SWITZERLAND. BERN.
Silver School Award Medal, ND (c. 1820).
So-called Gärtnerpfennig, awarded to diligent students during the 19th century, especially in the Bern area. The gardener is an allegory of diligence.
Obv.: RESPUBLICA BERNENSIS; pointed, crowned coat of arms over crossed laurel and palm branches.
Rev.: CULTURA MITESCIT, kneeling gardener to the right, planting a young tree; in the exergue PRÆM · DILIG ·.
As struck.

Auctiones Auction 79, lot 461.

Reference: Meier/Häusler 173; SM 712
Diameter: 31 mm.
Weight: 7.5 g.
Composition: Silver.

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