Auction Catalogue

15 December 1995

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Historical Medals and Tokens

The Charing Cross Hotel  The Strand  London  WC2N 5HX

Lot

№ 697

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15 December 1995

Hammer Price:
£60

Austria, Golden Wedding of Johann Peter and Therese Edele von Reininghaus, 1900, silver medal by A. Scharff, conjoined busts right, reverse seated couple being feted by their guests, 59mm (Wurz. 7874; BDM VI, 373). Extremely fine and toned, an attractive medal full of detail (£50-80)

Curiously, this medal is struck with an inverted (i.e. coin) die-axis