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Mexican Bourbon Medals

harashaharasha Posts: 3,113 ✭✭✭✭✭
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It can be difficult to "compete" with the wonderful things that members can post, but here are some incredible medals:

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  • JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
    Those are lovely reverse designs.
    JCM-Houston
    World Collection
    British Collection
    German States Collection
  • IosephusIosephus Posts: 872 ✭✭✭
    Nice! For some reason, I always enjoy seeing Charles III's schnoz on medals.
    Joe
    Virtus Collection - Renaissance and Baroque Medals
  • EVillageProwlerEVillageProwler Posts: 5,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Harasha,

    The competition amongst us isn't about the wonderful things we post. Rather, it's about happiness, commitment and erudition. Yes, I like SE1795's coins but I like his text even more. And Z's, and the guy who knows Papal States testones like he wrote the book. And, of Nap, who gives me for reading assignment entire libraries! (And there are countless others whose knowledge is amazing!)

    I don't know medals much; can you tell me a bit about them? I enjoy reading the excitement from your writing.

    EVP

    How does one get a hater to stop hating?

    I can be reached at evillageprowler@gmail.com

  • ZoharZohar Posts: 6,678 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Echo EVP's sentiment. I find these designs appealing and when seeing these and Iosephus's write ups, they always get my attention even if I can not intelligently reply. Well done.
    Habsburg Talers
  • PatARPatAR Posts: 347 ✭✭✭
    Lovely medals. And of Spain as well! Now I'm interested in the Mexican Academy they reference.
    Coins of Isabel 2


  • harashaharasha Posts: 3,113 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The competition amongst us

    Well, that is why I placed the word within quotation marks.

    I do like the medals that commemorate Carlos III and IV. Not only the artwork, but also learning, while giving questionable allowance for "moral relativity," that they basically tended to be what we now call benevolent despots. Doesn't excuse the treatment of the indigenous population, though.
    I do not often acquire Fernando VII medals. Too often, they are ugly. Also, I find little, if anything, to admire about Fernando. However, this particular medal did well by him, physically. In fact, this Fernando medal is a Grove plate medal. Supposedly, it was meant to be an award for literary accomplishment.

    The Carlos III medal is a death medal. I suspect that the sadness in his passing probably was genuine.

    Both medals have interesting pedigrees.
    Honors flysis Income beezis Onches nobis Inob keesis

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,884 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Both are nice medals- I do not see these too often either. Congrats

    Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

  • jayPemjayPem Posts: 4,082 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Does anybody collect those sweet embroidered Elvis jackets ?
    I know that Bolivar liked to rock them as well...somewhere on this planet one or two of those babys gotta still exist ! image

    Seriously though, thanks for posting those glorious medals ! Fascinating historical time !
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