NEWPs: Taler and Medal
Zohar
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Highly competitive sessions especially for the nicer coins. I ended up getting 2 very nice coins that fit my collection theme. The medal artistry is phenomenal in my opinion with such battle scene and detail captured on metal.
1618-CO Austria. Grandmaster Archduke Maximilian (1612-1618) Taler. Hall Mint. DAV-3324. KM-227.1, Dav-3324. A remarkable issue, and one that stuns in its preservation. Out of the 47 presently certified issues, this Taler is propelled to the very peak with its "star" superlative. NGC MS-65*.
1708 Holy Roman Empire - Capture of Lille. Nuremberg, Lauffer workshop. Attributed to Caspar Gottlieb Lauffer, possibly with Friedrich Kleinert. 49mm. Julius 702; MI II 339/170; Van Loon IV, p. 544 / V-119/4; Horsky 7612; Popelka 131; Senk 244. Struck to commemorate the Allied capture of Lille during the War of the Spanish Succession. One side presents a dramatic panoramic view of Lille under bombardment, with its fortifications, artillery, sun and moon, accompanied by the biblical invocation from Joshua 10:12. The inscription records the siege and surrender of the citadel on 9 December 1708. The other depicts the Tower of Babel, using the biblical confusion of languages as a satirical allegory for the defeated French forces, while recording Prince Eugene of Savoy's siege and capture of Lille. An exceptionally elaborate early 18th-century medal combining military topography, biblical allegory and anti-French political satire. The present specimen is particularly notable for its superb preservation and fine architectural and figural detail. NGC MS-65.
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Beautiful, as always!
I need to read a bit more about the Lauffer family - seems like coins/jetons/medals were the family business!
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Nice designs and we'll struck, cool
Outstanding quality. Congrats
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A very Zoharian post. I mean in its immaculate pictures and in the unbelievable quality of the coins.
The images and the write up of the medal in particular are superb.
What annoys me and it's always been a pattern on this forum is sections such as these:
The inscription records the siege and surrender of the citadel on 9 December 1708. The other depicts the Tower of Babel, using the biblical confusion of languages as a satirical allegory for the defeated French forces, while recording Prince Eugene of Savoy's siege and capture of Lille.
Collecting pieces that are satirical of the French, are a common denominator in this forum.
From @cacheman ´s Goetz medals that were of course satirical of the WW1 French, to the 1871 Prussian coin that celebrates a victory against them and must be in the posession of atleast three dozen members, I've seen dozens of anti French coins over the years.
Next time that some newbie comes and asks for world collecting suggestions, I'll tell him to start a set satirical of the French, including plainly hostile coins as well as coins commemorating battles that they lost.
Other than that, two exquisite acquisitions and wonderful presentations! Congrats.
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