Medals & Tokens - Coin Auctions
 Lot 0209a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleUS: Chabad-Lubavitch "Messiah" homage silver(?) medal to Rebbe Schneerson, ND (circa. 1992); not maker-marked; size: 39.5mm; weight: 26.4g. Obverse bears image of the Hassidic movement's headquarters on 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn; legend on obv. and rev. are in praise of the Rebbe and extoll him as the Messiah. Probably issued to commemorate the Rebbe's (1902- 1994) 90th birthday; towards the end of his life segments of the Chassidic movement he led openly declared him to be the Messiah, although the movement as a whole distances itself from saying such in public. In BU. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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 Lot 0225a - Medals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany > Silesia: 'Hanging Corn Jew' (Hängender Kornjude) medal, 1694-1695, rare variant struck in lead, by Christian Wermuth; size: 34mm; weight: 22.35g. Obv.: Jew hanging from a tree w/ Devil on his head, peasant's house w/ nest on roof; leg. "LUC 12" in doorway + "Du Korn Iude•" ['You Corn Jew'' above; in exergue 2-line leg.: "Wolfeilezeit 1695•" ['Cheap Times']. Rev.: walking Jew facing right w/ Devil on his grain sack; legend above: "Du Korn Iude." + "Theure Zeit.1694." ['Expensive Times'] below. Brettauer-1902, JM-111 & P.u.R. 79. Poor detail may be due to weak die strike. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals |
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 Lot 0204a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleItaly: Jesus medal in silver, c. 16th C.; not maker-marked; size: 32mm; weight: 18.85g; thickness: 3mm. Obv.: left facing Christ, with Hebrew initial "Alef" (for 'Adoneinu' - 'Our Lord') & "Yeshu" ('Jesus') on either side. Rev.: 5-line Heb. legend (w/incorrect letters) based on Hill p.50 ex. 2a (but "Adam" twice) : משיח # מלך בא בש # לום ואדמ א # דם עשוי # חי. Portrait of Christ said to be of Venetian School; medal issued in 16th Century to Jewish converts to Christianity. A similar medal (38mm in bronze) to this one was sold at auction (2009) for $1300. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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 Lot 0220a - Medals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany > Sachsen-Thuringen: 'Corn Jew' medal of woman & grain peddler, 1771-1772; by Johann Christian Reich; pewter(?); size: 38mm; weight: 17.35g. Obv.: housewife with clenched fists imploring Jewish grain peddler (facing right) to give her corn to feed her family, & Devil cutting hole in sack; legend above: "DU KORN IUDE den 12. Mertz: 1694." + 2 lines below: "Theure Zeit auch 1771.1772". Rev.: upright grain sifter + Proverbs 11:26 quotation. Die seam visible along rim where both side's dies compressed the metal. In AU-UNC with original luster in places; Kirschner-28; JM-118; Brett-1906; Fiew-86. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals |
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 Lot 0236a - Medals & Tokens Synagogue Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleNetherlands: numbered (167) 25th Anniv. Numismatic Society of Zeeland/ Synagogue of Middelburg, 1993, silvered cast bronze(?) medal; by Fibru of Brussels; size: 68mm; weight: 98.15g. Obv.: Zeeland coat of arms; initials below, "NKZ 68-93" ("Numismatische Kring Zeeland" + silver jubilee dates); house w/letter C & number 92, below (artist's mark?). Rev.: renovation of Middelburg Synagogue; Heb. leg. (Isaiah c.60 v.10) "And aliens [non-Jews] will build up thy walls". Assembled from 2 planchets. This was 1st Dutch Synagogue built outside Amsterdam (1705); damaged in 1944; restored 1994. NSZ based in Middelburg. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Synagogue Medals |
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 Lot 0215a - Medals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany > Bavaria > Fürth: Kornjude jeton ("liegendes scheffelmass"), 1772, by Johann Christian Reich; struck in pewter(?); size: 29mm; weight: 6.4g. Obv.: Jewish grain peddler facing right, to open jaws of allegator; legend around: "Korn Iude Ver Zwei Fel. Und Geh Zum" ['The Corn Jew Branches out and Goes Forth']; in exergue: "Theure Zeit 1772." ['Expensive Times 1772']. Rev.: horizontal grain sifter; legend above: "Furchte Gott." ['Fear G-d']; on image: "Wer Korn Innehelt dem Fluchen Die Leute Aber Seegen Komt Uber den der is Verkauft"; Reich's name in exergue. Brett-1908; JM-120; variant Kirschner-24. In BU. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals |
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 Lot 0231a - Medals & Tokens Synagogue Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany > Frankfurt: x2 proof non-denominational silver coins commemorating 1200 years to Frankfurt's founding, by MDM; size: 40mm. Obverse depicts the city's coat of arms and the dates 794 - 1200. Reverse of one depicts the Frankfurt Synagogue, with date of founding (1910); the reverse of the other depicts right-facing bust of Meyer Amschel Rothschild, with his dates of birth and death. In proof state with a few signs of exposure to the air. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Synagogue Medals |
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 Lot 0210a - Medals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleAustria > Hapsburg: 1686 'Jews & Turks Budapest' medal ("Türkenkrieg medaille"), by Martin Brunner; struck in copper; size: 41.5mm; weight: 28.85g. Obv.: Turk & Jew around furnace melting metal with ingots coming out; legend around: "WER DISTILLIRT NUN GELD ZUM FRIED*WEIL TURCK UND IUD DES KRIEGES MUD*" ['Who mints money for peace now that the Turk and Jew are tired of war']. Rev.: 11-line legend & date '*1686*' below, "OFEN belongs to LEOPOLD. Luck has been against Mohammed. He loses the city of Ofen with all its gold, which was destined to be used for the purchase of peace.". Legend on rim: "DURCH DIESEN STREICH * DAS TURKEN REICH * STEHT AUF DER NEIG" ['By this battle the Turkish Empire nears its end']. The only Austrian anti-Semitic medal between Renaissance and Napoleonic era, issued for Hapsburg victory over Ottoman Turks (& Jews) in battle for Budapest ("Ofen"). In VF-EF; few dents & rim nicks; Kirsch-31, JM-18 & 108/109. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals |
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 Lot 0226a - Medals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany: 'erotic medal' by Christian Wermuth 1730, struck in copper; size: 28.5mm; weight: 11.9g. Obv.: fox approaching bush; 2-lined legend above: "ACH IHR IUNGFERN GROS UND KLEIN / LASST IA KEINEN FUCHS HINEIN" ['Oh, it's all wholesale and retail # Don't let the fox in'] + 3-lines in exergue, "WOLLT IHR NICHT # BETROGEN # SEYN." ['You do not want to be cheated']. Rev.: male figure running away from woman clinging to him in bed; 3-lined Latin legend above, "NON MOEGHABERIS # CONTRA SEXTVM # I.E." + 4-lined Ger. legend in exergue, "DU SOLST NICHT # FUCHS. # SCHWAENTZEN # 1730.". In VF+; die-crack edge obv.; Fiew-126. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals |
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 Lot 0205a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMoses Medals: lot x3 different cast types, circa. 16th-17th Century: 1) darkened brass (size: 35mm; weight: 27.1g), Moses w/forward facing horns & "Mashkha" on collar, on rev. 2nd Commandment in Hebrew; 2) bronze (size: 36mm; weight: 35.7g), Moses with curled horns & "Mashkha" on collar, on rev. 2nd Commandment in Hebrew; 3) pewter(?), size: 32mm, weight: 18.35g: Moses with curled horns & unclear leg. on collar, on rev. Hebrew letters in no apparent words (probably abbreviations). Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
