HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale

Netherlands: Court Commission of the Dutch Jews / Medal for the Improvement of the Social Condition of the Jews, 1827, by Johann Peter Schouberg; bronze strike; size: 58.5mm; weight: 83.4g. Obverse: 'anchor of hope & Tablets of Moses' below rays of sun; legend "According to his Majesty's decision of 17 October 1827. Number 184". Reverse: circular legend "Awarded by the Main Committee to the Affairs of the Israelites". This was a prize medal awarded by the High Commission of Jewish Affairs for discourse presented in Dutch. Ref: "De Curaçaosche Courant", 13/12/1828; Polak-21; Forrer v4 p.361 & v5 p.400-401; Jewish Encyclopedia.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $449. 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: Dutch,Hollandish,Netherlandish Exonumia, Medals, Medallions & Tokens, Prize & Award Medals and Judaic Tokens & Medals from Netherlands and from 19th Century, which are Objects with Biblical or Jewish Religious references or Hebrew Dates