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8th Congress of Italian Scientists in Genoa Cristoforo Colombo

Features

Location Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia (Italian States)
Type Commemorative medals › Event medals
Year 1846
Composition Bronze
Weight 102 g
Diameter 51 mm
Thickness 5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
27059
References Martini/Turricchia V.3# 1736
Rodolfo Martini, Arnaldo Turricchia, Rina La Guardia (ed.); 1999. Catalogo delle medaglie / V. Secoli XVIII-XIX. 3. Stati Ialiani (1815-1860): Regno di Sardegna. Regno Lombardo-Veneto. Ducato di Modena e Reggio. Ducato di Parma e Piacenza. Repubblica di San Marino. Granducato di Toscana. Regno delle Due Sicilie = Catalog of Medals. Comune di Milano, Settore Cultura Musei e Mostre.
, CRI Medagliere# 567
Giovanni Battista Camozzi Vertova, Cesare Correnti (ed.), Gaspare Gorresio (ed.); 1886. Catalogo degli oggetti esposti nel padiglione del Risorgimento Italiano / Parte I. Medagliere = Catalog of the Objects Exhibited in the Italian Unification Pavillion. Fratelli Dumolard, Milan, Italy.
, Slg. Brettauer# 2433
Josef Brettauer, Eduard Holzmair; 1937. Medicina in nummis: Sammlung Dr. Josef Brettauer. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria.
, Storer MiN# 6516
Horatio Robinson Storer, Malcolm Storer (ed.); 1931. Medicina in nummis: A descriptive list of the coins, medals, jetons relating to medicine, surgery and the allied sciences. Self-published, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
, Rulau Columbus# G9
Russell Alphonse Rulau; 1989. Discovering America: The Coin Collecting Connection. Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
, Eglit# 262
Nathan N. Eglit; 1965. Columbiana: The Medallic History of Christopher Columbus and the Colombian Exposition of 1893. Self-published.

Commemorative issue

8th Congress of Italian Scientists in Genoa

Obverse

Bust facing right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: Cristoforo Colombo

Translation: Christopher Columbus

Engraver: Giuseppe Girometti

Reverse

3-line inscription with date.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GENOVA
AGLI SCIENZIATI ITALIANI
1846

Translation: Genoa, to the Italian scientists

Engraver: Giuseppe Girometti

Mint

Stabilimento Stefano Johnson S.p.A. / Johnson Medaglie, Milan, Italy (1836-2019)

Comments

Event name in Italian: VIII Congresso degli Scienziati Italiani a Genova

 

Avignone 137, Comandini pag. 1235, CV 779, Johnson Medaglia IV pag. 68 n° 61

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1846 

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