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1903 Thurgau - Weinfelden Shooting Medal, Mintage:400

Generally pleased with this batch of low mintage 19th material. Somewhat dissapointed with the St. Gallen which has some cleaning.

1900 Basel Cantonal Shooting Festival at Beider

Richter-127b, Martin-78, Krause-43

Design: Hans Frei

Bronze 45mm

Scarce in bronze.

1894 Lucerne Cantonal Shooting Festival

Richter-877a and 877b, Martin-474, Krause-154

Design: G. Hantz/J. Kauffmann

Silver, Bronze 45mm

Mintage: Silver, 800, Bronze, 500.

1892 Neuchatel, Le Locle Cantonal Shooting Festival

Richter-959c, Martin-519/A, Krause-166

Design: Huguenin, Le Locle

Bronze 45mm

Mintage: 643

1900 Zurich Cantonal Shooting Festival at Uster

Richter-1782b, Martin-1064, Krause-367

Design: Homberg/Bosshard

Matt Silver, 45mm

Scarce

1895 St. Gallen Cantonal Shooting Festival

Richter-1168a, Martin-568, Krause-185

Design:Franz Homberg

Silver 45mm

Mintage: 800

Thanks HiHo. I am trying to find better pieces offloading some of my lower grades. This one is my other 1717 Taler MS-63 Taler's brother.

1714 Charles VI (1711-1740) Taler

Vienna Mint

NGC MS-63

DAV-1035

Three events greatly influenced the course of human history – the creation of a faith centered on One God, the emergence from the Dark Ages into a renaissance of enlightenment in the 16th century, and the religious wars in which almost half the population of Europe died 100 years later. These shared a common denominator: that God attended the constant appeals for protection and solace, in their lives, by royalty and citizens of the time.

The appreciation of this faith was the use of the Name of God, in Hebrew, considered the language of God, on coins and medals of the middle ages.

This is my first of this type. Some doubling on the lettering and the obverse, yet still maintains the uniqueness of this piece in my view. Only 700 minted (Thanks Brent!)

1671 Saxe-Gotha, Ernst the Pious (1640-1675) Reichstaler. DAV-7451.

Theme: Marriage Ernst's son Bernhard Saxe-Meiningen, Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Obverse: Bride and groom joined hands. Dove under Jehovah in Hebrew Letters with rays descending on wedding couple.

Reverse: Twelve line inscription detailing the marriage of his son Bernhard and Maria Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Continuing the set buildout. 2 more modern types, first considered rare.

St. Gallen

Aargau - Brugg

Its damn cool Hus. Well done!

I just lucked out and found another Zug medal in better shape than the other i have.

Also got these lower mintage pieces:

1903 Appenzell Ausserrrhoden- Cantonal Shooting Festival at Herisau

Richter-70a, Martin-44, Krause-25

Design: Rietmann

45mm Silver

1900 Aargau Cantonal Shooting Festival at Zofingen

Richter-27a, Martin-23, Krause-12

Design: Franz Homberg

38mm Silver

Mintage: 330

1899 Lucerne Cantonal Shooting Festival at Kriens

Richter-878a, Martin-475, Krause-155

Design: Huguenin, Le Locle

38mm Silver

1903 Aargau 100 Year Shooting Festival Anniversary at Baden

Richter-29a, Martin-25, Krause-14

Design: Franz Homberg

37mm Silver

Mintage: 350

These are kind of neat in my opinion. While the first is common, the second is quite scarce per Richter.

1906 Appenzell Ausserrrhoden, Cantonal Shooting Festival at Teufen

Richter-71a, Martin-45, Krause-26

Design: Stauffacher/Homberg

45mm Silver

1902 Zug Cantonal Shooting Festival (Scratch is unfortunate yet given low mintage, I had to take it).

Richter-1678a, Martin-996, Krause-343

Design: Homberg

45mm Silver

Mintage: 300

I like it!

Both are very nice. How many of the Holy Freres medals do you have thus far?

So while I am not winning on Heritage's auctions, I am doing better with my raw shooting medal purchases. A few rare ones in this lot.

1892 Zurich Free City Shoot, Shooting Society

Richter-1752a, Martin-1038, Krause-359

Design: Bovy/Freytag

48mm, Silver

1865 Zurich, City Archery Shooting Festival

Richter-1727c, Martin-1017, Krause-352

Design: Jakob Friedruch Aberli

54mm Bronze

1895 Zurich Federal Festival Winterthur

Richter-1756b, Martin-1046, Krause-361

George Hantz

45mm Silver

Mintage: 5,060

1914 Geneva 100 Year Shooting Festival Anniversary

R-753a, Martin-412, Krause-131

Design: L'Huuillier/Durouvenoz

45mm Silver

Mintage: 633

1886 Neuchatel La Chaux de Fonds, Cantonal Schützenfest

Richter-951b, Martin-512, Krause-165

Design: Durussel

47mm Bronze

Mintage: 1,250

1896 Aargau Cantonal Shooting Festival at Baden

Richter-19b, Martin-14, Krause-8

Design: Franz Homberg

45mm Bronze

Mintage: 450

bluehorse444

I can't wait myself for this show coming up. Hopefully I can find a Taler or Two.

Got these in today for the new year !

and broken slab which came in box arrggh:

A few very large shooting medals.

I do not know which battle this refers to yet the designwork/detail here is outstanding IMO.

Received this pair as well:

Just received this lot of 19th century material. All low mintage (400-800 minted) fabulous designwork IMO. One duplicate.

This is the first time I buy raw from a European dealer, coin unseen in hand. I like the original look/patina and the even toning. Coin is still in transit yet thought I would share.

1613 Archduke Maximilian Taler

DAV-3316, Vogelhuber-122/III

Hall Mint

20th century shooting medals - Still the designs are there...

Very nice!