Bianchi Papal Architectural Medals - Moose & Squirrel

ZoidMeister

A Tale of Two Medals . . . . . .

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I have owned this fantastic Bianchi Pope Pius IX architectural medal for quite a while now, and have seen other amazing medals posted to this site.
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1868 Pope Pius IX / Vatican Raphael Loggias - 44mm (the Squirrel)
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I splurged right before my covid Christmas and committed to purchase a Bianchi medal I have long wanted and desired.

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1854 Pope Pius IX / Consecration of the Basilica of St. Paul - 82mm (the Moose)
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Introducing, Moose & Squirrel
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Thanks for looking.

Z

Bullsitter

Jzyskowski1

Has that view of the interior of the cathedral been reproduced? Something perhaps affordable. I love optical illusion,so to speak. Being a new medal collector I have a number of questions but this one will do for now. Thanks
Such a nice medal 👍🏼

291fifth

That 82mm medal is in outstanding condition for a medal of that size and age. Just think of how easy it would have been for a medal like that to have developed any number of problems over the past 165+ years!

ZoidMeister

I've been looking for one of these for over a year. Even beat up pieces command serious prices, especially those here in the States. I started watching EU listings exclusively as the sellers are closer to the "source." Prices from sellers in Italy seem to be the most affordable.

This medal came from a seller in Rome. Can't get much closer to the source than that . . . .

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@291fifth said:
That 82mm medal is in outstanding condition for a medal of that size and age. Just think of how easy it would have been for a medal like that to have developed any number of problems over the past 165+ years!

thebeav

They're beautiful !

Knell

@ZoidMeister
Congrats!
Me too has been looking for that consecration of St. Paul Basilica and received mine last month. I ordered it November 5th and received it December 5th. I now have a the 82mm bronze version and a uniface white metal 82mm version of that St. Paul Basilica but I do have a uniface of the front of the basilica in white metal as well.
So far I've seen 2 version of the 82mm medal...
- 1st with Pope Pius IX in OBV and Basilica interior in REV
- 2nd with Front of Basilica in OBV and Basilica interior in REV
I have the 1st above and 2nd in both uniface medal
Congrats again and I hope you are enjoying your medal as much as I do.

jmlanzaf

Fantastic

ricko

@ZoidMeister... Wow... Spectacular..... What detail and amazing state of preservation. Thanks for showing us with such great pictures. Cheers, RickO

WAYNEAS

I am hypnotized by that reverse.
It has tremendous detail everywhere I look.
My eyes will not leave it alone.
Wayne

BuffaloIronTail

Real nice.

Should we name it the "Bullwinkle" coin?

Pete

ZoidMeister

Thanks much for the nice comments everyone. The thing that's been the most difficult for me is learning to be patient enough to wait for the right piece to come along at the right price.

That can be difficult given the relative rarity of some of the pieces I collect. I could never be patient enough to be a standard "coin collector." Not enough variety in a series, and too much competition for the key dates.

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Type2

Very nice..👍👍🏼