About as struck | SWEDEN. Karl XIV Johan, 1818-44.
Bronze Medal, 1818.
By E. Dubois commemorating Carl von Linné.
Carl von Linné was a Swedish naturalist who revolutionized biological classification by creating the binomial nomenclature system still used today to name all living organisms.
Obv.: Left-facing profile bust of Carolus Linnaeus wearing a court wig and formal dress, signed "DUBOIS. F."
Rev.: Six-line Latin inscription "NATUS / ROESHULTAE / IN SUECIA / AN.M.DCC.VII. / OBIIT / AN.M.DCC.LXXXVIII." (Born in Rashult, Sweden in 1707, Died in 1788). Below, "SERIES NUMISMATICA / UNIVERSALIS VIRUM ILLUSTRIUM / M.DCCC.XVIII." (Universal Numismatic Series of Illustrious Men, 1818).
About as struck.

From the Kent Rondeau Collection.

Reference: Wiséhn 37
Diameter: 41 mm.
Weight: 39.14 g.
Composition: Bronze.

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