Medals & Tokens - Coin Auctions
 Lot 0157a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleUnited States: Yehudi Menuhin 50th Birthday silver medal by Paul Vincze, 1966; size: 56mm; weight: 97.05g. Obverse: Menuhin playing violin; Latin legend "YEHUDI MENVHIN ÆT. SVÆ. L" ('Yehudi Menuhin at the age of 50'), with date in Roman numbers; Vincze's name in exergue. Reverse: classical Roman images of teacher and pupil; Latin legend "CHI NON ARDE NON INCENDE" ('He who does not burn does not set alight'); Vincze's name in exergue. Menuhin (1916-1999) was a Jewish violinist and conductor, considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century. Vincze (1907-1994) was an acclaimed Jewish artist and medallist; JMM p.79. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0173a - Medals & Tokens Prize Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleIsrael: Prize for Outstanding Employee in the Tourist Industry, official medal in bronze ND (1966); designed by David Shore; size: 59mm; weight: 94.8g. This version bears the legend "Presented by the Tourist Ministry" on the edge; 400 pieces issued. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Prize Medals |
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 Lot 0200a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleIsrael: 1959-1960 Jewish holidays calendar silver(?) medal; not maker-marked; size: 35.75mm; weight: 17.05g. Obv.: shaded shape of Israel (per 1949 borders) within circle, emitting rays; Hebrew/English leg. "For out of Zion shall go forth the law (Isaiah 2 v3)] # Jerusalem". Rev: a globe device split into segments to highlight the business calendar dates of Jewish holidays, with vertical legend in center "1959 Holidays 1960". The token may have been commissioned by a Jerusalem-based Yeshiva - but the use of Gregorian dates (and not Hebrew dates) seems unusual for a Yeshiva. In VF: a nicely designed and solidly minted piece. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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 Lot 0152a - Medals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleRussia/Soviet Union: Alexander [Borisovich] Goldenveyzer (Goldenweiser) Centennary bronze medal by Igor Sergeevich Komshilov (1929-), 1975; size: 60mm; weight: 104.35g. Goldenveizer (1875 - 1961) was a prominent Jewish-Russian pianist, composer, teacher and writer; artistic director of the Central Music School of the Conservatory and creator of one of the largest piano schools in the Soviet Union. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Jewish Personalities & Medallists |
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 Lot 0168a - Medals & Tokens Other Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleIsrael: "Taba" National Stamp Exhibition in Haifa 1952 uniface gold gilt bronze medal; not maker-marked; size: 39.25mm; weight: 47.5g; thickness: 4.5mm. Obverse: emblem of the Taba exhibition, with Hebrew legend around "National Stamp Exhibition # Haifa 5712 1952". Reverse stamped with the name "Shmuel Lachman" - may be the same person who authored several important articles in the Israeli numismatic world on Ottoman coinage in the 1960's and '70s. This medal was probably issued to participants who exhibited stamp collections at the fair. In UNC-BU; some surface dirt (polish?). Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Other Medals & Tokens |
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 Lot 0184a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleBritain(?): tallion of "British-Israelite" religious movement, c. late 19th C.; not maker-marked; size: 25.75 x 36.5mm; weight: 10.1g. Obv.: British coat of arms; Heb. leg. below, "Kadosh Israel Malkeinu" (Holy Israel Our Lord). Rev.: Star of David w/Heb. words "Atem Edai" (You are my Witnesses). Believes that Western & Northern Europeans, esp. the British, are direct descendants of the Ten Lost Israelite Tribes, and that the British Royal Family is directly descended from King David. The emblem's devices are ascribed to different Israelite personalities (David, Ephraim, Judah, Joseph). Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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 Lot 0195a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany: "Rosh HaShana" (Jewish New Years) 'Tashlich' silver medal, 1816-1817, by Aaron Kohn; size: 21.5mm, weight: 3.05g. Obverse bears name of the Jewish New Year's prayer (in Hebrew) at top, "Tashlich", and the prayer in Hebrew continues on the reverse, with Hebrew date 5577 [1816-1817] at top and Kohn's name in Latin letters below the prayer. With reeded edge and beeded rim; medallic strike. Aaron Kohn was among the first of the German Jewish medalists whose work was entirely of Jewish themes with text engravings in Hebrew; JMM-61. In AU-UNC, and still exhibits some luster. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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 Lot 0163a - Medals & Tokens Other Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany: Gustav Landauer "Soviet/Conniving Republic" satire medal by Karl Goetz (ND), circa. 1919; bronze-copper cast; size: 57mm, weight: 45.9g. Obv.: three "shady" post-War characters - an unemployed type, a veteran, a huster-type; leg. "DIE RÄTE REPUBLIK" ("The Soviet Republic"), and "BAIERN 7.-30.IV.1919" in exergue. Rev.: Gustav Landauer dancing and kissing hatted Lenin; leg. "LOS VOM REICH!" and "ES LEBE DIE INTERNATIONAL" ("Long Live the 'International' [Socialist anthem]"). Some oxidation; Kirschner Nr. 45, Kienast-222. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Other Medals & Tokens |
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 Lot 0179a - Medals & Tokens Prize Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleUS: Gershwin brothers Library of Congress award medal in bronze, 1985; designed by Edgar Zell Steever IV (1915-2006); size: 76mm; weight: 222.35g; thickness: 7mm. Obv.: left facing busts George & Ira, ea. w/ years of birth / death, and profession below; Steever's initials below bust. Rev.: 2 bars music w/ lyrics from "Of Thee I Sing" (1931) + legend "Medal of the Congress 1985" & "Of Thee We Sing". This is a commemorative version of original 'Congressional Gold Medal' instituted in 1985 to posthumously honor the Gershwins; in 2007 the Library of Congress named its annual silver medal "Prize for Popular Song" after them. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Prize Medals |
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 Lot 0190a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany > Prussia: Jewish silver calendar medal, 1804/5565, by Daniel Friedrich Loos; size: 44mm; weight: 19.25g. Obv.: shining sun in center w/ dates "1804" & "5565"+ 3 rings around w/ text & dates; title at top "Calender". Rev.: calendar w/ moon phase symbols, Jewsh holidays & Prussia's royal family (Friedrich Wilhelm III) birthdates below. Jewish calendar medals in Prussia are almost unknown and may have been issued in appreciation for the King's predecessor, Friedrich Wilhelm II, who instituted a series of reforms granting the Jews greater rights. In VF-EF w/ luster; slightly uneven planchet. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
