Picked Up These 2 Beautiful Medals!

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Zohar444 Pillar of the Community United States 1429 Posts	Posted 03/15/2009 4:02 pm Saw these medals during a random scan of ebay this weekend and could not resist. Enjoy! Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 03/15/2009 5:49 pm Excellent design on these medals. Report this Post to the Staff
Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 03/15/2009 5:50 pm G'day, very nifty: especially the bull-riding. Peter Report this Post to the Staff
Zohar444 Pillar of the Community United States 1429 Posts	Posted 03/15/2009 5:54 pm I love the coin minting process design. Report this Post to the Staff
manila galleon trade Pillar of the Community Spain 1361 Posts	Posted 03/15/2009 6:01 pm Quote: I love the coin minting process design Report this Post to the Staff
Zohar444 Pillar of the Community United States 1429 Posts	Posted 03/15/2009 6:17 pm 1st medal celebrates 600 year of coin minting in Stuttgart, I think. Any help on identifying both would be appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff
chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 03/15/2009 7:38 pm That's what the inscription says, yes. The text on the other side is in Latin and means something like Seal of Eberhard, Count of Württemberg. Europa on the Bull (Zeus) is a fairly common theme on coins and medals with "European" themes. She is the one who our continent was named after, so to say. The other side says Butchers Federation of Austria. In the middle, the federal CoA, surrounded by the arms of the Austrian states. Christian Report this Post to the Staff
Zohar444 Pillar of the Community United States 1429 Posts	Posted 03/15/2009 7:39 pm Thanks Christian. Very helpful. Report this Post to the Staff
chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 03/15/2009 7:58 pm By the way, the Baden-Württemberg Mint (of which Stuttgart is one facility; Karlsruhe is the other one) has two silver proof versions of the first medal in its shop. One is "shiny", the other one has a frosted look. ~~Would give you the link, but all I get now is a server error message.~~ (Edit) Here we go: http://www.staatlichemuenzenbw.de/ On the left, click on "Shop". Then, on the next page, click on "Artikelgruppen" on the left (or click that "weiter zu den Artikelgruppen" box at the top), finally click on "Medaillen" and scroll down quite a bit. Here is an article from a German coin magazine http://www.muenzenmagazin.de/m%FCnz...tuttgart.pdf about the Stuttgart facility. On the last page there is a paragraph "1374 verlieh der Kaiser Stuttgart das Münzrecht" which says that on 17 January 1374 Emperor Charles IV granted Count Eberhard II of Württemberg the right to mint coins. In the top right corner of that page you can also see that historic document. Not detailed, but that is what your medal commemorates ... Christian Edited by chrisild 03/15/2009 8:05 pm Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 03/16/2009 06:49 am The Europa medal is very beautiful, thanks for sharing Report this Post to the Staff
chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 03/16/2009 07:06 am Hmm, I wonder what those butchers would do with the bull ... Had a closer look at the other side, and that looks different from what you usually see on Austrian coins. Here are the CoA's as they appear on modern Austrian collector coins: http://www.muenze-oesterreich.at/im...ser/2209.jpg The eagle in the center is the (federal) Austrian eagle though; see here http://www.muenze-oesterreich.at/im...user/530.jpg for example. Strange. Christian Report this Post to the Staff
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