Box Medal, Joseph Oppenheimer (banker/financier), 1738, Silver 42 mm, His bust l./Complex machine of his execution, with gibbet & cage, after anti-Semitic trial. Click here for the full story. Very rare & important, especially with complete set of 19 colored roundels. VF+, with sl metal faults (incl a small perforation in obv center), toned, the roundels in excellent bright condition. (An EF brought $ 38,974, Sonntag Auction 11/13; another EF $38,413, Peus 11/18.)
Price realized | 4'750 USD |
Starting price | 3'000 USD |