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:: Works of Art :: Medals with Copernicus' images in Polish museums collections ::
The publisher: Amadee Durand (1789-1873), the author of the project: Mathias Nicolas Marie Vivier
THE MEDAL - NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
1820
The Leon Wyczółkowski Regional Museum inBydgoszcz, MOB/ Me 1005
Bronze, minted, diameter 41 mm
Józef Majnert (1812-1872)
THE MEDAL - NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
Year 1830
The Leon Wyczółkowski Regional Museum in Bydgoszcz, MOB/Me 1014
Tin, minted, diameter 60 mm
Fryderyk Wilhelm Below (1822-1895) - the author of the project, Osterloff's Workshop in Berlin
THE MEDAL - NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
1873, Berlin
The Leon Wyczółkowski Regional Museum in Bydgoszcz, MOB/Me 1003
Tin, minted, diameter 64,8 mm
Giovanni Vagnetti (?- 1899), the publisher: Artur Wołyński
THE MEDAL - NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
1879
The Leon Wyczółkowski Regional Museum in Bydgoszcz, MOB/Me 1004
Bronze, minted, diameter 65 mm
The publisher : Amadee Durand (1789-1873, the author of the project: Mathias Nicolas Marie Vivier
THE MEDAL - NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
1820
The National Museum in Wrocław, cat No X-5397
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From series about famous people
Fryderyk Wilhelm Below (1822-1895) - the author of the project, Osterloff's Workshop in Berlin
THE MEDAL - NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
1873, Berlin
The National Museum in Wrocław, X-24031, X - 3990
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On the occasion of 400th anniversary of birth of M. Copernicus
Louis Michel Petit, sculpture and medallist; the publisher: Amadee Durand.
MEDAL MINTED IN FRANCE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE SERIES NUMISMATICA UNIVERSLIS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM.
1818, France
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/220;
The Regional Museum in Toruń, cat No MT/MK/562-563
Bronze, diameter 41 mm
Obverse: a bust of Copernicus, captured from the side-face; an inscription in the rim: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS.
Reverse: a nine verse inscription in the field: NATUS/ TORUNI/ IN PRUSSIA/ A.N. MCCCCLXXIII./ OBIT A.N. MDXLIII/
Godel, the publisher: Amadee Durand.
THE MEDAL MINTED IN FRANCE WITHIN THE SERIES NUMISMATICA UNIVERSLIS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM.(SECOND EDITION)
1820, France
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/1468 ;
The Regional Museum in Toruń MT/MK/553, MT/MK/567, MT/MK/568
Iron, diameter 41 mm
Obverse: a bust of Copernicus, captured from the side-face; an inscription in the rim: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS.
Reverse: a nine verse inscription in the field: NATUS/ / A.N. MCCCCLXXIII./TORUNI IN POLONIA/ CASIMIRO IV/ JAGIELLONIDE REGNANTE/ OBIT/ A.N. MDXLIII/
Józef Majnert, medallist from Warsaw
A MEDAL MINTED BY TOWARZYSTWO PRZYJACIÓŁ NAUK IN WARSAW ON THE OCCASION OF UNVEILING THE MONUMENT OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS SCULPTURED BY BERTEL THORDWALSEN.
1830, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/219;
The Regional Museum in Toruń cat No MT/MK/570,
Bronze, diameter 60 mm
Obverse: The figure of Nicolaus Copernicus in the field according to the Warsaw monument; an inscription in the rim: STA SOL.
Reverse: In the rim created by seven stars a four verse inscription: NICOLAO COPERNICO/ POLONO/ SOCIETATIS : REG: LITER: VARS:/ M DCCC XXX.
Fryderyk Wilhelm Below, medallist from Poznań; maker: Osterloff's Workshop in Berlin.
THE MEDAL MINTED ON THE OCCASION OF 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH OF M. COPERNICUS BY TOWARZYSTWO PRZYJACIÓŁ NAUK IN POZNAŃ.
1873, Poznań.
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/222, 223, 334.;
The Regional Museum in Toruń, MT/MK/391, MT/MK/571-574
White metal, tin, diameter 65 mm
Obverse: in the field - the portrait of Nicholas Copernicus holding an astrolabe in his hand; an inscription in the rim: POLSKIE WYDAŁO GO PLEMIE - WSTRZYMAŁ SŁOŃCE WZRUSZYŁ ZIEMIĘ, dates at the bottom: born in 1473, died in 1543.
Reverse: in the rim created by signs of the zodiac, a nine verse inscription: MIKOŁAJKOWI/ KOPERNIKOWI/ W CZTERECHSETNA/ ROCZNICE/ URODZIN/ NA ZIEMI POLSKIEJ/ ROKU PANSKIEGO/ MDCCCXXIII/ CZEŚĆ ODDAJA/ RODACY.
Unknown
COMMEMORATIVE PUBLISHING ON THE OCCASION OF THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH OF COPERNICUS WITH THE MEDAL IN A COVER
1873,Poznań - Gniezno
The Regional Museum in Toruń MT/MK/554
Album's dimensions: 31 x 23,5 cm, the medal: tin, diameter 6,5 cm
The medal designed by Fryderyk Wilhelm Below (1822-1895) made in the Osterloff's Workshop in Berlin.
Giovanni Vagnetii, Florentine painter, the publisher: Artur Wołyński, the promoter: The Museum of Nicolaus Copernicus in Rome
ThE MEDAL MINTED ON THE OCCASION OF OPENING THE MUSEUM OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS IN ROME.
1879, Rome
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/218,MF/ N/1467; The Regional Museum in Toruń cat No MT/MK/576
Bronze, tin, diameter 64 mm
Obverse: a bust of Copernicus after a sculpture of Teodor Rygier; an inscription in the rim: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS ASTRONOMUS POLONUS.
Reverse: the field is filled with 12 verse inscription by authorship of a professor of Latin literature in the University of Pisa, Michael Ferrucci.
Reverse: an inscription: CIVES VARSAVIENSES OFFERUNT MUSEO COPERNICANO DIE 19 FEBRUARII 1879.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Karl Goetz, Bavaria
MEDAL WITH AN IMAGE OF COPERNICUS
1934, Bavaria
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/221
Silver, diameter 36 mm
Obverse: the bust of Nicholas Copernicus, en trois quatre, dates on the both sides 1473 1543; an inscription in the rim: NIKOLAUS . COPERNICUS . ASTRONOM.
Rt: an allegorical figure - a lad with wings holding the Sun in one hand and setting the Earth in motion by the other, an inscription in the rim: SOLIS. CAELIQVE. STATOR. TERRAE . MOTOR
F. Dormeet, Germany
THE ONE-SIDED MEDALLION EMITTED ON THE OCCASION OF 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH OF N. COPERNICUS
1943, Germany
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork,MF/N/320
Silvered metal, diameter 80 mm
Obverse: Nicholas Copernicus in the field, half-figure holding an astrolabe in his hand; in the background there is a simplified map of eastern part of the globe; a legend in the rim: NICOLAUS ……. RNICUS ADMINISTRATOR ALLENSTEIN.
Rug., Germany
A CASTING MATRIX OF THE MEDAL WITH AN IMAGE OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
1943, Germany
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork,MF/N/248
Plaster: 166 x 185 mm
A quadrilateral tabula in the centre, in a round medallion an image of Nicholas Copernicus' head shown in a negative, a contemporary cast (the author: T. Godziszewski) demonstrates an appearance of the medal made in this form.
Fryderyk Wilhelm Below, medallist from Poznań; maker: Osterloff's Workshop in Berlin.
THE MEDAL MINTED ON THE OCCASION OF 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH OF N. COPERNICUS BY TOWARZYSTWO PRZYJACIÓŁ NAUK IN POZNAŃ.
1873, Poznań.
The Regional Museum in Toruń cat No MT/MK/575
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Bronze, diameter 65 mm
Obverse: in the field - the portrait of Nicholas Copernicus holding an astrolabe in his hand; an inscription in the rim: POLSKIE WYDAŁO GO PLEMIE - WSTRZYMAŁ SŁOŃCE WZRUSZYŁ ZIEMIĘ, dates at the bottom: born in 1473, died in 1543.
Reverse: in the rim created by signs of the zodiac, a nine verse inscription: MIKOŁAJKOPWI/ KOPERNIKOWI/ W CZTERECHSETNA/ ROCZNICE/ URODZIN/ NA ZIEMI POLSKIEJ/ ROKU PANSKIEGO/ MDCCCXXIII/ CZEŚĆ ODDAJA/ RODACY.
Godel, publisher: Amadee Durand.
THE MEDAL MINTED IN FRANCE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE SERIES NUMISMATICA UNIVERSLIS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM.(SECOND EDITION)
1820, France
The Regional Museum in Toruń cat No MT/MK/565, MT/MK/566
White metal, bronze, diameter 41 mm
Obverse: a bust of Copernicus, captured from the side-face; an inscription in the rim: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS.
Reverse: a nine verse inscription in the field: NATUS/ / A.N. MCCCCLXXIII./TORUNI IN POLONIA/ CASIMIRO IV/ JAGIELLONIDE REGNANTE/ OBIT/ A.N. MDXLIII/
Władysław Oleszczyński (1807-1866)
THE MEDAL IN MEMORY OF N. COPERNICUS, MINTED ON THE OCCASION OF THE EXHIBITION OF THE GREAT ASTRONOMER'S MONUMENT IN FRONT OF THE STASZIC'S PALACE IN WARSAW.
1830, Warsaw - Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk in Warsaw
The Regional Museum in Toruń, MT/MK/569
Bronze , diameter 6 cm
Obverse: in the field: a figure of M. Copernicus sitting, captured from the right side-face, after the Bertel Thorwaldsen's sculpture.
Reverse: in the field: an inscription creating a wreath made from an oak leaves.
Unknown
THE MEDAL OF THE INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY (TOWARZYSTWO PRZEMYSŁOWE) IN TORUŃ
1897
The Regional Museum in Toruń, MT/MK/577
Silver, diameter 2,7 cm
Obverse: in the centre of the field: a crest of Toruń under which there is an inscription on a decorative excise band: Industrial Society in Toruń , dates at the bottom: 1872-1897
Reverse: in the centre of the field: the Torunian monument of Nicolaus Copernicus sculptured by Fryderyk Tieck in 1853, captured 3 to the left side.
In the upper part of the medal: a handle on an axis with one link used to hang the medal.
W.J.
THE MEDAL MINTED IN MEMORY OF N. COPERNICUS ON THE OCCASION OF 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH OF THE ASTRONOMER.
1943, London
The Regional Museum in Toruń, MT/MK/996
Silver, diameter 6 cm
Obverse: in the field: a composition being an interpretation of Jan Matejko's painting: "Nicholas Copernicus, that is a conversation with God" ("Nicholas Copernicus czyli rozmowa z Bogiem"); an inscription in the rim : Nicolaus Copernicus and dates 1473 - 1543
Reverse: a nine verse inscription in the field
Unknown
THE MEDAL - A PLAQUE
Second half of XIX century
The Regional Museum in Toruń, MT/MK/158
Bronze, 13,5 x 12 cm
In the centre of a rectangular plate rounded in the lower part there is the Varsovian monument of N. Copernicus captured from the right side-face.
Jan Nalborczyk
THE MEDAL WITH THE IMAGE OF N. COPERNICUS
1908
The Regional Museum in Toruń, MT/MK/157
Bronze, diameter 20 cm
In the field: the bust of N. Copernicus captured from the left side-face; in the upper part a handle on an axis used for hanging the medal.