Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals - Coin Auctions
Lot 0214a - Medals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany > Bavaria > Fürth: Kornjude "Pricelist" jeton variant, 1772, by Johann Christian Reich; struck in pewter(?); size: 29mm; weight: 7.1g; medallic strike. Obv.: Jewish grain peddler facing right, w/ goat (not devil) on sack, to open jaws of alligator; legend: "Korn Iud (sic) Ver Zweifel [no period] U. Geh Zum" ['The Corn Jew Branches out and Goes Forth']; in exergue: "Theure Zeit 1772" ['Expensive Times 1772']. Rev.: 11-line pricelist of food items for year 1771 with bar above Reich's name. Obv. similar to Friedenberg JM-117; rev. unlike Kirschner #23/ Brett-1909; identical to Kuenker 143 #1897 (but Fieg-89 ref. not precise). In VF+. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals |
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Lot 0225a - Medals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany > Silesia: 'Hanging Corn Jew' (Hängender Kornjude) medal, 1694-1695, rare variant struck in lead, by Christian Wermuth; size: 34mm; weight: 22.35g. Obv.: Jew hanging from a tree w/ Devil on his head, peasant's house w/ nest on roof; leg. "LUC 12" in doorway + "Du Korn Iude•" ['You Corn Jew'' above; in exergue 2-line leg.: "Wolfeilezeit 1695•" ['Cheap Times']. Rev.: walking Jew facing right w/ Devil on his grain sack; legend above: "Du Korn Iude." + "Theure Zeit.1694." ['Expensive Times'] below. Brettauer-1902, JM-111 & P.u.R. 79. Poor detail may be due to weak die strike. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals |
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Lot 0220a - Medals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany > Sachsen-Thuringen: 'Corn Jew' medal of woman & grain peddler, 1771-1772; by Johann Christian Reich; pewter(?); size: 38mm; weight: 17.35g. Obv.: housewife with clenched fists imploring Jewish grain peddler (facing right) to give her corn to feed her family, & Devil cutting hole in sack; legend above: "DU KORN IUDE den 12. Mertz: 1694." + 2 lines below: "Theure Zeit auch 1771.1772". Rev.: upright grain sifter + Proverbs 11:26 quotation. Die seam visible along rim where both side's dies compressed the metal. In AU-UNC with original luster in places; Kirschner-28; JM-118; Brett-1906; Fiew-86. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals |
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Lot 0215a - Medals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany > Bavaria > Fürth: Kornjude jeton ("liegendes scheffelmass"), 1772, by Johann Christian Reich; struck in pewter(?); size: 29mm; weight: 6.4g. Obv.: Jewish grain peddler facing right, to open jaws of allegator; legend around: "Korn Iude Ver Zwei Fel. Und Geh Zum" ['The Corn Jew Branches out and Goes Forth']; in exergue: "Theure Zeit 1772." ['Expensive Times 1772']. Rev.: horizontal grain sifter; legend above: "Furchte Gott." ['Fear G-d']; on image: "Wer Korn Innehelt dem Fluchen Die Leute Aber Seegen Komt Uber den der is Verkauft"; Reich's name in exergue. Brett-1908; JM-120; variant Kirschner-24. In BU. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals |
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Lot 0210a - Medals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleAustria > Hapsburg: 1686 'Jews & Turks Budapest' medal ("Türkenkrieg medaille"), by Martin Brunner; struck in copper; size: 41.5mm; weight: 28.85g. Obv.: Turk & Jew around furnace melting metal with ingots coming out; legend around: "WER DISTILLIRT NUN GELD ZUM FRIED*WEIL TURCK UND IUD DES KRIEGES MUD*" ['Who mints money for peace now that the Turk and Jew are tired of war']. Rev.: 11-line legend & date '*1686*' below, "OFEN belongs to LEOPOLD. Luck has been against Mohammed. He loses the city of Ofen with all its gold, which was destined to be used for the purchase of peace.". Legend on rim: "DURCH DIESEN STREICH * DAS TURKEN REICH * STEHT AUF DER NEIG" ['By this battle the Turkish Empire nears its end']. The only Austrian anti-Semitic medal between Renaissance and Napoleonic era, issued for Hapsburg victory over Ottoman Turks (& Jews) in battle for Budapest ("Ofen"). In VF-EF; few dents & rim nicks; Kirsch-31, JM-18 & 108/109. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals |
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Lot 0226a - Medals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany: 'erotic medal' by Christian Wermuth 1730, struck in copper; size: 28.5mm; weight: 11.9g. Obv.: fox approaching bush; 2-lined legend above: "ACH IHR IUNGFERN GROS UND KLEIN / LASST IA KEINEN FUCHS HINEIN" ['Oh, it's all wholesale and retail # Don't let the fox in'] + 3-lines in exergue, "WOLLT IHR NICHT # BETROGEN # SEYN." ['You do not want to be cheated']. Rev.: male figure running away from woman clinging to him in bed; 3-lined Latin legend above, "NON MOEGHABERIS # CONTRA SEXTVM # I.E." + 4-lined Ger. legend in exergue, "DU SOLST NICHT # FUCHS. # SCHWAENTZEN # 1730.". In VF+; die-crack edge obv.; Fiew-126. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals |
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Lot 0221a - Medals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany > Sachsen-Thuringen: 'Corn Jew' medal w/ grain peddler, vertical sifter & "C.G.R.U.", 1772; by Johann Christian Reich; pewter(?), thin planchet; size: 39mm; weight: 10.05g. Obv.: fat Jewish grain peddler (facing right) w/ Devil cutting hole in sack, landscape background; legend above: "DV KORN IUDE." + 3 lines below: "THEURE ZEIT 1624 : 1772 C.G.R.U.". Rev.: upright grain sifter on landscape + Proverbs 11:26 quotation; letter "J" + initials beneath: "C.G.R.U.". Beeded edge. Die seam visible along rim where both side's dies compressed the metal. In EF-AU, w/ luster; Kirsch-22; JM-118-119; Brett-1904; P.u.R-128. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals |
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Lot 0216a - Medals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany > Bavaria > Fürth: Kornjude jeton, 1772, by Johann Christian Reich; struck in pewter(?); size: 29mm; weight: 6.75g. Obv.: Jewish grain peddler to left w/ Devil on sack, to open jaws of allegator; legend: "Korn Iude Ver Zwei Fel. U: Geh Zum" ['The Corn Jew Branches out & Goes Forth'] + "Dantes" between legs; exergue: "Theure Zeit 1772" ['Expensive Times 1772']. Rev.: horizonal grain sifter; legend: "Furchte Gott." ['Fear G-d'] + "Wer Korn Innehelt dem Fluchen Die Leute Aber Seegen Komt Uber den der is Verkauft"; in exergue: "SP. SAL. II.V.26 # Reich". Kirsch-24, Brett-1910, Fiew-89, JM-120. In VF. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals |
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Lot 0211a - Medals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleAustria(?): Judas Iscariot/ Jesus medal (ND), circa. 1915; blackened bronze cast; not maker-marked; size: 61.75mm, weight: 73.45g. Obv.: 'Jewish-looking' Judas whispering to stern-looking Jesus; legend: "Judas Jscharioth". Rev.: 4-lined legend above coat of arms: "DEM ERZVERRÄTER AUS DEM HAUSE SAVOYEN" ['The Arch-Traitor from the House of Savoy']. May be a reference to Italy's Triple Alliance pact with Germany & Austria-Hungary which she did not honor when WWI broke out: under domestic pressure she did not join the war, and when fearing revenge she joined the allies (1915). In UNC Kirsch-42. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals |
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Lot 0227a - Medals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany: Federjudenmedaille "Feather Jew" oval medal (ND), circa. 1650; struck in silver; by Christian Wermuth or Johann Reteke; size: 42 x 46mm; weight: 27.45g. Obv.: hunched Jew facing left w/ feathered cap holding bag w/ Latin legend "vitia aliena" ['alien way of life'] and moneybag on back with Latin legend "vitia propria" ['his own faults']. Rev.: winged Cupid on lion holding a bridle in left hand; Latin leg. below "Amor Vincit Omnia" ['Love conquers all']. Beeded edges. In VF, w/ surface scratches on both sides; tallion loop possibly removed from top; Kirsch-13; JM-11/12 & 112; Brett-4765/ plate 23; Feill-4469. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Satirical & anti-Semitic Medals |