, 1791.2 crowning; Stanis Aw August Poniatowski (Polish king; 1764-1795), Schröder, Justin (mincmire master of Mint Warsaw 1768-1772); 1768 (1768-00-00-1768-00-00);Carnavalet museum, medal collection Laurée right of Guillaume I on the right; Trophy reverse weapons surrounded by crowns with the weapons of the Kingdom of Prussia, the Kingdom of Bavaria, the Grand Duchy of Baden, the Kingdom of Saxony and the Kingdom of Wurtemberg based on a crowning crown of phylactera.Carnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionProject Graly-Manzag 2013-2016 Carnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionBliżej Kultury unknownLouis-Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873) President of the Iie Republic, 1848 (Title Title) Medal of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873). President of the Iie Republic, 1848.Trial for the room of 1 Frankish decimation of Louis-Philippe, 1840 Jacques Jean Barr� (1793-1855). Test for the part of 1 Frankish decimation of Louis-Philippe, 1840. Copper. 1840Carnavalet museum, medal collection Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte's right to the left; Reverse the Republic holding a flag, the hand placed on the tables of the Constitution, at its feet are a lyre, a shrub, the bust of a helmeted woman, and various attributes of the Republic.Carnavalet museum, medal collectionCarnavalet museum, medal collection Right the headache standing up face from the center holds in the right hand a balance and in the left hand a tricolor flag and a branch; To its right, a marked column Liberte / Egalite / Fraternitis on which a rooster is placed; At his feet, a trophy made up of an abundance horn, books, musical instruments etc; Reverse registration on twelve lines.Marriage of Frans Stephen, Duke of Lorraine and Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria, Peter Paul Werner, 1736 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man and woman inside change; Cut: Inscription. Ridden side: both spouses give each other hand, arend crowned above, a genius on the left that holds a shield, on which monogram stands, the German empire, depicted as a crowned woman with arm leaning on shield with inscription inside Omrift; Cut: Inscription. Nuremberg silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Washington, the First President George Hampden Lovett. Washington, the First President. George Hampden Lovett (1824-1894). American. White metalTen -day campaign, victories with Hasselt and Leuven, in honor of Willem I Frederik, King of the Netherlands, Louis Royer, 1834 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Downside: Helmde warrior sitting on rock branch with two crowns hanging and shield, against which sword is standing; Behind him lying with a bundle of arrows within Kerschrift; Cut: Inscription Utrecht silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  Hasselt (Belgian-Limburg). LouvainAntoine Perrenot, Cardinal van Granvelle, appointed Archbishop van Mechelen, Jacques Jonghelinck, 1561 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Downside: Aeneas ship plagued by storm: crew washes over board, masts break down, while Aeneas himself encourages his comrades; On the right, Neptunus tries to calm down the wind gods in his sea wagon with his trident under rainbow and reversal. Antwerp silver (metal) castingCarnavalet museum, medal collection Trois-quarter bust to the left of Louis Blanc; Reverse registration on seven lines.Renier Chalon, chosen for the twenty -five time as chairman of the Societe Royale de Numismatique de Belgique, Leopold Wiener, 1873  Bronze medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: inscription inside Omnipia Brussels bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)Inauguration of the column of July, July 27, 1840 Jean-Pierre Montagny (1789-1862). Inauguration of the column of July, July 27, 1840. Golden copper.New Zealand, Jerzy VI (1936 1952), ½ Penny, London; 1942 Mennica Londyn, Paget, Thomas Humphrey (1893 1974), Metcalfe, Percy (1895 1970), Mitchell, Leonard (1901 1971)Marriage of William IV to Princess Anna van England in London, Martin Holtzhey, 1734 history medal Silver medal. Front: to each other breastpieces of male and female inside change. Reverside: Bishop reads from book, standing in front of altar, for him prince and princess who reach each other hand, left unicorn with coat of arms, right -crowned lion with coat of arms inside Covering; Cut: year. Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking)  LondonCarnavalet museum, medal collection Right two liws run on the grass above a cartridge, overlooked by a bay crown; Count of Chambord's Count on the right.