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Memento Mori Medal: Remember you must die / Hodie Mihi Cras Tibi: My turn today, yours tomorrow

Mr_ColomboMr_Colombo Posts: 75 ✭✭✭
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I recently acquired this and another Memento Mori related medal. The Latin phrase "Memento Mori" translates to Remember you must die. There are numerous illustrations and paintings made of this subject during the 16th and 17th centuries but very few medallic designs. If anyone has additional information on the subject or similar medals, I would love to see them.

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  • AbueloAbuelo Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Never seen it in a coin or medal which is surprising considering that became an artistic fashion since the XIV century. Nice.

  • carabonnaircarabonnair Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭✭✭


    Michael Bezayiff posted this one on his Facebook page because Halloween. (Not for sale) A Belgium Memento Mori issued in 1911 by E. de Bremaecker with a reported mintage of only fifty pieces. Medailles Historques III 148.

    Gawain

    Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 27, 2025 2:04AM

    A modern take on the subject by the Shire Post Mint:

    (Memento Vivere: remember that you must live).

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