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Historical Tokens and Medals

Displays various antique tokens and medals from a museum collection, featuring intricate designs and historical significance.

Carnavalet museum, tokens collection
Carnavalet museum, tokens collection
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Carnavalet museum, tokens collectionCarnavalet museum, medal collectionCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionMedal of William A.Muhlenberg. Subject: Mr. William A. Muhlenberg, 1796-1877 Artist: Victor Brenner, American, 1871-1924Carnavalet museum, tokens collectionMedal of DavidHosack. Artist: Moritz Furst, Hungarian, 1782-1840Award medal of the Mechanics Literary Association,Rochester. Honorand: Benjamin Franklin, American, 1706-1790, M.A. (HON.) 1753 Engraver: Robert Lovett Sr., American, ca. 1796-1874 Manufacturer: Mechanics Literary Association, RochesterKorendragers- en Portramilde van Amsterdam, guild pendant by Lambert Janssen arekelens from Ahuys. Silver medal. Front: to the right used man with burden on head, standing at warehouse, against which ladder is; Left: Boompje. Reverse: Inscription.Carnavalet museum, medal collection Right Hercules sitting on his lens, near his mass, tries to break a beam of a lictor; Reverse registration on nine lines.Carnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionPeace of Rijswijk, in honor of Willem III, Nicolas Chevalier, 1697 history medal Silver medal. Front: William III sitting in victory cart with olive branch in your hands and crowned victory in triumph drives through the number of honor gates. Reverse: inscription inside wreath of olive branches. Amsterdam silver (metal) striking (metalworking) RijswijkVictories on the Spaniards in Flanders, calculation medal in honor of Francois-Hercule, Duke of Anjou, Anonymous, 1582 live Copper medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: rider on horseback fights with a lance enemy within Covering; Cut: year copper (metal) striking (metalworking) Sint-Winoksbergen. GhentCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionCarnavalet museum, medal collection Trois-Quarter's Bust Bust Bust Right on the left; Reverse registration on eight lines.Carnavalet museum, tokens collectionThe New Haven BicentennialMedal. Artist: UnknownCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionLustrum party of Leiden University 1835, in the name of N. Dumpel, Johannes Petrus Schouberg, 1835 history medal Copper medal, on the front a triumph wagon with military trophy, the year in the cut, on the reverse side an inscript room inside a change, with Doorborning Utrecht copper (metal) striking (metalworking)Prison in Ghent, Huismunt worth 1 Cent, Anonymous, 1833 coin Front: Value designation within the above value indication. Reverse: inscription inside Omnipia Belgium copper (metal) striking (metalworking) GhentCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionCalculation medal from Dordrecht on the attack on Willem van Oranje by Jean Jauregui 1582 ,, 1582 history medal. jeton Copper medal, on the front Jauregui shooting on Willem van Oranje, with a change, on the reverse King Philips II of Spain stamping and plagued by a hail shower, next to a counselor and a soldier, with a change and cut -out text. copper (metal) striking (metalworking)5 SolToken. Ruler: Louis XVI, King of France, French, 1754-1793, ruled 1774-92 Mint: Paris Artist: UnknownMedal for Charlotte, Princess of Wales and Prince Leopold ofSaxe-Coburg. Ruler: Prince of Wales Leopold of Saxe-CoburgRuler: Charlotte, Princess of Wales Engraver: Thomas Halliday, British, 1780-1854Medal of the Lewis and ClarkCentennial. Artist: Unknown Manufacturer: Butterfield Brothers Engraver: W. Klumpp, working c. 1905Medal Commemorating the Philomatic Society ofBordeaux. Subject: Napoleon III, French, 1808-1873 Artist: Jean Jacques Barre, French, 1793-1855Price medal of schools, Anonymous, 1743 award medal Golden medal. Front: Young man with laurel wreath holds Hoorn of abundance full of money; In the background tree, beside him stacking of science instruments within the change; Cut: year. Downside: Wisdom sitting next to olive tree, points up with her finger up, next to her angel with an open book lit by celestial light within Kerschrift; Cut: Inscription. Netherlands gold (metal) striking (metalworking) / engravingCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionToken of Admiral GeorgeDewey. Subject: Admiral George Dewey, American, 1837-1917 Artist: UnknownHaguro Mirror (Haguro ky) with Birds and Flowers by a Stream 12th century Japan Related to the Shint notion of the mirror as an object of almost magical potency was the custom of dedicating personal mirrors to Shint shrines. In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries hope for salvation in Buddhist Pure Land paradises merged with the Shint notion of certain places as the abode of sacred spirits. Sutras and both Shint and Buddhist images were buried at such sites believed to be Pure Lands. Associated with this practice was that of throwing mirrors into ponds. Hundreds of examples with bird and flower motifs, such as the lovely ferns and wildflowers seen here, have been recovered from a pond within the precincts of Dewa Shrine atop Mount Haguro in Yamagata Prefecture and are known as Haguro ky. Their delicate motifs are typical of the art of the Heian aristocracy.. Haguro Mirror (Haguro ky) with Birds and Flowers by a Stream. Japan. 12th century. Bronze. Heian period (794-1185). MetalCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionMedal of Héloïsed’Argenteuil. Honorand: Héloïse d’Argenteuil, French, 1101-1164 Engraver: Raymond Gayrard, French, 1777-1858 Maker: Amédée Durand, FrenchCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionMedal of the Ministry of Finances centenary fromFrance. Mint: Paris Artist: Eugène A. Oudiné, French, 1810-1889 Artist: Louis Alexandre Bottée, French, 1852-1940Dutch ½ cents, 1936, Wilhelmina (Queen of the Netherlands), 1936 coin Bronze mint. Front: in a field of government weapons. Year at the bottom of the change. Reverse: within two tied orange branches value designation ½ cents. Cartel edge. Utrecht bronze (metal) striking (metalworking)Medal of MariaTheresa. Subject: Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780 Artist: A. WidemanCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionBirth of Lodewijk, Dauphin van France, son of Louis XIV and Maria Theresia, King and Queen of France, Anonymous, 1662 live Copper medal. Front: breastpiece boy with children's hat indoors. Tours side: Towards desired breastpieces of man with laurel wreath and woman with crown inside Covering France copper (metal) striking (metalworking)Planets-manager. Cornalet Collection Sites 2013-2016. Numismatic.Carnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionMedal of Moody andSankey. Artist: UnknownCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionCarnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionDutch ½ cent, 1843, Willem II (King of the Netherlands), 1843 coin Copper mint. Front: Between the year crowned straight letter W. Rail side: between value designation ½ C. Crowned Rijksweetschild. Smooth edge. Utrecht copper (metal) striking (metalworking)Medal of Childebert IIRoi. Subject: Childebert III, King of the Franks, French, ca. 678-711, ruled 694-711 Engraver: Armand Auguste Caqué, French, 1793-1881Carnavalet museum, tokens collectionMedal of Jeton dePresence. Engraver: Antoine Fisch, Belgian, 1827-1892 Artist: Jacques Weiner, BelgianCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionMedal of Return ofAlsace-Lorraine. Artist: Charles Perron, French, 1893-1958Haguro Mirror (Haguro kyo) with Birds and Flowers by a Stream. Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Diam. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); D. 1/4 in. (.6 cm). Date: 12th century.Related to the Shinto notion of the mirror as an object of almost magical potency was the custom of dedicating personal mirrors to Shinto shrines. In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries hope for salvation in Buddhist Pure Land paradises merged with the Shinto notion of certain places as the abode of sacred spirits. Sutras and both Shinto and Buddhist images were buried at such sites believed to be Pure Lands. Associated with this practice was that of throwing mirrors into ponds. Hundreds of examples with bird and flower motifs, such as the lovely ferns and wildflowers seen here, have been recovered from a pond within the precincts of Dewa Shrine atop Mount Haguro in Yamagata Prefecture and are known as Haguro kyo. Their delicate motifs are typical of the art of the Heian aristocracy. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, House Munt worth five cents from unknown institution, Anonymous, c. 1820 - c. 1840 coin One -sided paper mint. Front: Value designation above handwritten letters G.D.T. Netherlands tin plate. paper striking (metalworking)Carnavalet museum, tokens collectionAugustin Dupré. 6 denier piece, 1792 (right). Paris, Carnavalet museum. 51810-8 Law, currency, numismatics, profile, portrait, French revolution, French king, pieceCarnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionMedal of St.Hubert. Artist: Victor Peter, French, 1840-1918Carnavalet museum, medal collection Bust of Pierre Leroux on the right; Reverse registration on five lines.Medal of Louis VIRoi. Subject: Louis VI of France, French, 1081-1137 Engraver: Armand Auguste Caqué, French, 1793-1881Carnavalet museum, tokens collectionMedal of HenryClay. Subject: Henry Clay, American, 1777-1852 Artist: UnknownCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionMedal of William II and Franz JosephI. Subject: William II, King of the Netherlands, 1792-1849, ruled 1840-49 Subject: Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, Austrian, 1830-1916, ruled 1848-1916½ penny for Dutch East Indies during British board, 1811 ,, 1811 coin Copper mint. Front: between value designation ½ st monogram of the English East India Company. Above that letter B = British. Reverse: a uniform inscription, including year. Above the inscription Mint sign and under the year Muntmeesterteken Z = mintmaster Zwekkert. Surabaya copper (metal) striking (metalworking)Medal of ConciliationInternationale. Artist: Ovide Yencesse, French, 1869-1947Medal of Battle ofYzer. Artist: Henri Emile Allouard, French, 1844-1929Carnavalet museum, tokens collection1855 Exposition Medal with Napoleon III andEugenie. Ruler: Napoleon III, French, 1808-1873Ruler: Eugénie de Montijo, Spanish, 1826-1920 Artist: Armand Auguste Caqué, French, 1793-1881 Engraver: Jacques Weiner, BelgianCarnavalet museum, medal collection Right the column of the Bastille; 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.Mezzo Baiocco of Pope Pius VII fromBologna. Ruler: Pope Pius VII, Italian, 1742-1823 Mint: Bologna Artist: Unknown1 Centesimo of Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria fromMilan. Ruler: Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, Austrian, 1830-1916, ruled 1848-1916 Mint: MilanCarnavalet museum, medal collection Right registration on eleven lines; Reverse head of the Republic on the left.VOC, Dang from Java, 1765, United Oostindische Compagnie, 1765 coin Copper mint. Front: Tweeregelordeline inscription in Latin letters. Under this year in adapted Arabic figures. Reverse: uniflayed two -way inscription in Arabic letters. Under this year in original Arabic figures. Smooth edge. Batavia copper (metal) striking (metalworking)Carnavalet museum, tokens collectionCarnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionToken of Charles Willson PealeMuseum. Subject: Charles Willson Peale, American, 1741-1827 Mint: United States Mint, founded 1792 Engraver: Christian Gobrecht, American, 1785-1844Medal of Louis XVIIIRoi. Subject: Louis XVIII, King of France, French, 1755-1824, ruled 1814-15 Engraver: Armand Auguste Caqué, French, 1793-18811 Farthing from Unknown with Victoria, Queen of GreatBritain. Subject: Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, British, 1819-1901, ruled 1837-1901 Mint: Unknown Artist: William Wyon, British, 1795-1851Carnavalet museum, tokens collectionCarnavalet museum, medal collection Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte's right to the left; Reverse registration on eight lines.Carnavalet museum, tokens collectionPence coins, United Kingdom, EuropeCarnavalet museum, medal collectionPrivate coin of 1 Reaal in the name of San José C.R. = Costa Rica ,, 1800 - 1900 coin Copper private coin, intended for coffee. Front: firm indication. Reverse: in two lines indication for the destination: Escojida de Café. Smooth edge. copper (metal) striking (metalworking)False coin, IIthuanian shilIIng, 1666, John II Casimir (1649 1668)Carnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionCarnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionMedal of George Washington-The Hero of AmericanIndependence. Honorand: George Washington, American, 1732-1799, LL.D. 1781U.S. Medal of George Washington and AndrewJackson. Subject: George Washington, American, 1732-1799, LL.D. 1781 Artist: Andrew Jackson, American, 1767-1845 Artist: Anthony C. Paquet, American, 1814-1882Norwegia, Olaf V (1957 1991), 5 øre; 1974 Menica Kongsberg, Hansen, Øivind (1925 2005)Medal of George Washington-Providence left himchildless. Honorand: George Washington, American, 1732-1799, LL.D. 1781Medal of Gian GaleazzoVisconti. Subject: Duke Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Italian, 1351-1402 Subject: Cathedral of Milan Artist: Francesco Broggi, Italian, 1800-1857Carnavalet museum, tokens collectionImitation of a penny from the VOC from Holland, 1780 - 1830 coin Copper mint. Imitation of Dang of the VOC from Holland. Front: crowned coat of arms of Holland. Reverse: monogram of the VOC, above which point and including fictional year. Banjarmasin copper (metal) striking (metalworking)1 Penny of Victoria, Queen of GreatBritain. Ruler: Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, British, 1819-1901, ruled 1837-1901Medal of George Washington commemorating the 112th anniversary of the evacuation of ValleyForge. Engraver: Unknown After: Jean-Antoine Houdon, French, 1741-1828 Subject: George Washington, American, 1732-1799, LL.D. 17811 Farthing of George VI, King of Great Britain from Board ofRevenue. Ruler: George VI, King of Great Britain, British, 1895-1952, ruled 1936-52 Mint: Board of Revenue Artist: Unknown1 Farthing of George V, King of GreatBritain. Ruler: George V, King of Great Britain, British, 1865-1936 Artist: Unknown