Auction Catalogue

9 & 10 December 2003

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1558

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10 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£60

Johann Strauss Golden Jubilee Concert, Vienna, 1894, a silver medal by A. Scharff, bust right, wearing bow tie, rev. musical instruments stacked before a hall filled with waltzing couples, 59mm (Niggl 1954; BDM V, 369); together with a uniface medal of Strauss by A. Hartig, bust almost full-face, 40mm (cf. Niggl 1942b) [2]. Last extremely fine, first nearly so but sometime cleaned (£80-120)