Lot 1345 GERMAN STATES (Saxony), Berlin (Loos) mint, bronze medal, 1825, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach / three

GERMAN STATES (Saxony), Berlin (Loos) mint, bronze medal, 1825, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach / three skulls, by H. Gube. Storer-398; Brettauer-125. 67.01 grams. 50 mm. Obverse: bust of Blumenbach facing right, wearing frock coat, DOCT.CREATO GOTTINGAE D.19 SEPT. 1775 * I. FR. BLUMENBACH NATO GOTHAE D.11 MAII 1752 encircling; Reverse: three human skulls, as classified by Blumenbach: Caucasian, Ethiopian, and Mongolian, legend * NATURAE INTERPRETI OSSA LOQUI IUBENTI PHYSIOSOPHILI GERMANICI D. 19 SEPT. 1825; Edge: plain. Mint State with bold, high-relief design, some light surface friction in the fields. With old collector's tags.
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