Medals & Tokens - Coin Auctions
 Lot 0199a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleIsrael: "Tisha Be'Av" ('9th of Av') silver art medal, ND (1961), by Kretchmer; size: 33.25mm; weight: 23.75g. Obv.: Song of Songs quotation, "Behold, He Standeth Behind our Wall", around the edge; 'Yalkut Shimoni' quotation in center; Menorah & sun(?) devices below: "Behind the Western Wall of the Temple, Which Will Never be Destroyed". Rev.: bas-relief of wailing Jews during the 9th of Av fast; legend around ('Kinot'): "On this Night Will my Children Cry and Lament # Tisha Be'Av". Rim marked "935" (silver) & dedicated to "Union of Judaica Collectors, Israel, 5721 [1961]". In BU; light die-crack hairlines on obverse. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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 Lot 0151a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleRussia/Soviet Union: [Reinhold Moritzevich/Ernest] Glière (Glier) birth centennary bronze medal by Joseph Ivanovitch Kozlovsky, 1975; size: 60mm; weight: 123.65g. Glier was a Russian-Jewish composer and conductor. The medallist Kozlowski (1913 - 1993) was a Soviet sculptor and artist, and may have been Jewish. An oxidation speck under Glier's left eye. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0167a - Medals & Tokens Other Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany: Kurt Eisner / "Clean Out Bavaria" satirical election medal by Karl Goetz (ND), circa. 1920; good quality bronze cast; size: 58mm, weight: 53.05g. Obv.: Bavarian Lion chasing after Jewish socialists Johannes Hoffman & Kurt Eisner bearing flags "EISNER ZEIT" ("Eisner's Time") & "RÄTE TERROR" ("Soviet Terror"); Gustav Landauer on extreme left; leg. "KEHRAUS IM BAYER" ("Clean Out Bavaria"); "LANDTAG" in exergue. Rev.: pillars w/Bavarian Church & Monarchy emblems, rising sun & flock of sheep; leg. "BAYERN TREUE" ("Bavarian Loyalty") and date "6. JUNI 1920". Kirschner Nr. 46, Kienast-268. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Other Medals & Tokens |
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 Lot 0178a - Medals & Tokens Prize Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleUS: Elkan R. Myers memorial award medal, ND; manufactured by the Medallic Art Company, designed by HCS (Hans Carl Schuler, 1912-1999; Forrer listed v8 p.196); size: 76mm; weight: 176.45g. Obv.: Myers + years of birth/ death; was a prominent member of the Baltimore Jewish community, chairman of United Jewish Appeal, a Fellow of Brandeis University, vice-president of the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, member of the Joint Distribution Commitee. Rev.: prepared legend for dedication: "Elkan R. Myers Memorial Award Presented to # # for Dedicated Leadership and Devotion to the Highest Ideals of Communal Service." Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Prize Medals |
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 Lot 0194a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany: Jewish circumcision ("Brit Mila") silver medal, 1837-38, by Aaron Kohn; size: 41mm; weight: 23.4g. Obverse: 7 lines of Hebrew prayer during the circumcision: "Our Lord and Lord of our forefathers sustain this child [name] for his father and mother" and "Happy will be the father by the progeny of his loins and rejoiced will be the mother by the fruit of her belly. As is written"; Kohn's name in exergue. Reverse: 4-lines in Hebrew surrounded by legend all excerpted from the ceremony prayers, center: "Happy will be your father and your mother and rejoyceful your birth", edge: "Just as you entered into a convenant so shall you partake of the Torah and the Khupa and of good deeds"; Hebrew date "5698" [1837-38] in exergue. Kohn was a prominent German Jewish medalist, uniquely working exclusively on Jewish themes, using Hebrew. In EF-AU; a couple of rim crimps from the manufacture, some signs of cleaning/ polishing; rotated alignment (90 degrees); JMM-61. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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 Lot 0162a - Medals & Tokens Other Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany > Saxe-Gotha: lot x10 medals of Christian Wermuth & studio portaits of Roman & Byzantine emperors w/brief biographies (reverse), struck in tin/ white metal, c.1694-1715; all on thick planchets; sizes bet. 31-32mm; weights: 10.6 - 17.2g; some w/rim leg. or numbers etched, or ink inventory marks; most VF-EF, one BU. Includes: Antoninus Pius, Antoninus, Severus Alexander, Magnus, Hadrian, Titus, Volusian. Part of a 214 medal series created by Wermuth and continued later by his students (Forrer v6, pg. 437/444). Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Other Medals & Tokens |
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 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 0141a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleIsrael: Rothschild / Knesset building numbered (285 out of 4974) silver State Medal, 1966; by Paul Vincze; size: 45mm; weight: 40g. In AU+: light surface mark on reverse. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0109a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Merchant & Business Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleSouth Africa > Orange Free State: "Daniel & Hyman" Jewish business of Bloemfontein 2 Shilling cupro-nickel token, 1867; not maker-marked; size: 30mm; weight: 6.85g. Obv.:s "2/=" denomination in center & Afrikaans legend "Goed Voor Daniel & Hyman". Rev.: Orange Free State emblem & Afrikaans legend around "Bloemfontein Oranje Vry Staat 1867". The partners opened this "Storekeepers and General Dealers" business in 1864, and issued these tokens to overcome a shortage of small change. They were minted by a Birmingham coinmaker but withdrawn when counterfeited. Ref: Theron O1; Maynard M.2; Hern p.59. In VF. 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 |
