Price realized: 17.250 €Nerva. Aureus 96-98. Rev. Standing Libertas. Extremely fine.Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün Auktion 90187
Price realized: 13.250 €West Friesland. William IV. Friso.
Gold medal of 7 ducats, n.d. (1731). Very rare. Extremely fine.
Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün Auktion 90576
Price realized: 18.250€West Friesland. William IV. Friso. 1751 gold medal of 11 ducats,
commemorating his death. Extremely rare. Extremely fine.
Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün Auktion 90577
Price realized: 15.500€Gdańsk. 1580 ducat with the portrait of Stephan Bathory.
Extremely fine to FDC.
Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün Auktion 90588
Price realized: 1.450€Hungary. 1869 ducat, Karlsburg. Extremely fine.Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün Auktion 90680
Price realized: 12.000€China. Dollar without year (1912). NGC MS61.
Extremely fine to FDC.
Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün Auktion 90693
Price realized: 26.000€Brandenburg – Bayreuth. Christian Ernst.
1679 taler, Nuremberg. Extremely rare.
Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün Auktion 90994
Price realized: 25.500€Brunswick – Calenberg– Hanover.
1737 gold medal of 15 ducats. Extremely fine.
Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün Auktion 901001
Price realized: 13.250€Waldeck – Pyrmont. 20 marks, 1903. Extremely fine +Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün Auktion 902014
Price realized: 2.700€Emergency money of the town of Flörsheim.
Multiple lot with 4 banknotes, 1923. Very fine to uncirculated
Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün Auktion 902505
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2023 American Medal of the Year Award

By Jon Radel

The American Medallic Sculptors Association (AMSA) has announced that Jim Licaretz has won the 2023 American Medal of the Year (AMY) award, for medals created in 2022, for his timely work in honor of Volodymyr Zelensky.

“Volodymyr Zelensky” by Jim Licaretz.

“Volodymyr Zelensky” by Jim Licaretz.

This is the second medal in a series honoring world icons. The first honored civil rights leader John Lewis, a runner-up in the 2022 AMY competition. The original is made with a 3-D printer, then a mold is made and the 3” medals are cast in bonded bronze; finally, Jim applies a wax patina by hand. The edition is limited to 200 pieces. They can be ordered for $165 from the non-profit Jewish-American Hall of Fame by calling 818-225-1348. 100% of the profits will be contributed to charities helping Ukrainian victims.

“Days of Silence – Nights of Song,” by Jeremiah D. Welsh. Image: J. D. Welsh Fine Arts.

“Days of Silence – Nights of Song,” by Jeremiah D. Welsh. Image: J. D. Welsh Fine Arts.

“Hydroponic” by Jeffrey Briggs.

“Hydroponic” by Jeffrey Briggs.

This year the jurors honored two other medals as finalists: “Days of Silence – Nights of Song,” by Jeremiah D. Welsh, the 2022 Brookgreen Medal, struck in bronze, in the long-running series issued by Brookgreen Gardens as a membership benefit, and “Hydroponic” by Jeffrey Briggs, a uniface 5” by 23⁄4” medal cast in marble with a bronze patina. The latter is available from Jeffrey for $90, contact him via email.

All 42 AMY entries, by 26 artists, will be pictured in the next full color issue of AMSA’s Members Exchange. Art medal collectors and designers are invited to learn about and join the American Medallic Sculpture Association.
The new chair of the AMY committee, Jon Radel, is honored to be taking over for the founding chair, Mel Wacks, who has stewarded the award since its founding in 2014. He remarked, “I’m thrilled at the broad representation by artists this year, both those well known to all who collect American medals, as I do, but also relative newcomers who deserve broader exposure.”

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