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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1172459, member: 39&quot;]More about the Gutenberg Musem is here: <a href="http://www.gutenberg-museum.de/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gutenberg-museum.de/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gutenberg-museum.de/</a>&nbsp; That medal is probably from 1968, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of his birth. It shows a printing press and the CoA of Mainz, so I guess it was issued by the city. (Both Germanies, so to say, also issued coins on that occasion.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The Volksfürsorge was founded in 1913, originally as an insurance for workers and closely connected to the trade unions. That changed later, and today Volksfürsorge is part of the Generali Group. The 1925-1975 jubilee apparently refers to the Sachversicherung (property insurance) branch. The CoA is that of the city of Hamburg; guess that is where that insurance company has or had its seat.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and the &quot;1000&quot; will refer to the silver content. That Mainz medal should be pure silver then ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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