What Is This? | Dassier Medal Of Charles I

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Ghost_X1 Valued Member 53 Posts	Posted 12/20/2012 4:12 pm I just got 2 of this a couple weeks ago for free. Look older then anything I've ever owned. Any informantion and possible value of this would be great Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 12/20/2012 8:38 pm I can't read the legend from those pics: can you please transcribe it Report this Post to the Staff
Ghost_X1 Valued Member 53 Posts	Posted 12/20/2012 11:39 pm Front:carolusid GM BR FR ET hib rex nat 13 nov 1600 cor 2 febr 1626 m 30 ian V 1649(on the back) Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 12/21/2012 12:16 am So far I can tell it's a medal commemorating Charles I of Great Britain, born November 19 (not 13), 1600, ruled from March 1625 (coronation February 2, 1626), beheaded January 30, 1649. Report this Post to the Staff
Ghost_X1 Valued Member 53 Posts	Posted 12/21/2012 4:19 pm Have any idea how old it is? It appears to be older then most of my other medals Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 12/21/2012 5:53 pm You would have to take a better picture than that if you'd like someone to help. Or look yourself for any artist/maker marks on the medal and do some research on the net. Report this Post to the Staff
platinrubel Valued Member Austria 194 Posts	Posted 12/22/2012 01:35 am CHARLES I, 1625-1649, medal on his death by Jean Dassier. Bronze Diameter:41mm. Date: 1731 Obverse: Bust of Charles I, facing left Legend: CAROLUS I.D.G.M.BR.FR.ET.HIB.REX (Charles I, by the grace of God, king of Great Britain, France and Ireland). Reverse: Monument with upon seated Britannia Legende: NAT 13 NOV 1600 COR 2 FEBR 1626 M.30 IANV 1649 (means: Born 13th November 1600/crowned on 2nd February 1626/death 30th January 1649). Literature: Eimer 164, Eisler 262/27. Christopher Eimer: British Commemorative Medals and Their Values (2010) William Lawrence Eisler:The Dassiers of Geneva: 18th-century European Medallists http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=296807 Edited by platinrubel 12/22/2012 03:20 am Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 12/22/2012 12:56 pm Well done! Report this Post to the Staff
Ghost_X1 Valued Member 53 Posts	Posted 12/22/2012 7:14 pm thank you sir! Report this Post to the Staff
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