Nice 1839 German Medal I Picked Up Today. Brandenburg-Prussia.

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paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 02/12/2017 12:47 am Hope you enjoy the presentation. It will be receiving light conservation when I get it from seller. I don't think seller quite appreciated what they had, since it sold for a fraction of its value, and as a German States collector, it fits right in with my German States coins and other German medals. Any errors are my own. Thanks for looking & have a great evening! Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff

Potsdam Valued Member Germany 303 Posts	Posted 02/12/2017 05:17 am Congratulations on that beautiful medal. Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 02/12/2017 07:19 am Thank you Potsdam! Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
ErrorCoins222 Pillar of the Community United States 1699 Posts	Posted 02/13/2017 04:57 am Very cool. Is this a famous engraver? I buy and sell a lot of medals and I hardly ever pay attention to foreign exonumia. When I end up selling foreign stuff, it always excedes my expectations. A piece like this though, with it being so old, I would have done my research! Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 02/13/2017 1:01 pm Christian Karl Pfeuffer was one of a great many decently skilled engravers to come out of Germany in the mid 19th c, many had training in France or Russia, but probably the most well known was Daniel Friedrich Loos (who signed his work D. F. Loos or just Loos.) Medals were issued for pretty much everything, from local "county fair" type contests to city and royal awards to military honors. Pretty far from "Famous", though, in any sense of the word, unlike Roty or Wyon or St-Gaudens who could justly be considered "famous." Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
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