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Austria - 1809

Count Leopold von Berththold

Obverse:

Wreath of oak, and stars, DEM FREUND | DER HUMANITAET, | UND IHREM I OPFER

Legend:

GEBOHREN DEN 19 JULY 1759

Exergue:

????BEN DEN 26 JULY 1809 .

Size:

41.8 mm.

Vern's Comments:

A trial strike of a scarce, probably death, medal.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NUMISMATICS.

Vol. 41, No. 1 (JULY, 1906), pp. 13-18
THE MEDALS, JETONS, AND TOKENS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE
Count Leopold von Berchtold (1759-1809), of Buchlau, Bohemia. Active against the plague.
2480. Obverse. Military bust, to left.
Reverse. Wreath of oak, and stars, DEM FREUND | DER HUMANITAET, | UND IHREM I OPFER
Silver. 42mm. Donebauer, Boehmischer Münzen, No. 3269 ; Ibid., Boehmischer Privat-Münzen, 5 ; Duisburg, p. 38