NUMISMAGRAM MEDAL SELECTIONS: SEPTEMBER 21, 2025

 

103246 | GERMANY. Bayern (Bavaria). Agricultural Association silver Award Medal. Issued circa 1901-1913 for loyalty and diligence (47mm, 49.28 g, 12h). By Alois Börsch. DER LANDWIRTHSCHAFTLICHE VEREIN IN BAYERN, plow right // LOHN / DER TREUE / UND DES / FLEISSES in four lines within garlanded oak wreath. Edge: Plain. Hauser 668. PCGS MS-62. Extremely lustrous and prooflike, with sparkling, iridescent toning across both sides. $365.

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103302 | GREAT BRITAIN & GERMANY. William Shakespeare uniface bronze Plaque. Issued 1911. Famous Men series (39mm x 50mm, 20.23 g). By Mayer & Wilhelm in Stuttgart. Bust facing slightly left in central medallion; two lighted tripods to either side in background; on base below, central panel reading SHAKESPEARE / 1564 1616, and with cloaked figure kneeling facing, head left, holding dagger and tragedy mask; palm frond and laurel branch to left // Blank. Edge: Plain. Bernd Kaiser V, 548; Serie berühmter Männer 93; Heidemann –. Choice Mint State. Tan-brown surfaces. $225.

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103172 | BULGARIA & GERMANY. Ferdinand I silver Medal. Issued 1915. The alliance of Bulgaria with Germany and Austria-Hungary (33mm, 18.33 g, 12h). By August Hummel at the Ludwig Christian Lauer mint in Nürnberg. FERDINAND I. KÖNIG VON BULGARIEN, bust left // UNSERE SACHE IST GERECHT v. HEILIG.=VORWÄRTS!, right hand facing upward, with two fingers making sign of benediction; sword hilt and 1915 to left, crowned coat-of-arms to right, thunderbolt below. Edge: SILBER 990. PCGS SP-64. Exceedingly vibrant and prooflike, with deep toning offering great color across both sides. Compare to a similarly colored example, a PCGS SP-65, that realized a total of $900 in the Stack's Bowers Global Showcase Auction (5 September 2025), lot 46082. $695.

The Quadruple Alliance of WWI emanated from the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1879. The Ottoman Empire (in November 1914) and the Kingdom of Bulgaria (in October 1915) joined after the outbreak of the war, though the former had maintained a close relationship with both Germany and Austria-Hungary for a number of years. Economics were the main facet for an Ottoman entry, as Germany played an important role in the empire's financial growth and success, while reclamation was the major goal of Bulgaria, as she wished to win back territory ceded to Serbia during their losses in the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913.

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103266 | ITALY. St. Benedict of Nursia bronze Medal. Issued 1980 for the 1,500th anniversary of the birth of one of the patron saints of Europe (61mm, 179.04 g, 12h). By Angelo Grilli for the Colombo mint in Milano. Facing head, with right hand uplifted and "PAX" in stylized letters floating above; S B?N?D?TTO 480 1980 // Cloaked figure of St. Benedict standing right, holding outline of Europe in his hands. Edge: Plain. As Made. Light brown-bronze surfaces, with tremendous relief upon the obverse. A powerful piece of contemporary art. $195.

Born in the late 5th century CE in Nurcia, Benedict founded numerous monastic communities in modern-day Lazio. He also established a number of rules for monks to follow, now known as the "Rule of Saint Benedict," with them heavily influencing Christian monasticism in the West. He was canonized in the early 13th century by Pope Honorius III and, in 1964, was declared a patron saint of Europe by Pope Paulus VI.

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