newp - 1761 Passau medal - sede vacante issue

worldcoinguy

The mailman made a good delivery today. This is a German State sede vacante medal from the town of Passau in lower Bavaria in Germany. It is a one year issue to commemorate the empty bishop's seat (sede vacante) after the death of the Prince Bishop of Passau, Joseph Dominicus Franz Kilian von Lamberg in 1761. It is classified as Zepernick 247, and features St Stevens on the obverse and a city view of Passau with the 3 rivers on the reverse - Danube, Ilz, and Inn. It is approx 44mm in size.

JCMhouston

Very nice, I love that reverse design.

farthing

Really nice!

Zohar

Another beauty! Well done.

Zohar

Had to do it

harasha

Ooooooo.

marcmoish

Great piece - that reverse is stunning - darn one needs deep pockets to pick up all the goodies
Are you going to have it graded?

worldcoinguy

Thanks all!

The well is dry now for hobbies so it might be a good stretch before another purchase is made. This piece and two other pieces just went in the mail to be graded. I will share the results when they roll back in ia months time.

Zohar

Never say the well is dry, Brent. Hard to contain passion when you run across such works of art.
I hope this gets the solid AU grade it deserves.

worldcoinguy

Thanks Zohar - I will let you know how it turns out. My better half discovered a couple of recent invoices and was grumbling so I figured I would fly under the spousal radar for awhile.