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Auction: 370 - The Numismatic Collector's Series e-Auction
Lot: 159

Germany. Weimar. Petersglocke Medal, 1924. Bronze, 86mm. By Grasegger. View of St. Peter's Bell in the Cathedral of Köln, rev. Eight-line legend. Cast in 1923 to take the place of the Cathedral's Emperor's Bell , which was melted down in 1918, the Petersglocke weighs approximately 53,000 pounds, with a clapper weighing 1,500 pounds, and a diameter of 10 feet 7 inches, making it the second largest freely swinging, ringable bell in the world. Very scarce in this size. Extremely Fine.

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