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Historical Medals and Tokens

Close-up images of various historical medals and tokens from a museum collection, showcasing intricate designs and historical significance.

Carnavalet museum, tokens collection
Carnavalet museum, tokens collection
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Iberian period coins, Iberian culture, Iberian Museum of Jaén, Andalusia, Spain.Carnavalet Museum, Medals Collection5 Lire of Robert I Bourbon fromUnknown . Ruler: Robert I Bourbon, Italian, 1848-1907 Artist: UnknownCarnavalet museum, medal collectionEngraved Gem. UnknownUnited States Ten-dollar Gold Piece 1906-7, gold coin 1910 Augustus Saint-Gaudens American Having proclaimed the coinage produced by the United States Mint uninspired and commonplace, President Theodore Roosevelt invited Saint-Gaudens to redesign the ten- and twenty-dollar gold coins and the one-cent piece. Some ten months later, in November 1905, Saint-Gaudens submitted his preliminary sketches, becoming the first artist unaffiliated with the Mint to design a regular coinage issue. Roosevelt later declared the resulting coins (his "pet crime") were more beautiful than any since the days of the ancient Greeks.For the obverse of the ten-dollar coin, Saint-Gaudens used the head of Liberty, derived from Saint-Gaudenss "Victory" from the "Sherman Monument" (17.90.1), with a feather headdress. The reverse has a standing eagle similar to the one used on the "Theodore Roosevelt Special Inaugural Medal" (2008.112). For these designs, Saint-Gaudens completed numerous sketches and guided his st2 and 1/2 Dollars from Denver, Colorado, UnitedStates. Manufacturer: Clark, Gruber & Co.Button. Culture: Irish. Date: ca. 1775. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Medal: Tiberio Deciano model 1549 (cast 16th century) Giovanni del Cavino On the obverse is a portrait of the lawyer Tiberio Deciani(1509 - 1582) from Udine. The reverse depicts him kneelingin front of a seated woman (Prudence), offering hera book. She is crowned with a laurel wreath by Justice,holding a sword and a pair of scales, and by an unidentifiedwoman with a petasos staff. Deciani became professorof law at Padua in 1549, which was the likelyoccasion for commissioning this medal. This piece is aworn, sixteenth-century cast.. Medal: Tiberio Deciano 4612531 cent coin, United States, North America50 cents coin, Kingdom of Italy over blue 50 cents coin money ITL, currency of Kingdom of Italy over blue background Copyright: xZoonar.com/ClaudioxDiviziax 10337844round cutting board at abstract surface background textureCarnavalet museum, medal collection Law registration on fourteen lines; Reverse head of the Crowned Republic of bay leaf and oak, on the left.1 euro coin, European Union, Austria over blue 1 euro coin money EUR, currency of European Union, Austria over blue background Copyright: xZoonar.com/ClaudioxDiviziax 101719531 pound coin, United Kingdom over goldCarnavalet Museum, Medals Collection1 pound coin, United Kingdom, Europe2 Kepengs van Engels Sumatra, Benkoelen, 1783 ,, 1783 coin Copper mint. Front: Monogram of the English Oostindische Compagnie, around which year. Road side: on a rule in the Malay Value designation: Doewa Kepeng in Arabic characters, above which value designation: 2 with Arabic figure and including the year in Islamic time account and Arabic figures. Smooth edge. Kolkata copper (metal) striking (metalworking)Butter Mold. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 32.7 x 24.1 cm (12 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Roy Weber.Half ounce Maple Leaf gold coin, Canada, North AmericaFragment ca. 1150-ca. 1250 European or Middle Eastern. Fragment 695387Carnavalet museum, medal collection Lawy Chaumière right; Reverse registration on seven lines in a crown of palm and bay flower.Carnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionFrozen Assets: Greek euro and Drachme coins in iceChristmas, Euro, coin, Christmas, Christmas, X-Mas, XMAS, Euros, Mount of Mountains, Mountains ** Christmas, Euro, Coin, Merry Christmas, X-Mas, Xmas, Mints 1NP-GE7Frozen pound, coins suspended in iceA Worn Irish Euro coin on grey. Short depth of fieldThe old silver coins. There may be collectible