Medals & Tokens - Coin Auctions
 Lot 0125a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleFrance: Arthur Rubinstein numbered (10 / 100) commemorative bronze medal, ND (circa. 1987) by Raphaël Pépin (b. 1926); size: 84.5mm; weight: 259g. Obverse: face of Rubinstein with his name and years of birth and death. Reverse: image of fingers playing on a piano with French legend "L'Art de Faire Chanter de Doigts" ('the art of singing with the fingers'). Rubinstein (1887-1982) was a Jewish Polish-American classical pianist, generally considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th Century. This medal was probably created to celebrate the centennary of his birth. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0136a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleIsrael/Austria: uniface portrait medal of Dr. Siegfried Ascher by by Arnold Hartig, circa. 1957; bronze; size: 60mm; weight: 132.05g. Dr. Asher's name is written in Hebrew as "Dr. Z. Asher [or 'Ascher']" above his left-facing portrait. Ascher (1877- 1962) was architect & land expert, best known for founding one of the earliest Jewish geneological societies ("The Jewish Genealogical Research Society of Palestine", 1939) and as a world-famous philatelist. His 80th birthday (1957) was a publicized event; that year a medal in his name was awarded to Dr. Moshe Ofir, organizer of the "Tabil" stamp exhibition in TLV. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0104a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Merchant & Business Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleLot x5 continental-European Jewish business non-denominational tokens, c. 1900-1925: 1) Rudolph Hertzog (manufacturer), Berlin decagonal brass token in UNC-BU; 2) Michelangelo Jesurum & Co. (lace-maker), Venice, encased 1 Centisimo token, 1904, UNC-BU (sm. rim nick at top); 3) Firma Valentin Manheimer (confectionary) 75th anniversary token, 1914, by Ludwig Ostermann & Otto Oertel, VF-EF; 4) Jacob Rothberger (clothing deparment store), Vienna brass token, UNC-BU; 5) J. Senft (bakery), Vienna uniface iron token, EF (rust spot on rim). Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Merchant & Business Tokens |
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 Lot 0120a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleAustria-Hungary: Dr. Isak Noa Mannheimer 70th anniv. commem. bronze medal (1863); not maker-marked; size: 5.05cm; weight: 47.75g. Obv.: Ger. leg. "For Seventieth Birthday" & Heb. quote (Psalms c.40 v10) "I brought tidings of righteousness in a great assembly. Behold, I will not withhold my lips, O Lord, You know". Rev.: Mannheimer; Ger. leg. "DR : I : N : Mannheimer • Preacher of the Jewish Community of Vienna" & b.date. Danish-born; Hapsburg laws prevented calling him "Rabbi", so called "School Principle"; Honorary Citizen, Vienna, 1863. Medallist may be Jewish-Dane Alfred Jacobson. In EF. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0147a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleItaly: Sir Moses Montefiore centennary medal, 1884; unmarked (maybe Löwenstark & Sons); struck in bronze; size: 4.25cm; weight: 27.1g. Obv.: Montefiore w/Heb. leg. "My servant Moses is Faithful in All Mine House" [Numbers xii. 7]. Rev.: 7-line It. leg. "To Moses Montefiore, A Perfect Image of Judaism in his Centennary, 8th [day of month of] Cheshvan 5645 [27 Oct. 1884]". Maybe struck at Turin per Brettauer or Corfu per Catalogue Anglo-Jew. Hist. Exhib. 1887 ('Numismatic Chronicle & Journal...' v15, 1895 p312-313); Forrer v3 p484 lists 'portrait medal' credited to Löwenstark & Sons, London in 1884. In VF; a few rim nicks, obv. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0115a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleAustria: Joseph [von] Wertheimer commemoration medal in bronze by Carl Radnitzky, 1867; size: 44mm; weight: 34.85g; thickness: 2.50mm. Obv. leg.: "Dem Scheidenden Vorstandpraeses" [The Outgoing Board President] + 2-line subtitle: "Die Beamten der Israel Cultusgemeinde in Wien 1867" [The Officials of the Israelite Religious Community of Vienna, 1867], both surrounding Heb. Proverbs quotation: "A Faithful Man Shall Abound with Blessings" (dots over the letters indicate word itself is laden with blessing); the word "Man" is misspelled. Rev.: left facing Wertheimer and name; name "C. Radnitzky" below. Wertheimer (1800- 1887) was an Austrian philanthropist and author, credited with establishing the the Kindergarten system in Austria and helping fellow Jews acquire trade skills and vocations; trustee & President of the Jewish Community of Vienna (1835-1867), and received the patent of nobility from the Emporor in recognition of his work; Forrer vol. V, p.15. An identical example sold at auction (2014) for €2500. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0131a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany > Hamburg: Gabriel Riesser homage medal in bronze, 1836; by Gottfried Loos & L. Held; size: 59.5mm; weight: 109.85g. Obv.: religious Knowledge nursing two babies + 2 'midwives' (Judaism & Christianity) on either side; legend (Malachi Ch. 2 v. 10): "Have we not all one Father - Has not one G-d created us". Rev. dedication: "The soldier of justice and freedom For Dr. Gabriel Riesser His Hamburg coreligionists". Riesser (1806- 1863) was a leading advocate of Jewish emancipation, becoming the first Jewish judge in Germany; medal may be for 30th birthday. In AU-UNC; GJPM-137, Gaed. 2064, Joseph/Fellner 2862. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0142a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleIsrael: Sholem Aleichem (Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich) uniface portrait bronze medal by Shmuel Kretchmer, ND; size: 45mm; weight: 55.4g. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0110a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Merchant & Business Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleUnited States > Michigan: S. Cohen of Detroit American Civil War-era Jewish business copper token, 1863; not maker-marked; size: 19mm; weight: 3.85g. Obverse bears 5-lined legend "S. Cohen # Clothing # Dealer # 155 Jeff.[erson] Ave. / Detroit." On obverse left facing Indian-head with 13 stars above and date below. In UNC: some surface dirt; lack of edge detail due to quality of the strike. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Merchant & Business Tokens |
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 Lot 0126a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleFrance: cast medal of "David" by Gabrielle Maurion-Vidal (1905-1987), ND, circa. 1970; in copper (or copper-finished metal); size: 6.8cm; weight: 161.4g. Obverse depicts David with lyre (artist's name by edge); on reverse a Star of David with open Torah scroll in center. As the reverse lacks additional detail, the blank open scroll device may have served as space for a dedication for an award medal. Maurion-Vidal was married to the French architect Henri Vidal. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
