Paul J. Bosco
Coins and Medals
149 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10016
(212) 758-2646
TOPICAL MEDALS, ÔEngineeringÕ to ÔNudesÕ – this page
TOPICAL MEDALS, ÔAncient PeopleÕ to ÔEducationÕ
TOPICAL MEDALS, ÔNumismaticsÕ to 'World War IIÕ
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These are the categories of Topical Medals in the stock at our New York store
For personal medals sorted by topic click here
For personal medals sorted by person click here
For historical medals by country click here
For art medals sorted by country and artist click here
Send your want lists to me at: pauljbosco@covad.net
Topics of Medals in our Stock
Engineering
Erotica and nudes
Explorers
Expositions and WorldÕs Fairs
Belgium
France
1855, 1867, 1878, 1889 (Eiffel Tower), 1897, 1909, 1931 (Colonial), 1937
Great Britain
1851 (Crystal Palace, 1862, 1885
Coronations and Jubilees
United States
Centennial, 1876
See below, under Unusual Materials, for a case of wooden medals and a rubber medal from this exhibition.
Columbiana, 1893-4; for medals of Columbus, see http://www.pauljbosco.com/personalmedals.htm
Statue of Liberty
Panama-Pacific, 1904
Saint-Louis, 1904
Hudson-Fulton, 1907
New York, 1937, 1964
Bicentennial, 1976
Other Europe
Other World
Finance and banking
Andrew Carnegie, Carnegie Foundation 1904, Palace of Peace 1913, by Toon Dupuis and C. J. Begeer, bronze, 70 mm., about EF, $199; bronze, 29 mm., spotted, $35.
Fire/Police
Fishing
Food and cooking
Franklin, Ben: see http://www.pauljbosco.com/personalmedals.htm
Fraternal and veterans organizations
Gardening & Horticulture
Geography
Belgium, Abraham Ortelius, extensive biographical inscription on reverse includes numismatic activity, by Jouvenel, bronze, 46 mm, XF, $149.
United States, American Geographical Society, Dedication of Building on Audubon Terrace (former site of the American Numismatic Society, now Boricua College), 1912, named on reverse to Gottfried Merzbacher, by Tiffany, silver, 92 x 75 mm., Choice EF, $1,250.
German-American
Historical medals: see: http://www.pauljbosco.com/historicalmedals.htm
A sample of our stock of World War I medals
Hunting
Indians and cowboys
Industry
Industrial Award Medal, by Lucien Coudray, c. 1900-1910, bronze, 50 mm., $149.
International electrotechnical exhibition, Frankfurt am Main, 1891, by Oscar Bergmann, bronzed copper, 42 mm., offered with antique exhibition label, $175.
Gottfred Schenker, founder of largest international transport company of the nineteenth century, Vienna, by Hans Rathausksy, 1901, uniface bronze plaquette, 61 x 144 mm., EF, deep chocolate brown patina, very slightest spotting $295.
Bausch and Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, NY, 75th anniversary, 1928, by Alphonse Anton Kolb, gilt bronze, uniface, 81 mm., Excellent condition, $175.
Insurance
Inventors,
To check out our inventory of medals relating to invention click here
For medals of individual inventors click here
Journalism, see Columbia University, below
Judaica
To check out our inventory of Judaica medals click here
For medals of Jewish individuals click here
See also the list for our forthcoming auction of Judaica medals: http://www.pauljbosco.com/Judaicaauction.htm
Labor
Lafayette: see http://www.pauljbosco.com/personalmedals.htm
Click here for a page featuring four of our Lafayette medals
Inv. 2935. Medal of Lafayette by Benjamin Duvivier, 1790, silver 41 mm. The Avenger of Liberty Medal, from the Fuld Collection and the plate medal from the Melvin and George FuldÕs ÒMedallic Memorials to Lafayette.Ó After Lafayette fled from the Terror, the medalist Duvivier offered the die for this medal to the public executioner in place of the head of Lafayette. This specimen is engraved on the edge as a wedding commemoration for Michel Jean-Baptiste Jacques Aroux, a prominent judge in Rouen during the French Revolution and Empire, and Agathe Ignace Payenneville, July 29, 1790.
Silver, 41 mm, Nearly EF (StackÕs: Òabout uncirculatedÓ). Fuld LA.1790.4. From the StackÕs Philadelphia Americana Sale, 30 Sept. – 2 Oct. 2010, lot 5489. Much rarer than silver strikes of 41mm Napoleon medals, but barely more expensive. $1,500
Figure 2 Lafayette medal by Duvivier Figure 3 Lafayette medal by Duvivier
Inv. 2940. Barricades medal of 1830 featuring Lafayette. One of the medals of the street fighters in the July Revolution of 1830, which overthrew the Restoration monarchy of Charles X. This plain, white metal badge bears a legend Òto the intrepid citizens of Paris, Barricades, 27, 28, 29 JulyÓ
White metal, 28 mm, looped. EF for this crude piece; it could not be much better (StackÕs: ÒuncirculatedÓ). Fuld LA.1830.14. From the collection of Dr. George Fuld. From the StackÕs Philadelphia Americana Sale, 30 Sept. – 2 Oct. 2010, lot 5519. $350
Figure 3 Lafayette barricades medal Figure 5 Lafayette barricades medal
Law
Wiliiam Ewart Gladstone, plus all of the members of the House of Commons (listed on 50 lines!!), 1894 by L. C. Lauer (Nuremberg), published by J. Rochelle Thomas, BHM 3468, Eimer 1792 (£200-350), bronze, 95 mm., EF, light but numerous surface marks (still VF or +), $395.
Victor-Peter Dautel, La Justesse, c. 1910, published by C. R. Sandoz, cast bronze uniface plaquette, 91 x 123 mm., softly modeled in the fashion of the era, a rare, oversized cast version, $295.
Libraries and publishing
Lifesaving
Carnegie Hero Fund, Belgium, by Armand Bonnetain, gilt silver, 66 mm., awarded 1921 to Odon-LŽon Titeux, in original presentation box, $1,500.
Carnegie Medal for France, founded 1909, by Louis Dejeau, bronze, 53 x 80 mm., awarded to F. Biere, 1933, in original presentation case, $295; also in silver, awarded 1922, overall about VF, $800.
Carnegie Lifesaving Foundation, Switzerland, founded 1911, by Hans Frei, silver, 70 mm., in original case of issue, $1,500.
To the heroes of the sea, by Paul Bargas, after AndrŽ Verdilhan, bronzed galvano plaquette, 136 x236 mm., flanges on back for mounting, $795.
Lincoln, Abraham: see http://www.pauljbosco.com/personalmedals.htm
Literature
Inv. 2804. Medal of Jean Jacques Rousseau by Rambert Dumarest, c. 1805.
Bronze proof, medallic 2 sol, stamped on edge: SE VEND A PARIS CHEZ MONNERON (PATENTE). Superb condition, $225.
Figure 6 Rousseau medal by Dumarest Figure 7 Rousseau medal by Dumarest
To check out our inventory of medals relating to literature click here
For medals of individual authors click here
To view the inventory of medals of Lord Byron click here
Love and marriage
Magic
Maps and geography
Mathematics
Guido Grandi, 1671-1742, by Antonio Selvi, 1738, mathematician and monk, reverse bears motto of Archimedes: ΕΥΡΗΚΑ (I HAVE FOUND IT), V & T 193, cast bronze, 84.5 mm., very good and very early aftercast of the $1,250 to $1,500 original, $550.
Medical
Inv. 2801. Medal of Dr. David Hosack by Moritz Furst, struck at the United States Mint, c. 1830. Original striking in bronze, 34 mm. Very nearly mint state, $250.
Inv. 4175. Paul Ehrlich and Hata Sahatschiro work on cure for syphilis, by Franz Kounitzky, bronze, 66 mm., $275.
To check out our inventory of personal medical medals click here
For medals of individual physicians and researchers click here
Specialties:
Dentistry
Nursing
Obstetrics and gynecology
Ophthalmology, vision and blindness
Pediatrics
Pharmacology and pharmaceuticals
Psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis
Public health, sanitation, vaccination, epidemiology, immunology
Radiology
Red Cross
Surgery
Urology
Veterinary
Military decorations
Mining and metallurgy
Motorcycles
Music
Bela Bart—k, by Andr‡s Beck, 1967, bronze, 68 mm., cf. Niggl 90, striking by Paris Mint, 1984, $85.
La Musique, by Pierre Theunis, Belgian, bronze, 67 x 56 mm., some spotting on neck, $110.
Le Concert, by M. Renard, bronze, uniface, 69 mm., spots on the lower right, $249.
For additional music-themed art medals, click here.
Music Festivals
German Choral Festival, Frankfurt am Main, 1932, on the centennial of GoetheÕs death, by Alexander Kraumann, number 3635 on our inventory of personal musical medals click here, bronze, looped and ribboned, 64 x 82 mm., $249.
International Music Congress, Rome, 1911, by P. Missetti, bronze, uniface, 48 x 38 mm., $120.
Music schools
Royal Academy of Music, The Lord Howard de Walden Drama Medal, by A. F. Wyon, gilt bronze, 48 mm., $200.
Music prizes
New York City Conservatory of Music, the Ewen Prize for Excellence in Singing, 1885, white metal, 49 mm., about VF, mostly light gray, $80.
For medals of individual composers and musicians click here
click here to view the medallion of Giacomo Meyerbeer by David dÕAngers
Mythology
Napoleon Bonaparte: see http://www.pauljbosco.com/personalmedals.htm
Naval
See also Ocean Liners
Nelson, Lord: see http://www.pauljbosco.com/personalmedals.htm
Nudes – Male and Female
American Numismatic Society, Centennial Medal, 1958, by Laura Gardin Fraser, bronze, 88 mm., $249.
TOPICAL MEDALS, ÔEngineeringÕ to ÔNudesÕ – this page
TOPICAL MEDALS, ÔAncient PeopleÕ to ÔEducationÕ
TOPICAL MEDALS, ÔNumismaticsÕ to 'World War IIÕ
For personal medals sorted by topic click here
For personal medals sorted by person click here
For historical medals by country click here
For art medals sorted by country and artist click here
Send your want lists to me at: pauljbosco@covad.net