Anthony C. Pacquet

[Yarm]

This Stack's auction photo features one of the works of Mr. Pacquet outside of coinage. It's an 1864 medal of the

Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul in Philadelphia and according to the description, it's white metal. Weiner and

Bianchi had nothing on this fellow.

 

[Bugmann1974]

Wow! Amazing detail in that!

[rrantique]

Wow talk about 3-D. (thumbs u

[Schatzy]

WOW...looks more like a painting than a medal!!

[MunkyMan95]

It reminds me of Weiner medals, but turned up about 4 notches.

 

Awesome medal!

[WoodenJefferson]

What is the estimated auction price, any idea?

 

Wern't these also struck in copper or bronze?

[Oldtrader3]

Is this an Austrian copy of Pius IX election as Pope (same engraver)? Pius was the subject of an interesting book about Pius his being "A Prisoner of the Vatican" until 1896 (?) or whenever he died. He would not leave the Vatican nor acknowledge the loss of the Papel States in the Italian Civil War of 1861. He never acknowledged or spoke about or to the King, Victor Emmanual I even though they lived across the same courtyard from one another.

[Yarm]

This medal is listed in the Stack's Coin Galleries March auction as American by Pacquet.

It's 80mm and 9mm thick so it must weigh at least a half pound. The opening bid is $450

suggesting an expected sales price of roughly $800. Although I love the reverse, the obverse

has too much damage for my tastes.

 

 

As far as I know, it was Bianchi who engraved some of the spectacular architectural medals

for Pius IX that have been posted on occasion. I've only seen these medals in bronze and silver.

 

[WoodenJefferson]

With that design, it seems like you could just step up and over that lip and take a walk all the way to the back of the room. Of course as you retreated, you would also become smaller.

 

Some real killer medals.

[MorganMan]

This Stack's auction photo features one of the works of Mr. Pacquet outside of coinage. It's an 1864 medal of the

Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul in Philadelphia and according to the description, it's white metal. Weiner and

Bianchi had nothing on this fellow.

 

 

 

Talk about tiny denticles.....

[x2rider]

I really love the toning on the tiles .

You would have to marvel at the skill of the diemaker to be able to press out that puppy

[RWB]

"Paquet"

[just-john]

You must have to have a gift to engrave like that .I couldn't do that given 100 yrs and a gun to my head.