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Historical Medals of Significance

Close-up images of historical medals depicting figures and events, showcasing intricate designs in silver and bronze.

Ferdinand van Toledo, Duke of Alva, Jacques Jonghelinck (copy after), 1700 - 1800 copy. history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: burning altar with inscription under laurel wreath between two Waptrookenheen. Antwerp silver (metal) casting
Ferdinand van Toledo, Duke of Alva, Jacques Jonghelinck (copy after), 1700 - 1800 copy. history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: burning altar with inscription under laurel wreath between two Waptrookenheen. Antwerp silver (metal) casting
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Schillling from the Republic of Austria, 1947, 1947 coin Aluminum mint. Front: Crowned eagle with coat of arms of Austria on the chest, hammer and sickle and broken chains. Year at the bottom. Reverse: Between value-designation sowing man with bag with seeds to the left. Smooth edge. aluminum (metal) striking (metalworking)Medallion. Henri Emile Allouard (French, 1844-1929). Bronze; diameter: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.).Nijmegen Half Stuiver, 1620, City of Nijmegen, 1620 coin Copper-silver coin. Front: between value designation 1/2 s crowned coat of arms of Nijmegen. Around Kroon Year. Reverse: Long decorated cross, in the heart city coat of arms, in corners of letters H, S, V and N. Nijmegen silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Stater fromAspendos. Mint: Aspendos Artist: MenetysWilliam I Frederik, King of the Netherlands, Benefijger of Arts and Sciences in the Netherlands, Adolphe Jouvenel, 1829 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverside: Helmde Minerva keeps her right hand extended above sculpted torso and her left hand above Hemelgrobe Inside; Cut: signature Belgium silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Opening of the Crystal Palace exhibition building in Sydenham 1862, Dowler, 1862 history medal Tinen medal, on the front the breastbeels of Queen Victoria to the left with a change, four lines of text, the exhibition building and seven lines of cut -out text on the reverse side. Birmingham tin (metal) striking (metalworking)Penal Colony Ommerschans (), Huismunt worth 50 cents, Anonymous, c. 1822 - c. 1830 coin one -sided coin. Front: Value designation above knock: with inscription 'K elst'. Reverse: Blanco Ommerschans (Possible) tin plate. silver (metal) striking (metalworking) Old's-Hertogenbosch, Vroedschapskenning on the Peace of Aachen, Theodorus Everardus van Berckel, 1748 Silver medal. Front: to the right, helmeted mars with sword in the right and burning torch in lifted left hand; In the background: View of Stad and St. Antononeschans from the south side inside; Cut: monogram of letters S, P, Q and S. Rail side: Standing woman, representing city 's-Hertogenbosch has filled horn of abundance in the left hand and holds olive branch above coatche shield in cartouche inside killer; Cut: year and signature. the Bosch silver (metal) striking (metalworking) Den Bosch. AachenMedal titled Genoa” depicting Christopher Columbus from the United States. Subject: Christopher Columbus, Spanish, 1451-1506Five Pound Piece: Victoria (obverse); St. George and the Dragon (reverse), 1887. Design by after Benedetto Pistrucci (Italian, 1784-1855), design by Joseph Boehm (British, 1834-1890). Gold; diameter: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.). The obverse design of this piece is usually known as the "Jubilee head," since 1887, the year of its production, was the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. By Sir Joseph Boehm, R.A., sculptor in ordinary to the queen, it caused a minor storm since it was said the tiny crown made the queen look ridiculous. The queen is said not to have liked the design herself, but she did in fact wear a small crown of this type when she began to find the full-size crown too heavy. The crown may be seen among the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.Marriage of Willem V with Wilhelmina Frederica Sophia van Pruisen in Berlin, Abraham Abramson, 1767 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man and woman inside change. Reverse: the Netherlands, depicted as a sitting woman with coat of arms and Mercury Staff; on the ground for her horn of abundance, next to her elephant positions and sugar cane; Above her head, eagle floats with pearl in a beak inside; Cut: Inscription Berlin silver (metal) striking (metalworking) BerlinGulden from the Free Reich City Frankfurt am Main, 1841 ,, 1841 coin Silver coin. Front: Crowned ankle -headed eagle. Reverse: within two bound oak branches in two lines of value designation, including year. Ride. Frankfurt am Main silver (metal) striking (metalworking)Skin buyer, tannery and shoemakers' guild of Amsterdam, guild pin with no. 25, anonymous, 1664 medal Brass medal. Front: flatly shared in two horizontal; Above: Ossekop; Below: shoe. Reverse: number 25 Amsterdam brass (alloy) engraving AmsterdamConquering eleven cities by the French, Jean Mauger, 1699 - 1703 history medal Silver medal. Front: Breastpiece Jongen (Louis XIV) Inside Covering. Reverse: four -pane loaded with martial fortress above which flying laurel wreath holds within Covering. Paris silver (metal) striking (metalworking) Hainaut. West Flanders. France. Lorraine. Baden-Württemberg. ItalyFive Guineas: William III (obverse); Four Shields and Lion of Nassau (reverse), 1701. England, William III, 1694-1702. Gold; diameter: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.). There were three types used on the five guinea coin of William III, who continued to reign long after the death of Mary. As hammered coinage was still in circulation along with the mill coins, the government decided to call in all the remaining hammered pieces in 1695, completing the reform of the coinage. This affected mostly the silver coinage. Gold was gradually reduced until the value of the guinea, when set against the silver coinage, was 21 shillings and 6 pence. The guinea finally settled at 21 shillings.Medal of the Chicago ColumbianExposition. Subject: Christopher Columbus, Spanish, 1451-1506 Artist: Lea Ahlborn, Swedish, 1826-1897Defense of the Citadel of Antwerp, in honor of Chassé, Moses de Vries, 1832 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: map of citadel van Antwerpen within Koverschrift above inscription Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking) Citadel of Antwerp (19th century). AntwerpTreasury Medal of AlexanderHamilton. Subject: Alexander Hamilton Artist: George T. Morgan, American, born England, 1845-1925Opening of the new stock exchange in London and establishing a statue for the Duke of Wellington, Joseph Davis (medalur), 1844 history medal Silver medal. Front: View of the new Beursgebouw Inside Cover; Cut: Inscription. Reverse: Equestrian statue on pedestal with inscription Inside Covering Birmingham silver (metal) striking (metalworking) London. Royal Exchange (1844-1939)Death of Daniel Beekman, Luther's pastor in West-Zaandam, Anonymous, 1795 Silver medal. Front: opened Bible, rolled out map, globe, skull and smoking oil lamp standing on Gospel. Reverse: inscription. Netherlands silver (metal) engraving West ZaandamBirth of Amalia, Archduchess of Austria, daughter of Frans I and Maria Theresia, Adam Rudolph Werner, 1746 history medal Silver medal. Front: breastpiece Woman with Diadem Binnnin Inverscheer. Reverside: Minerva with helmet and spear and venus with veil and star on her head Leiden jointly born princess, who carries crown within the Omnipia; Cut: Inscription Stuttgart silver (metal) striking (metalworking)German silver coin 5 Reichsmark 1935Dutch quarter guilders, 1759, province of Holland, 1759 coin Silver coin. Front: Generality weapon shield crowned between year. Year above Kroon. Reverse: standing Dutch Virgin with in the right hand spear, on which hat and left hand based on altar, on which Bible. So -called mint master medal. Dordrecht silver (metal) striking (metalworking)In honor of the fallen in September in Paris, M. Borrel, 1830 history medal Bronze medal with bearing eye and red-white-blue ribbon. Front: burial monument on which deposit with a tree on the left. Reverse: Dischanging; Laurel and Eikeloof with inscription in between Belgium (possibly) bronze (metal) striking (metalworking) Paris10 Shahi or RUPI from Persia of Ismail III, 1163-1169 AH = 1750-1756, 1167 ,, 1748 coin Silver coin. Front: in Arabic characters in two lines, in the left part of the second rule Muntplaats designation: Mazandaran. Under this: 1167. Down side: Shiite Kalima within a circle in Arabic characters = creed in three lines. Round circle wide, smooth edge. Smooth edge. silver (metal) striking (metalworking)On the damping of the speaker riot in Amsterdam following the Keur on Het Buried, Reynier Arondeaux, 1696 history medal Silver medal, 3rd size. Awarded by the magistrate to the shooters. Front: Neptunus punishes the winds on his car with the city coat of arms of Amsterdam with Keizerskroon. In the foreground two birds that fall out of the nest. Dischanging: Motos Praestat Componer FLVCTVS (Better to calm the waves in turmoil). Reverse: two birds in a nest on calm sea, while the sun rises from the water in the distance. Wimpel with inscription: Halcyonibvs Redvctis/ Senatvs Amstelod (Amensis)/ Civibvs Svis Hoc/ Antiqvae Virtvtis/ Spectatae Q/ (Ve) Fidei/ Praemivm Largitvr (after the IJsvogels have been returned to the government of Amsterdam For their great -relief bravery and their tried and tested faith). Cut: MDCXCVI (1696) R. Arondeaux. Amsterdam silver (metal)