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A few from the same period, normally overstruck just a few years after being originally issued, which does makes them a bit easier to identify. They are pretty uncommon though.

The 'C R' of CROWNED also appears to be visible on the obverse of your medal. The last 'D' of ASCENDED & the 'N' of THRONE is also visible.

I believe it is obverse to reverse overstruck on this, 1838 medal BHM# 1853, AE. R. AE. silvered R. 29mm. Unlisted in Br. Compare the front of the bust almost touching the 'H' of HER and the rear of the bust ends by the last 'I' of VICTORIA.

I think the reverse is from a different die too, nice catch.

Denon D.(Direxit) is for the Director of the Paris Mint. Both lovely medals. Beautiful right angle on the sideburns on the larger medal.

The link I posted https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=410&lot=1219 gives the auction price realized as 11000 PLN (Polish Zloty) in January 2013 which is $3,250 now. That seems to me to be extremely high, if you look at a few of lots before and after it they are much lower. That is the extent of my info re value, just that one auction result. EDIT; http://www.katalogmonet.pl/Kr%C3%B3tko-o/Seria-kr%C3%B3lewska-Holzhaeussera-i-Reichla This helps explain the high value & how to spot fakes. A google translation "Today, the original silver and bronze medals appear on the secondary market extremely rare, not to say occasionally.Are issued on the largest numismatic auction and only single copies. Some decades have not appeared on the market, which may indicate that it is beaten in uneven expenditure or some of them have been melted (but these are just guesses). Once the silver medal at the auction will be its price exceeds 10,000 zł. For Brown must now pay a little less. They are therefore extremely valuable and one of the most sought-Polish medals. It should be noted that in the course of numerous forgeries that are mostly brown cast. Most of them are performed work of cottage and easy to distinguish. Rarely, because rarely but sometimes there are good counterfeit copies and keep this in mind when purchasing a possible medal "at a bargain price."

https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=410&lot=1219 Poland. Medal by Holzhaeussera the so-called. Kings Series, representing Louis of Hungary, Av .: Bust of the king with a crown, inscription, Ludovicus HUNGARUS, signature I.P.H, Rv .: inscription in fifteen lines: DE Stirpe / Gallica ..., H-Vol. 3422, Racz. 600, silver, mean 44.93 mm, weight 38.90 g. Johann Philip Holzhauser Medallist who resided at Warsaw, 1764-1792. 24 Silver Medals of the Polish Kings were commissioned in the 1790's by the King Stanisław August Poniatowski. The first 11 by Johann Philip Holzhäuser, and the last 12 by Johann Jacob Reichel. On each obverse is a boldly detailed and exquisitely crafted portrait of the respective king. The reverses bear biographical details. The rulers depicted are as follows: Bołeslaw I Chrobry ("the Brave"), Wencelaus (Wacław) of Bohemia, Władysław I Lokietek ("the Short"), Kazimerz III Wielki ("the Great"), Louis (Ludwik) of Hungary, Jadwiga Angevin, Władysław II Jagiello, Władysław III of Varna, Kazimierz IV, Jan Olbracht, Alexander Jagiello, Sigismund I "the Old (Stary)," Sigismund II August, Henri de Valois, Stefan Bathory, Sigismund III Vasa, Władysław IV, Jan Kazimierz, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, Jan Sobieski, August II Mocny ("the Strong"), Stanisław Leszczynski, and August III. Where did your date 1890-1892 come from? Forrer gives the time he was in Warsaw as 1764-1792. The snippet below is from a book written in 1843 "Gabinet Medalow Polskich" by Edwarda Hr. Raczyskiego. If you noticed the "Racz 600" that is the number given in the 1843 book the plate below shows it and the adjacent medals in the series.

Just assuming that Foschida is the man portrayed, then the "M" might simply be for "Maestro", " padre maestro Geronimo Fusco"(Giani second volume of the Annals) After the death of the prior Clement Bonardo of Mantua, who died July 7, 1511, in unclear circumstances, in Faenza, Foschida was appointed by Pope Julius II Apostolic Vicar General of the Order. The papal appointment must have been made in Rome between July and September 1511, ie over a period of time between the death of Bonardo and the first evidence attesting to his vicarage. If Foschida went to Rome to be appointed that would place him in Rome at the same time as Camelio. According to "Itinerarium" he preached in Bologna, Forli, Florence, Modena, Viterbo, Rome, Arezzo, Pisa, Faenza, Verona, Vicenza, Rimini, Russi, Pietralunga, Halle, Santiago de Compostela, Lisbon, Leon, Paris, Lyon, Aix-en-Provence, Cadiz, Moura, Seville, Porto and Madeira. He also visited Gibraltar, Sardinia, Leipzig and Cologne and presumably preached there. He himself claimed to have visited Hungary and Poland. The reverse image & inscription would also fit his widespread preaching & his Apostolic Vicar General's mission, as does the Herald & Lamp of Faith inscription on the obverse. Against it being him is, of course, the lack of Foschida or Fuscus in the inscription. That might or might not be a deal breaker.

http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/girolamo-foschi_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ Just found the above.

Very interesting. Have you considered & discounted this man? He does seem the perfect candidate. Brother Jerome Foschida Faenza (1445 ca-ca 1532) is present in the catalogs of priors general of the Servants of Mary, a position he held for the space of just one year as apostolic vicar general (July / September 1511-June 1512). Fra Girolamo Foschida Faenza (1445 ca-1532 ca) è presente nei cataloghi dei priori generali dei Servi di Maria, carica che ricoprì per lo spazio di appena un anno in qualità di vicario generale apostolico (luglio/settembre 1511-giugno 1512). Hieronymus fuscus of Faventia. http://servidimaria.net/sitoosm/it/storia/uomini_illustri/foschi/index.htm Unfortunately I have a very busy schedule and am unable to do any more research and I will be unavailable for a few days. Best of luck with your research.

Interesting. Some of his reasoning is a bit suspect though; Purrington told The Huffington Post that, in his research, he found that the nation's founders did not intend to be immortalized on bills, as they saw the practice as "monarchical." ........."But the original Congress saw a danger in venerating men on money." The practice in England was to have the current monarch on its currency, obviously the Founders would not want their current president on its money. What Congress was opposed to was having a current(very much alive) president on its currency, which could tend to veneration of a living person and lead to monarchy or dictatorship. . This in fact was its position "the Congress, declaring it a "monarchical" practice, refused to put an image of President Washington on its coins and instead substituted a figure of "Liberty". So it was not about immortalizing dead men but venerating living men. No one knows, as far as I am aware what Congress' opinion would have been on the future practice of honoring dead ex-presidents or founding fathers. I suspect that it had, in fact, none.

I will let the pictures tell the story. No signature visible on the vendor's picture, took a gamble being 95% sure it was by Ambrogi, & snapped it up as the size 156mm, style and Dante being the obvious choice of another in the series made that an almost certainty. Awaiting delivery from Italy. EDIT: Though there appeared to be no signature going by the vendor's picture, later by using image manipulation, the 'A' of Ambrogi appears below the bust. Picture removed. Now I have the Dante in hand I can find no trace of the signature but comparing it to the others I am convinced it is by Ambrogi. I sent pictures to Philip Attwood at the British Museum and he replied "I'm sure you are right". .

http://numismatics.org/collection/2002.10.49 The link gives the designer as Philips & includes it in the description, so if you look closely at the medal it should be visible "Obverse: Science for the | world's well-being | CHAS. PFIZER and CO., INC. | PHILIPS, SC - man w. symbols of medicine"

Probably issued to managers & executives in the new facility as a paperweight, paper was still king in the 1960's. Might also have been given to drugstore executives, as advertising. "The Prudential has the strength of Gibraltar." "Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of The Prudential Insurance Company of America 1875 1925" in exergue, at lower left: "CPetersen Sc." Inscription: edge, lower center: "WHITEHEAD -- HOAG" The medallion is 3" in diameter and weighs 4.8 oz This is normally described as a paperweight.

http://www.yorkcoins.com/h5211_-_france,_charles_vi_%281380-1422%29,_bronze_jeton.htm Royal crown, +AVE MARIA GRACIA PLENA, rev., cross fluery within tressure of four archs, (Mitchner cf 460) I notice that the inscription on both is 'GRASIA' .

Apparently the ones with loops, or originally had loops, are nearly always in poor condition. Mostly found in New Zealand where they were presented to the Maoris, since they were not brought by collectors who stored them in cabinets etc but were worn by the natives that accounts for the condition. If i had a choice between an original non-looped one in great condition or a looped one in poor condition I would probably go for the looped one, as it went on the voyage for certain & could have been worn by a Maoris Chief or elder, whereas the other might never have left England.

Hi Billy, welcome

Fauver, Alexander 1814-1fpa 25mm R-6 by Kettle. The copy/reducing lines are clearly visible, the cutter juddered going over the bust ribbon and some of the letters. The 'D' has a clear cutting line acrossed it. As is the case with these medals, that show the die still had machined marks, the piece is in great condition, being silvered-copper also makes it slightly rarer.

Thanks for the comments, they are always most welcome. Sharing our collections & knowledge is the raison d'être of the site. So glad that you joined CoinPeople. Very good points alas without the examples in hand or the exact measurements of a certain feature, plus, as you point out, the problem of the earlier v later version of the medal used for the casting-mold.....hence my using "implies" and "probably".

Hi Vern

Gorbachev won the Nobel Peace Price in 1990 for 'allowing' the Berlin Wall to be torn down and he had presided over the dissolution of the Soviet Empire, the USSR. Hence being made Time's Man of the Decade, for ending the Cold War. Try googling "Perestroika".

Seeing as my medal of Bembo is in Piero Voltolina's "La Storia di Venezia Attraverso Le Medaglie", which I recently acquired, I took the opportunity to place my medal beside the illustration.

Au revoir et bonne chance, mon amie

There was 2,000 struck in bronze, 106 in silver and 2 in gold. A small number of the bronze medals were taken on the voyage to present to natives, they had a hole in the edge above the head and an inserted pin with a movable loop, these are very rare. The regular ones are classed as normal rarity and might or might not have gone on the voyage. 2,000 is quite a high initial number struck but how many still exist is an unknown but Brown in BHM rates the bronze still as normal rarity. Bronze gilt is RRR. silver R. gold RRRR. bronze N. and with suspention loop RR.

Well done For some strange reason I was looking for the L FIELDINGS edge, no wonder I couldn't find it, even with both D&H and a searchable digital version Just searched 'Godiva' and clicked through the results. Why did I not do that the first time?