World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

658 Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959), architect,
memorial Bronze Medal, c.1960, by E Claus, head
left in hat, his name staggered behind, rev Greek
maze design, I’LL THINK AS I’LL ACT AS I AM,
79.5mm. Very fine. £60-80
659 Dr Gay van der Meer, numismatist, patinated
Bronze Tribute Medal, 1991, by Geer Steyn,
for the British Art Medal Society, head right,
standing figure with wreath and bow, OPTIME
MERITIS, 86mm (The Medal, no.19, 1991), edition
of 50; George Sand (1804-1876), author, modern
patinated Bronze Art Medal, by André Belo,
67.5mm; Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), modern
French Bronze Art Medal, 68mm; André Gide
(1869-1954), Bronze Portrait Medal, c.1954, by
Annette Landry (bust dated 1949 on truncation).
Extremely fine or virtually so. (4) £100-150
(image reduced)
655 “Dionysus”, Bronze Medal of the Society of
Medalists, issue 2, 1930, by Paul Manship, bust,
after the antique, rev young satyrs treading grapes,
72.5mm; “Fame and Glory”, Bronze Medal of the
Society of Medalists, issue 3, 1931 by Carl Paul
Jennewein, a bee, FA – MA, rev winged cherub with
wreath, 73mm. Extremely fine. (2) £100-150
656 Indian “Prayer for Rain” and “Hopi” snake dance,
patinated Bronze Medal of the Society of Medalists,
issue 3, 1931, by Hermon Atkins MacNeil, 73mm,
“Abundance”, Bronze Medal of the Society of
Medalists, issue 10, 1934, by Albert Laessle, an
American Turkey, AMERICA, rev head of corn,
ABUNDANCE, 73mm. Extremely fine. (2) £80-120
Albert Laessle (1911-1954), sculptor; Hermon Atkins MacNeil
(1866-1947), sculptor.
Dr Gay van der Meer, Keeper of the Koninklijk Kabinet van
Munten, Penningen en Gesneden Stenen, The Hague.
Geer Steyn (born 1945), Dutch sculptor and medallist, taught at
the Art Colleges in The Hague and Amsterdam.
MEDALS BY SUBJECT
660 Engraved Coins, George II Silver Coins (4),
variously engraved and seemingly related,
Halfcrown, 1746 LIMA, scrolled JD, rev 1793 in
angles; Halfcrown, 1746 LIMA, P / D / TO / CH E in
angles; Shilling, 1745 LIMA, E / D / W / D in angles;
Shilling, 1745 LIMA, 1758, “Sarah Blackley”, rev T
/ & / H / B in angles. Fine or a little better and an
unusual group. (4) £100-150
661 Engraved Coins, smoothed Georgian Halfpenny,
engraved “Sarah Brock” and armorial goat’s head
to left, 27.5mm; another, with initials IP / SC,
28mm. First fine, the second nearly so but stained and
verdigris spot to SC side. (2) £30-50
(image reduced)
657 Chicago International Exhibition, 1933, Official
Bronze Medal, by Emil Robert Zettler, standing
male nude with flowing loin-cloth, rev map in
relief of Exhibition grounds and lake-front, 70mm;
“Riggers and Riveters”, Bronze Medal of the
Society of Medalists, issue 30, 1944, by Mahonri
Young, “High Iron” workers riding a beam, rev
Riveters at work on skyscraper, 72.5mm. Both
extremely fine. (2) £80-120
Emil Robert Zettler (1878-1946), sculptor and head of Industrial
Art Section of Chicago’s Art Institute.
Mahonri Mackintosh Young (1877-1957), sculptor and grandson
of Brigham Young. This medal grew out of sketches that the artist
made while watching construction from his studio window.
The goat’s head is the crest of some branches of the Brook[e]
family and, no doubt, also the Brock’s.
662 Exploration, French World Exploration, Louis
Phillipe I, South Polar voyage of Dumont D’Urville
and Jacquinot, Bronze Medal, 1837, by Barré, head
leaft, rev text, 50mm. Fine. £120-150
663 Medicine, The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries,
Galen Medal, uniface Specimen Trial Striking in
Bronze of the obverse [1925], by Henry Paget, bust
left, after W Wyon, GALEN before it, 48mm (NC,
1980, p.168). Matt surface,mint state. £60-80
The Galen or Gold Medal, also known as “The Society of
Apothecaries’ Medal”, was instituted in 1925 for valuable services
or contributions rendered to the science of therapeutics.