Medals & Tokens - Coin Auctions
 Lot 0117a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleAustria: Professor Heinrich Kautsch bronze commemorative medal by Arnold Hartig, c. 1929; size: 52.5mm; weight: 58.4g. Obv.: left-facing Kautsch; Ger. leg. "Prof. Heinrich Kautsch Bildhauer u Medailleur" ['Professor Heinrich Kautsch Sculptor and Medallist']. Rev.: "Prague Paris Vienna". Kautsch (1859- 1943) is listed in Forrer (v.3 p.126), with many works to his name, incl. medal of Heinrich Heine; son of Emanuel Kautsch (1841- 1910) German Protestant Bible critic and Semitist, who visited Palestine. Listed cities refer to Heinrich's places of residence. Medal may be from 1929 for Kautsch's 70th anniversary. In UNC. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0133a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany: 25th anniversary bibliophile bronze commemoration medal for Gustav Kirstein, 1929, by Bruno Eyermann; size: 50.5mm; weight: 51.4g. Obv.: female holding owl; German leg. "25 Jahre Bibliophilen Abend + Leipzig + 1904 1929". Rev.: left-facing Kirstein; Ger. leg. "Gustav Kirstein Dem Bibliophilen" ['Gustav Kirstein The Bibliophile']. Issued by the most presigious bibliophilic association in Germany, the "Leipziger Bibliophilen-Abend". Kirstein (d. 1934) was a Jewish author; co-manager of EA Seemann Verlag, 1904, and helped turn it into into one of the leading art publishers in Germany; Forrer v.7 p.285. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0144a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleIsrael: Ze'ev Jabotinsky 20th anniversary of death commemorative medal in bronze(?) 1960, by Shmuel Kretchmer; size: 31.25mm; weight: 17.3g; plain rim. Obverse depicts bas-relief of left-facing Jabotinsky with his name and dates of birth and death in Hebrew. On reverse an image of Jabotinsky's tomb and quotation from his anthem for the Betar movement, "To Die - or Conquer the Hill". In BU with luster and lovely patina. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0112a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleAustria: Bruno Walter profile bronze uniface plaquette by Edwin Grienauer, c. 1962; size: 47 x 60.5mm; weight: 70.1g. Walter (1876-1962) was a German-born Jewish conductor, who conducted symphonies in Germany, Austria and New York; a close friend of Gustav Mahler and considered one of the foremost musicians of the 20th Century. The medallist Grienauer (1893-1964), is considered one of the more important Viennese sculptors and medallists of the 20th Century, and has - ironically - to his credit a bust of Adolf Hitler, which was displayed for a time in the lobby of the Vienna University until it was returned to him after World War II. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0128a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleFrance: Shmuel Yosef ("Shai") Agnon Nobel Prize commemoration bronze medal by Hélène Guastalla (1903-1983); size: 76.5mm; weight: 212.5g. On obverse an image of Agnon facing forward, with French cursive legend around "1966 Nobel Prize for Literature" and "Agnon". On reverse image of the wild dog from Agnon's work "Only Yesterday", unusually with the words in Hebrew "Kelev Shote" - wild dog. In BU; rim nick visible on obverse. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0107a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Merchant & Business Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleRomania > Bucuresci (Transylvania): "Jsak [Isaac] Focşaner" Zionist coffee & tea house copper-nickel token for 1 Leu (ND), c. early 1920's; no maker marks; size: 25.5mm; weight: 4.1g; medallic strike, beeded edge. Obv.: Star of David with Hebrew w/ "Zion" in center; leg. "Jsak Focşaner * Bucuresci *". Rev.: "1 Leu" in center. Located 361 Calea Mosilor (1912). Zionist connection possibly due to owner's name: during 1st Aliya period (1860- 1903), 1st Congress of all Zionist Unions in Romania held in town of Focşani (30-31/12/1881). In VF, with slight clip missing from top left (possibly as manufactured); Schaffer BUC-651: extreme rarity (6-15pc). Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Merchant & Business Tokens |
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 Lot 0123a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleFrance/Hungary: Arnold Schoenberg medal by Andras Beck; size: 6.15cm x 6.0cm; weight: 195g. Obv.: Schoenberg to left (based on 1948 photo) w/ letters of name interspersed. Rev.: female face, wife(?) [Gertrud Bertha [Kolisch]]; Beck's initials top right corner. Schoenberg was Austrian-Jewish composer whose musical approach is considered one of most influential on 20th C. musical thought. The medallist is Hungarian son of Baptised Jewish medallist, Fülop (Philip) Beck; JMM-83-84. Described in 1976 by Friedenburg as "recent work", probably dates to Schoenberg's centennary, 1974. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0139a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleIsrael: [President] Yitzhak Ben-Zvi plaque by Yehuda Hershkovitz, ND (circa. 1952-1963); cast brass or brass-plated bronze with laquered surface; size: 11.1 x 15.85cm; weight: 511g. Obverse depicts relief image of a famous pose of Ben-Zvi (credited to December 1952, when he took office), set against a lined background with his name in Hebrew below. On reverse concave impression of where the relief surface is raised, "Made in Israel", and artist's signature below. An oxidation spot next to "Zvi". Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0150a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SalePalestine/Yishuv: [Rabbi] Dr. Gotthard Deutsch silvered bronze plaquette by Bezalel, maker-marked; size: 46 x 69.5mm; weight: 85.9g. Uniface plaquette depicting left-facing bust of Deutsch, with his name and dates of birth and death below. Deutsch was a Rabbi, theologan and scholar or Jewish history; "Catalogue: collection of Art Works by Boris Schatz", Hebrew Union College library, Cincinnati, 1914, Jewish Celebrities 46. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0102a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Merchant & Business Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleIsrael: lot x3 transportation tokens - 1) 'Carmelit'/Haifa funicular subway brass token for Hadar and 2) copper-nickel token Carmel (both minted in France), and 3) Lod Airport (pre-1973) parking token. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Merchant & Business Tokens |
