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Auction: 26004 - British and World Coins and Medals
Lot: 190

NGC AU58 | *Top Pop* | On the Ratification of the Peace of Utrecht, Satirical AR Medal, 1714, by Christian Wermuth, an Englishman (saying: I AM PLEASE), a Frenchman (saying SI VOUS PLAIT), and a Dutchman, smoking a pipe (saying IK MAEK MEE), all partially undressed, defecating over a wall, CONCORDIA RE PARVAE CRESCVNT., NOOT BREKT ISEN . PAX OU TREC . 1713. in exergue, rev. the same three men, now fully dressed, throwing faeces at each other; the Englishman (saying FIE, WHAT IS THAT!); the Frenchman (saying: SANS REGARD); and the Dutchman, still smoking his pipe (saying: WAT! BEHAEGT U DAT?), DISCORDIA MAXIMA DILABVNTVR., DAT SOL IE HIER BEWISN . PAX IN TREC . 1714. in exergue, edge plain, 44.2mm, 27.56g (Eimer -; MI ii 409/273; Wohlfahrt 14 010), some rub to tops of devices, otherwise toned and with lustre, about extremely fine, a remarkable satirical medal at the height of 18th Century Anglo-Continental hostilities, in NGC holder, graded AU58 (Cert. #8537649-003) [*Single Finest Certified*]

Provenance

From the Baumhauer Collection of British Medals

Auktionen Meister & Sonntag 2 (Stuttgart), September 2004, lot 1515



https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8537649-003/58/

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Estimate
£4,000 to £5,000

Starting price
£2800