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German Medal Newp... I liked the design and pulled the trigger! "6/9/12 Update with images by m

BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I really liked the obverse design of both the snake and wreath around around the bust.

This example below just had a lot of other things going for it which appealed to me... 209 years old, silver, gem bu, nice patina.

Enjoy! image

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  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,661 ✭✭✭✭✭
    First time seeing an ouroboros depicted on a medal. Way cool image

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  • JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
    Very cool design.
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  • ZoharZohar Posts: 6,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Oh man - I saw that on the unsold lots and was tempted to buy it ! Great piece and great price vs. estimate. Well done !!
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>First time seeing an ouroboros depicted on a medal. Way cool image >>



    Thanks as that was the reason I bought it... As eye appeal wise it really does a lot for the overall design image
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Oh man - I saw that on the unsold lots and was tempted to buy it ! Great piece and great price vs. estimate. Well done !! >>



    Thanks based on the estimate and overall quality I thought the ask was a no brainer image
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Very cool design. >>



    Thanks JCMhouston image
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  • ZoharZohar Posts: 6,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No brainer is an understatement - congrats again.
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>No brainer is an understatement - congrats again. >>



    Thanks again and I'm happy you managed to fight your temptation to purchase! imageimage
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  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A beauty! Where did you get it?
  • STLNATSSTLNATS Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭
    I liked the design and pulled the trigger!

    Best reason evah to add a piece to your collection!

    Very interesting design for an otherwise fairly pedestrian commemoration. I imagine the recipient was delighted and wish I'd seen it first! Congrats...

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  • Nunfa0Nunfa0 Posts: 162
    Wonderful medal with a great design. You have to love a well crafted piece of silver!!
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks everyone! image
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  • FlatwoodsFlatwoods Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice piece. I have a habit of seeing things I like and pulling the trigger too.
    (Did it this morning)

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  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    Very nice, indeed.
  • worldcoinguyworldcoinguy Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭✭
    Very nice. Great design and I love that type of patina.
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Very nice piece. I have a habit of seeing things I like and pulling the trigger too.
    (Did it this morning)

    It's a sickness I tell you. image >>



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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So the medal arrives and I'm opening the package in the post office parking lot and my jaw dropped as I saw it in hand...

    As the obverse/reverse fields were completely mirror proof-like and there was an abundant amount of colorful patina I knew I could never capture.

    So it was mailed off to photographer member Messydesk and I just received the results.

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  • FlatwoodsFlatwoods Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow. I imagine the bidding would have been more intense if the auction pics looked like that.
    Messydesk is one of my favorite photographers and that is one very nice medal.
    Congrats again.
  • ZoharZohar Posts: 6,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Stunning!!
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  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 19,882 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's a very cool medal. The high relief obverse is screaming for me to shoot a stereo picture of it. Perhaps I'll do that before I send it back.
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  • YQQYQQ Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is one super medal!!!!!!!!! congrats...image
    it can be found in these catalogs: Jungk 25, Sommer A 110.
    and the designer is von Loos
    issue weight is 28.5 grams
    diameter is:44.5 mm
    letters are over 11 lines
    I know of one in about XF.. asking price is about $ 200. But, what a difference.....

    If it is ok, I would like to make a correction:
    This medal has nothing to do with any Postal service.
    the three words SIM HERM POST are names.
    the medal is to honor the 50 years of services as a sort of an Alderman for the city of Bremen.
    His name is
    Simon Hermann Post

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  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 19,882 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow. NGC really blew the attribution, as that's what they put on the slab label. It really didn't make a lot of sense when I read the inscription, but I don't have any references. I'll fix the caption.
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>This is one super medal!!!!!!!!! congrats...image
    it can be found in these catalogs: Jungk 25, Sommer A 110.
    and the designer is von Loos
    issue weight is 28.5 grams
    diameter is:44.5 mm
    letters are over 11 lines
    I know of one in about XF.. asking price is about $ 200. But, what a difference.....

    If it is ok, I would like to make a correction:
    This medal has nothing to do with any Postal service.
    the three words SIM HERM POST are names.
    the medal is to honor the 50 years of services as a sort of an Alderman for the city of Bremen.
    His name is
    Simon Hermann Post >>



    Thank you YQQ as I knew it was issued to Simon Hermann but did not realize that Post was part of his name. Now I'm able to find the following as it's actually Simon Hermann von Post who was awarded public recognition by Bremen legislature in 1803 for 50 years of service as their archivist. Based on the initials on the neck the engraver may have been second generation medalist Friedrich Wilhelm Loos. Is this below the other example you've seen?

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  • mkman123mkman123 Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭✭
    wow beautiful medal broadstruck!
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  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 19,882 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Caption fixed (refresh picture on previous page).
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  • YQQYQQ Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Broadstruck, that is the one....
    nice spy work....
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