HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale

Germany: Kornjudenmedaille "Corn Jew" medal, 1694-1695 - rare variant in lead; by Christian Wermuth; 37.5mm, 25.75g. Obverse: peasant's house with stork nest on top, left of Jew hanging in tree with Devil on rope & long corn stalks in field on right + legend "Du Korn Iude." ("You Corn Jew") above & "Wolfeile Zeit" ("Cheap Times") | "1695." below. Reverse: walking Jew facing right with Devil sitting on his grain sack + legend "Du Korn Iude." ("You Corn Jew") above & "Theure Zeit.1694." ("Expensive Times") below on one line. Unlisted in Kirschner & Brettauer; listed (as silver issue) in JM-111 & P.u.R. 79. Weakly struck, possibly a re-strike or forgery.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $149. This price will rise by about 5-10% for every new bid received once the bid level passes the midway mark between the starting bid price and the initial buyout price. In such cases please check the latest buyout price on our homesite or contact us.
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Product Tags: German Exonumia, Medals, Medallions & Tokens, Anti-Semitic & Satirical Medals and Judaic Tokens & Medals from Germany and from 17th Century,