baptismal medal

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  1. PaulTudor

    PaulTudor Well-Known Member

    I'm really curious if anyone saw this one before and knows where it was struck!Is it a Nurnberg tauf medal?

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  3. fretboard

    fretboard Defender of Old Coinage!

    I don't know anything about it but it's super cool! :D
     
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  4. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    I would say it was struck in Nurnberg Mint. Nurnberg struck a lot of the Pascal Lamb in gold/ silver coinage series.
     
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  5. Seattlite86

    Seattlite86 Outspoken Member

    Haven't found anything yet, but it's really cool and I'll see what I can do over the next day or two.
     
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  6. Chris B

    Chris B Supporter! Supporter

    Do you have a diameter and weight? I haven't been able to find anything yet, and that is frustrating me.
     
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  7. Seattlite86

    Seattlite86 Outspoken Member

    Found something after doing some searching in German! Unfortunately, no location, but this gets us much closer!

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    https://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotv...&Lot=211&Val=3a0ae248aace24ec35ca62c12b417227

    DEUTSCHLAND. Medaillen. Miscellanea. Taufe und Firmung. Silbermedaille o. J. (1. Hälfte 17. Jahrhundert). 28,72 g. Tauftaler. Unsigniert. Lamm Gottes mit Kreuzfahne auf einem Buch, doppelter Umschriftenkreis. Rv. Taufszene im Jordan. 46.7 mm.
    Unediert. Von großer Seltenheit. Sehr schön.

    English: medal, misc. Baptism and confirmation. Silver medal without year (1st half of the 17th century), 28.72 g, Baptismal taler. Unsigned. God's lamb with cross banner/flag on top of a book, doubled circular writing. Reverse: Baptismal scene in Jordan. 46.7mm, unedited. Extremely rare. Very Good (Grade)
     
  8. PaulTudor

    PaulTudor Well-Known Member

    It's 48 mm!I found it for sale, but had to dig for some more info!
     
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  9. PaulTudor

    PaulTudor Well-Known Member

    Spot on!This is the one!As panzerman said, i tend to believe it's a Nurnberg piece!
     
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  10. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Too compare from my AV Quarter Dukat from Nurnberg lf - 2020-03-08T115317.118.jpg lf - 2020-03-08T115329.240.jpg
     
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  11. Hermann Watzlawik

    Hermann Watzlawik Well-Known Member

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  12. talerman

    talerman Well-Known Member

    A similar obverse appears on this 1603 Nuremberg Kerzendreier (baptismal token):

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