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JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Any help on this would be appreciated. It appears to be a bronze medal with incredible detail, especially on the reverse. It is just shy of a 1/2 inch thick. I put a Washington next to it to show its size. Its big enough to make a great hood ornament on HepKitty's new T-Bird. Any ideas?
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    LouisLouis Posts: 3,687
    I like the 3D effect on the hall on the reverse. image
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    RGLRGL Posts: 3,784 ✭
    Well, it's Pope Pius the Ninth, 1846-78, but cannot help with origin of the medal...
    The Ludlow Collection (DCAM/CAM)
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    No idea what it is, but I think it's damned cool! image

    Russ, NCNE
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    foodudefoodude Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭
    I like the 3D effect on the hall on the reverse Yeah that effect is really cool. image
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    jbstevenjbsteven Posts: 6,178 ✭
    Is it the size of a dinner plate? image
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    techefftecheff Posts: 2,285
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    OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ME WANT! ME WANT!!!!
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    ClausUrchClausUrch Posts: 1,278 ✭
    Nice medal! Who is the engraver; I can't make out the name under the bust. I'm certain one of the Darksiders familiar with medals can be of assistance.
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    vrtech99vrtech99 Posts: 553
    I have absolutely no idea, but i love the reverse, i don't think i have ever seen anything like that....Very coolll......image
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    JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The reverse goes on and on. Looking thru a 20 loop at this baby will take months to cover the whole surface.
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    JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ClausUrch, The name/wording under the bust is I.BIANCHI F. if that is of any help.
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,157 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Try posting it on the Darkside. We have some good exonumists over there. That is a lovely medal.

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

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    MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,747 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't know exactly what it is, but if you like it you should check out this site.
    Andy Lustig

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    Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    Man that's incredible whatever it is! image
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
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    JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well if anyone is curious, I went over and visited the Darkside and lo and behold--- almost instantly got an answer(I was really impressed). Its a Vatican Bronze Medal of Pius 9th 1854. And thanks for the input everyone.image
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    ElectricEyeElectricEye Posts: 2,354
    this deserves to be gold plated, put on a chain and proudly worn circa a 1980's Miami street hustler image
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    AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭


    << <i>this deserves to be gold plated, put on a chain and proudly worn circa a 1980's Miami street hustler >>

    Bite your tongue!!!imageimageimage


    That is indeed a nice medal and a rare one. I'm not very familiar with Vatican issues, but I believe that is the provenance of this one. Bianchi was a noted Italian medallist and certainly the quality speaks for itself. If you decide to not keep it, let me know!
    Askari



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    Rob85635Rob85635 Posts: 1,230 ✭✭✭
    WOW, that is incredible. That has got to be the best 3D type effect I have ever seen. Neato.

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    PistareenPistareen Posts: 1,506 ✭✭✭
    The reverse shows a style that was somewhat in vogue in the mid-19th century. There is a famous one showing the interior of St. Paul's in London, and US Mint engraver Anthony Paquet once accomplished a medal in the same style depicting the interior of SS Peter and Paul Cathedral in Philadelphia. A white metal specimen of the Paquet medal is about the price of a generic MS-64 Morgan, give or take. Of course, it might take you a year to find one. image
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