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The E-Sylum: Volume 20, Number 41, October 8, 2017, Article 20

HARRY'S MEDAL SELECTIONS: OCTOBER 8, 2017

And here are some items Harry Waterson passed along this week. Thanks! -Editor

1904 Vienna Numismatic Society Tour Medal

1904 Vienna Numismatic Society Tour Medal obverse 1904 Vienna Numismatic Society Tour Medal reverse

We are offering a very beautiful medal from Austria, the 1904 Austrian Silver Medal Issued for Vienna Numismatic Society Tour of Pressburg. The medal is 29.41 mm x 42.1 mm and is made of silver (I had it tested and it came back 94% silver content) (with a total weight of .685 ounces or 19.4 grams). The medal has very beautiful toned silver color, and sharp well detailed and very, very high relief surfaces.

Harry writes:

This plaquette begs the question: What was in Pressburg in 1904 that the Vienna Club would go see it and then strike a medal memorializing it?

To read the complete lot description, see:
1904 Austrian Silver Medal Issued for the Vienna Numismatic Tour of Pressburg (http://www.ebay.com/itm/1904-Austrian-Silver-Medal-Issued-for-the-Vienna-Numismatic-Tour-of-Pressburg-/112584005875)

1889 Minister of Finance, Moneys & Medals Medal

1889 France Minister of Finance, Moneys, Medals Medal obverse 1889 France Minister of Finance, Moneys, Medals Medal reverse

Up for bid is a medal from France that commemorates the 1889 centennial of the Minister of Finances Administration of Monies and Medals! A liberty type of figure instructing a youth on the front and operating a coin minting machine with "Unite, Precision, Regularite, 1789-1889 on one side and a landscape of Paris, including the Eiffel Tower with "Ministere Des Finances Administration des Monnaies et Medalles, "Centenaire de 1789" on the other side. Bronze composition, about 51 mm in diameter and weighs about 68.1 grams.

Harry says "Here is a lovely medal for your inner medailleur." -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
1889 Minister of Finance, Moneys & Medals, Centennial, France, bronze medal! (http://www.ebay.com/itm/1889-Minister-of-Finance-Moneys-Medals-Centennial-France-bronze-medal-/263236443700)

Cannes Lions Film Festival Medal

Cannes Lions film festival medal obverse Cannes Lions film festival medal reverse

Cannes Lions film festival advertiser award presented by DuPont in 1989 to Steve Horn Productions. This hard composite award with an art deco look of a stretching lion has a brass plate on the upper right portion of the body detailing the award in French. This is an older example of its type. Two minor surface chips are present, one in the mien of the lion and another on the outside rim. Otherwise it is in very good shape. The trophy is approximately 6.5'' wide and tall and it is 4'' in deep. If you are into film and advertising you will understand the significance

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity (formerly the International Advertising Festival) is a global event for those working in the creative communications, advertising and related fields. It is considered the largest gathering of worldwide advertising professionals, designers, digital innovators and marketers. The Lion awards are also the most coveted and well respected in the entire advertising and creative communications industry

Harry calls it "A truly bizarre medal", but I like it! Here, kitty, kitty! -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
French Cannes Film Festival Advertising Award Trophy 1989 Steve Horn Productions (http://www.ebay.com/itm/French-Cannes-Film-Festival-Advertising-Award-Trophy-1989-Steve-Horn-Productions-/152696815132)

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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