NUMISMAGRAM MEDAL SELECTIONS: AUGUST 10, 2025

103260 | GERMANY. Kölner Dom (Cologne Cathedral) bronze Medal. Issued 1855. Most Remarkable Edifices of Europe series (59mm, 83.31 g, 12h). By Jacques Wiener in Brussels and struck at the Geerts mint in Ixelles. DER DOM ZU KÖLN IN SEINER ZUKÜNFTIGEN VOLLENDUNG / UNSERE HOFFNUNG, perspective view of the cathedral exterior from the south-southeast, highlighting its ubiquitous single northern tower; in four lines in exergue: GESTOCHEN VON J. WIENER / NACH DEM VOM DOMBAUMEISTER E. F. ZWIRNER / ERGÄNZTEN BAUPLANE / VERLAG VON F. C. EISEN IN KÖLN // JUBELFEIER AM 14 AUG: 1848 DER ERSTEN GRUNDSTEINLEGUNG DES DOMES ZU KÖLN AM 14 AUG: 1248, perspective view of the cathedral exterior from the south-southeast; an additional four years of construction (since Wiener's previous take on this edifice) has taken place and is depicted in a completed south transept façade and additional clerestory-level structure over the nave; in seven lines in exergue, EINWEIHUNG DES HOHEN CHORS AM 27 SEPT: 1322 / OFT UNTERBROCHENER FORTBAU BIS ETWA 1500 / GÄNZLICHER STILLSTAND BIS ZUR ZWEITEN / GRUNDSTEINLEGUNG AM 4 SEPT: 1842 / DURCH FRIEDRICH WILHELM IV / KÖNIG VON PREUSSEN / 1855. Edge: Plain. Ross M151; van Hoydonck 124; Reinecke 27. Gem Mint State. Extremely glossy and brilliant in the fields, with astounding eye appeal. A wondrous representative from the always-popular series, and for this edifice for which there are a number of versions conveying the various states of construction over two decades. $565.

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103232 | FRANCE & SOUTH AFRICA. Paris International Expo bronze Award Medal. Issued 1900 as the official prize [awarded to George Rouillot] (63mm, 100.36 g, 12h). By Jules-Clément Chaplain at the Paris mint. REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, bust of Marianne right, wearing oak wreath; oak tree to the left; cityscape of Paris in the background to right // EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE INTERNATIONALE, Victory flying left, with head upturned to the right, holding a wreath and palm frond, and bearing victor, holding a torch, upon her back; view of the expo hall in the background; in exergue, cartouche with "G. ROUILLOT / PRÉSIDENT DE / LA CHAMBRE DES MINES" embossed in three lines. Edge: «cornucopia» BRONZE. Button 29; Wurzbach 7193. Choice Mint State. Tan-brown surfaces, with a great matte nature. $325.

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103230 | BOHEMIA. Praha (Prague) Chamber of Commerce and Industry bronze award Plaque. Issued 1908 (64mm x 89mm, 163.76 g, 12h). By Antonín Mára & Ivan Bojislav Pichl in Praha. Draped female standing left, holding wreath and with head turned away toward background veduta in bas relief panel // Upper body of Mercury left, reaching to artisan facing right; all in bas relief panel; in 11 lines below, JUBILEJNÍVÝSTAVA OBVODU / OBCHODNÍ A ŽIVNOSTENSKE / KOMORY PRAŽKE / SVÝM ÚCASTNÍKUM / A SPOLUPRACOVNÍKUM / DIE JUBILÄUMS=AUSSTELLUNG / DES BEZIRKES DER PRAGER HANDEL=S / UND GEWERBEKAMMER / IHREN TEILNEHMERN / UND MITARBEITERN / 1908 (jubilee exhibition of the Prague Chamber of Commerce and Trade District to its participants and collaborators). Edge: Plain. Hauser 3868; Wurzbach 7685. Choice Mint State. Olive-brown surfaces, with some alluring red highlighting the devices and with a great matte nature overall. Includes original box of issue. $225.

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103231 | HUNGARY. Bull and Bear Markets bronze Medal. Issued 1923 (63mm, 112.37 g, 12h). By Szántó Gergely. • HAUSSE • • 1923 •, head of portly man facing slightly left, with mischievous grin and clasping hands in sense of greedy eagerness // • BAISSE •, head of thinner man facing slightly right, with furrowed brow and grabbing at head with both hands. Edge: Plain. Choice Mint State. Olive-brown surfaces. A rare and interesting satirical issue that illustrates the two aspects of the stock market in the years leading up to the crash and subsequent Great Depression. $295.

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