I love...Big Copper

Pius IX by Gayrard, 59.5mm, 88gms.



The Symbolism of the Pelican

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How much do those types of coins cost?

 

I love giant copper and bronze pieces.


King George IV and Queen Caroline were one of my favorite disastrous royal marriages:

http://www.regencyhistory.net/2011/11/george-iv-and-queen-caroline-disastrous.html

Here is my giant bronze depicting the trial of of Queen Caroline (not my pictures):





This medal measures a monstrous D. 82 mm.

One of favorite royal anecdotes:

In 1821 a messenger came to tell George IV of Napoleon's death. "I have, sir, to congratulate you. Your greatest enemy is dead."

George IV rejoiced, "Is she, by God." (The King thought that Queen Caroline had died, instead.)

Queen Caroline had the following engraved on her coffin: "Caroline of Brunswick, injured Queen of England."

 

I remembered I had this tucked away - French medal for Marie Duchess D'Orleans, responsible for the sculpture of Jean of Arc on the reverse. Measures about 52mm diameter and 5mm thick.

Apologies for the blurriness particularly on the reverse - it is struck so deep it will not lie flat on my scanner!

 

B. Pistrucci engraved the official coronation medal for Queen Victoria, 36mm in high relief. However, I prefer this less well known version at 87mm (BHM 1802).

 

Highly variable depending on type, denomination & date. I think it's really hard to find any of the big 40 reis in the 1750's without countermark. The reason is that they were struck in Portugal [I think] and every piece destined for Brazil was countermarked. Anyhow for pieces in the 1700's, circ, with countermark I'd guess $40 to $75. The unc 1828 cost me close to $250 or $280 or $300, I really can't remember now.

 

Produced by J.& J. Braddock for the 1888 Centennial International Exhibition in Melbourne. 76mm.

 

Found this one in a back drawer:

Historical medallion from Evesham recording political events in 1819. Measures about 53mm in diameter, so fairly chunky!

 

Birmingham Grammar School award, 58mm

 

hate to break the run of medals with an actual circulating coin but...
This is one of the common Egyptian bronzes, however this one is double weight.
Ptolemy II (r. 283 - 246 BC I think), AE 47, 98.1 grams. Typically they run around 40 g. Of course the pit in the center ob & rev is not damage but a centering hole used to help them make the large flans prior to striking. The light color means the alloy is copper with a high % of tin alloy: thus it should be safer for young children to chew on.



I may have previously posted my Roman Aes Grave at 261 grams.

 

Since you've bumped this thread I may as well put this one in - already on a new acquisitions thread but very appropriate here:

70mm diameter copper medallion for the World Fair in Vienna in 1873. This was the first one held in a Germanic speaking country and marked Austria's return to the fold after various wars. The obverse features the bust of Franz Josef I and the inscription above the reverse translates as "For Progress" I believe. Striking figures depicted, though the women have rather strong jaws for my taste!

 

Gregory XVI, Anno VII, San Paolo Ruins by Girometti, 50mm.

 

What I don't quite understand - San Paolo fuori le Mura was partly destroyed in 1823, as the medal says. So was this 1837 piece issued as some kind of fundraiser? Anyway, the "church side" has an attractive design.

Christian

 

You never cease to amaze me. 1848 is stunning

 

The church ruins reverse first appears on a medal produced during the reign of Leone XII (1823-1829) and was used again for medals under Gregory XVI and Pius IX. No idea why.

 

My favoorite is my icon:

 

1792, Tribute to the Prince of Wales by Barnett, BHM #361, 48mm.

 

Best 1792 detail I've seen.

 

There were some huge medals produced by the Vatican during the 19th century particularly during the papacy of Pius IX. Here's an 82mm medal of 1851 featuring the basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano. It weighs almost 265 grams.

The steel stamp used to produce the medal dwarfed the medal itself





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