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:: Works of Art :: Copernican Medals After the Year 1945 ::
Franciszek Kalfas, a sculptor.
THE MEDAL MINTED ON THE OCCASION OF 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF POLSKA AKADEMIA UMIEJĘTNOŚCI (THE POLISH ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES) IN WARSAW
1948, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/ 1469
Bronze, bronze silvered; diameter 60 mm
Obverse: In the field the head of Nicholas Copernicus en trois quatre; an inscription in the rim: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS. QUI SOLEM. STARE TERRRAM . MOVERI IUSSIT.
Reverse: In the centre a six verse inscription: XV/LUSTRIS/FELICITER/PERACTIS/ MDCCCLXXIII/MCMXLVIII; a caption in the rim: ACADEMIA. LITTERARUM. ET. SCIENTIARUM. POLONA.
Józef Aumiler, a medallist from Warsaw
A ONE-SIDE MEDAL WITH AN IMAGE OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
1963, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/468
Bronze; diameter 115 mm
Obverse: In the field the head of Nicholas Copernicus, a view of the side-face; inscriptions on both sides: MIKOŁAJ KOPERNIK
Stefan Rufin Koźbielewski, a medallist from Warsaw.
A ONE-SIDE PLAQUE MINTED ON THE OCCASION OF XVII INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF HISTORY OF MEDICINE IN WARSAW AND KRAKOW
1962, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/1470
Bronze; diameter 50 x 40 mm
Obverse: In the field the bust of Nicholas Copernicus holding a sprig of a lily of the valley - a symbol of medical science, above an inscription NICOLAUS COPERNICUS.
Józef Proszowski, a sculptor from Warsaw
A ONE-SIDE MEDALLION WITH THE IMAGE OF COPERNICUS
1956, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork,MF/ N/887
Bronze; 400 x 400 mm
Obverse: The head of Nicholas Copernicus captured from the side-face, a caption in the rim: NICHOLAS COPERNICUS x 1473 x 1543
Edward Ryszard Haupt, medallist from Poznań
THE MEDALLION WITH THE IMAGE OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
First half of XX century, Poznań
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/1471
Bronze; diameter 155 mm
Obverse: In the field: the head of Nicholas Copernicus presented in a very realistic way; an inscription at the bottom: NICOLAuS COPERNICUS
Stefan Luchter
A ONE-SIDE MEDALLION WITH THE IMAGE OF THE ASTRONOMER
1964
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/886
Copper sheet, diameter 300 mm
Obverse: In the spotted field: the head of Copernicus en face.
Franciszek Habdas, an architect, a sculptor and a medallist from Warsaw
THE MEDAL MINTED ON THE OCCASION OF THE SCIENTIFIC SESSION OF THE POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES DEVOTED TO NICOLAUS COPERNICUS IN THE COPERNICAN YEAR
1953, Warsaw
The Nicholas Copernicus Museum in Frombork, cat. No. N/225, 226
Bronze; diameter 50 mm
Obverse: In the centre: the monument of Nicholas Copernicus in Warsaw; an inscription in the rim: HOMONI LIBERO ASTRONOMIA DIGNISSIMA.
Reverse: in the rim, created by signs of the zodiac, an eight verse inscription: MIKOŁAJ/ KOPERNIK/ MCDLXXIII - MDXLII/ SESJA NAUKOWA/ POLSKIEJ AKADEMII/ NAUK/WARSAW/ 1953
Franciszek Habdas, an architect, a sculptor and a medallist from Warsaw
THE MEDAL EMITTED IN THE JUBILEE YEAR (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF COPERNICUS' BIRTH)
1973, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/268
Bronze; diameter 124 mm
Obverse: On the right side a part of Copernicus' face, the rest of the field is filled with an idea of the heliocentricism, in the centre there is a hole symbolising the Sun and an inscription: ASTRONOMIA DIGNISSIMA - HOMINI LIBERO.
Reverse: on the right side, around the hole symbolising the Sun, the digits radial arranged: 1473-1543 1973; an inscription on the right: NICOLAUS/COPERNICUS.
Franciszek Habdas, an architect, a sculptor and a medallist from Warsaw
THE MEDAL EMITTED IN THE JUBILEE YEAR (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF COPERNICUS' BIRTH)
1973, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/270
Bronze; diameter 115 mm
Obverse: In the centre: Copernicus' face, the lower part of the face is covered with a drawing of the heliocentric system, on both sides there are irregular, decorative letters creating an inscription: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS.
Reverse: The field divided into four parts, in the centre there is a hollow symbolising the Sun, on which there are digits: 1473/1543
Irena Goerne-Habdas, a sculptor from Warsaw
THE MEDAL WITH THE IMAGE OF COPERNICUS
1968, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/269
Bronze: diameter 78 mm
Obverse: In the field: the stylised head of Copernicus round which stylised letters create an inscription: THORUNI NATUS AD 1473 FRAUENBURGUM OB. 1543
Reverse: In the field: the stylised Sun, in the rim there is a decorative inscription: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS.
Bronisław Chromy, a sculptor from Warsaw
THE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF COPERNICUS' BIRTH)
1973, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/402
Bronze, diameter 115 mm
Obverse: in the irregular field, among symbolically outlined orbits of planets, on which there are fragments of old buildings in Krakow and Toruń you can see a walking figure in a long robe, a caption in the rim: W 500 ROCZNICĘ URODZIN NICHOLAS COPERNICUS - 1973
Reverse: in the irregular field, a square box with crests of Krakow and Torun; a caption in the rim: ME GENUIT TORUNIA - CRACOVIA ME ARTE POLIVIT
Józef Markiewicz, a sculptor from Warsaw
THE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF COPERNICUS' BIRTH)
1973, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/794
Bronze, 185x190 mm
Obverse: On irregular surface of the medal you can see a half of Nicolaus Copernicus' face, on the right side there is a facture symbolising Sun rays, all these create a background for the globe in the orbit; dates at the bottom 1473 and 1973.
Reverse: In the centre one can see pervading spheres, stylised astrolabe and some decorative, scattered letters creating an inscription: NICOLAuS COPERNICUS.
Józef Markiewicz, a sculptor from Warsaw
THE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF COPERNICUS' BIRTH) EMITTED BY THE POLISH AIRLINES "LOT"
1973, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/464
Bronze, diameter 55 mm
Obverse: In the centre: the orbit of the Earth, in the centre, in place of the Sun there is Copernicus' head; an inscription in the upper and lower part: NICHOLAS COPERNICUS
Reverse: in the field: a block made from letters LOT, an inscription above: POLISH AIRLINES.
Józef Markiewicz, a sculptor from Warsaw
A MODEL OF THE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASTRONOMER'S BIRTH) EMITTED BY THE POLISH AIRLINES "LOT"
1973, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/795
Bronze; 197 x 198 mm
Obverse: In the centre: the Earth globe, in place of the Sun there is Copernicus' head; an inscription in the upper and lower part: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS.
Edward Łagowski, a sculptor and a medallist from Warsaw
THE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF COPERNICUS' BIRTH)
1973, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork , MF/N/ 413, 414
Bronze, diameter 69 mm
Obverse: In an undulating field one can see the appearing head and the hand of Copernicus, the hand covers the globe like a glimmer of a candle.
Reverse: In an undulating field a four verse inscription: MIKOŁAJU/ KOPERNIK/ 1473/1973
Edward Łagowski, a sculptor and a medallist from Warsaw
A MODEL OF THE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASTRONOMER'S BIRTH)
1973, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork , MF/N/788, 789
Bronze, 240x140 mm
Obverse: In an undulating field one can see the appearing head and the hand of Copernicus, the hand covers the globe like a glimmer of a candle.
Reverse: In an undulating field a four verse inscription MIKOŁAJ/ KOPERNIK/ 1473/1973
Józef Stasiński, a sculptor and a medallist from Warsaw
A TWO-SIDED PLAQUE EMITTED IN THE JUBILEE YEAR (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASTRONOMER'S BIRTH)
1973 , Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/774, 775
Bronze, 151x141 mm
Obverse: The head of Nicholas Copernicus turned right, an inscription on the right side: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS x 1473 + 1543
Reverse: In the field: three columns of digits, close to the edges inscriptions: NICOLAI COPERNICI/ Canon Alcensiorum rectarum/ DE LATERIBUS ET TRIANGULORUM….LIBELLUS VITTENBERGAE 1542
Józef Stasinski, sculptor and a medallist from Warsaw
A TWO-SIDED PLAQUE EMITTED IN THE JUBILEE YEAR (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASTRONOMER'S BIRTH)
1973, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/ N/776, 777.
Bronze, 154 x 149 mm
Obverse: The head Nicholas Copernicus turned to left, near to the left edge vertical inscription: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS x 1473 + 1543
Reverse: In the center horizontal inscription: MONETAE CUDENDAE RATIO 1520, below: a piece of "trojak" (ancient three-grosz coin) and small "grosz gdański".
Józef Stasiński, sculptor and a medallist from Warsaw
A TWO-SIDED PLAQUE EMITTED IN THE JUBILEE YEAR (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COPERNICUS' BIRTH)
1973 , Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/772, 773
Bronze, 152x 146 mm
Obverse: The head Nicolaus Copernicus, en trois quatre, an inscription: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS x 1473 + 1543
Reverse: Horoscope of Nicolaus Copernicus, below an inscription : COPERNICUS STUDIO: ASTRONOMIAE, MATHEMATICAE, MEDICINAE./ IURISPRUDENTIAE, RERUM PLITICARUM.......
Edward Gorol, sculptor and a medallist from Warsaw
COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL ON MEETING OF THE WEST PRUSSIAN ESTATES, DURING WHICH DELEGATE COPERNICUS PRESENTED HIS TREATISE ON THE COINAGE.
1971 Grudziądz
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/234
Bronze 70 mm
Obverse: head of Copernicus; an inscription in the rim: NICOLAuS COPERNICUS . 1473.1543.
Reverse: cover by 33 coins of Copernicus' times, horizontal inscription: DE/ AESTIMATIO/ MONETAE; a legend in the rim: SEJMIK GENERALNY W GRUDZIĄDZU. 21.III.1522.
Zbigniew Kaczor, a sculptor from Warsaw
A TWO-SIDED PLAQUE EMITTED IN THE JUBILEE YEAR (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COPERNICUS' BIRTH)
1973, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/786
Bronze, 96 x 96 mm
Obverse: Nicholas Copernicus en face showing a symbolic heliocentric system, below the inscription: MIKOŁAJ KO/ PER/ NIK
Reverse: An inscription in square block : DE REVO/ LUTIONI/ BUS ORB/ IUM COE/ LESTIUM, above the dates 1473/ 1543/1973
Witold Marciniak, Torunian sculptor
MEDAL ONE-SIDE WITH COPERNICUS' IMAGE
1969, Toruń
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/769
Bronze, diameter 160 mm
Obverse: the head of Copernicusa en trois quatre; on the left the inscription : NICO/ LAUS/ COPE/ RNICUS.
Barbara Lis-Romanczuk, Olsztynian medallist
MEDAL EMITTED IN COMMEMORATION OF 1000 YEARS OF POLAND ON INITIATIVE OF BISHOP'S CURIA IN OLSZTYN.
1966, Frombork
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/233
Bronze, diameter 86 mm
Obverse: In the field a view of the Cathedral Hill in Frombork, below dates 966/1966; an inscription in the rim: SACRUM POLONIAE MILLENIUM FROMBORK.
Reverse: In the field the bust of Nicholas Copernicus, an inscription in the rim: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS CANONICUS WARMIENSIS . 1473.1543.
Barbara Lis-Romanczuk, Olsztynian medallist
MEDAL EMITTED ON THE OCCASION OF THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COPERNICUS' BIRTH ON INITIATIVE OF BISHOP'S CURIA IN OLSZTYN
1973, Olsztyn
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/258
Bronze, diameter 85mm
Obverse: In the field façade of the Frombork cathedral, below an inscription : KOŚCIÓŁ/ KATOLICKI/ W POLSCE/ W HOŁDZIE/ KOPERNIKOWI/
Reverse: In the field an inscription: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS/ KANONIK FROMBORSKI; above a quotation of De REVOLUTIONIBUS : ZAPRAWDĘ/ OGROMNE JEST/TO BOSKIE/ ARCYDZIEŁO/ ISTOTY NAJLEPSZEJ/ I NAJWIĘKSZEJ/;
Anna Jarnuszkiewicz, the Varsovian medallist
MEDAL, REWARDED IN A COMPETITION FOR THE COPERNICAN MEDAL ORGANIZED BY THE THE POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
1970, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/408
Bronze, diameter 69 mm
Obverse: The bust of Nicholas Copernicus , the hands hold the terrestrial globe and the moon; an inscription in the rim: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS.
Reverse: In the centre an inscription: POLSKA AKADEMIA NAUK.
Anna Jarnuszkiewicz, the Varsovian medallist
THE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASTRONOMER'S BIRTH)
1973, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork , MF/N/409, 410, 411, 412
Bronze, silvered bronze, gilded bronze, 69, 5 mm
Obverse: In the field figure of sitting Copernicus with lily of valley, on the both sides inscription: NICOLAUS - COPERNICUS
Reverse: An inscription THOR/ PHLIEX/ COPERNICANA, below TORUŃ/ 1973.
Danuta Marciniak, the Torunian medallist
THE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREAT ASTRONOMER'S BIRTH EMITTED BY NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY IN TORUN.
1973, Torun
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/423, 424, 425
Bronze, diameter 70 mm
Obverse: In the field the head Nicolaus Copernicus, an inscription in the rim: WIELKI JUBILEUSZ. 1473. 1973
Reverse: In the field an inscription: GENIALNEMU/ PATRONOWI/ W/ HOŁDZIE; in the double rim the inscription: REKTOR x SENAT x PRACOWNICY x STUDENC Ix UMK x 19 II x 1973 x TORUŃ.
Danuta Marciniak, the Varsovian medallist
THE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREAT ASTRONOMER'S BIRTH EMITTED BY NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY IN TORUN.
1973, Toruń
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/426
Bronze, diameter 69,5 mm
Obverse: Nicolaus Copernicus, torso with lily of valley, as a background inscriptions: UNI/ WER/ SYTET/ MIKO/ ŁAJA/ KOPE/ RNI/ KA/ TORUŃ/
Reverse: representation of the heliocentricism, inscriptions: ZA/ ZAS/ ŁUGI POŁO/ ŻONE DLA ROZ/ WOJU UCZEL/ NI - REKTOR/ I SENAT
Stanisława Wątróbska, Warsaw
MEDAL EMITTED IN JĘDRZEJOW N. CRACOW ON THE OCCASION OF 25 TH YEAR OF RECONSTRUCTION OF COPERNICUS' INSTRUMENTS.
1973, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/438, 439
Bronze, diameter 49,7 mm
Obverse: In the field traditional portrait of Nicholas Copernicus; an inscription in the rim: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS * 1473 * 1543
Reverse: In the field astronomical observatory in Jędrzejow, three Copernicus' instruments; the inscription in the rim: DWUDZIESTOPIĘCIOLECIE REKONSTRUKCJI INSTRUMENTARIUM KOPERNIKA W JĘDRZEJOWIE.
Ewa Olszewska-Borys, the Varsovian medallist
AN ONE-SIDE PLAQUE WITH NICOLAUS COPERNICUS' IMAGE EMITTED IN THE JUBILEE YEAR (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF ASTRONOMERS BIRTH)
1973, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/471
Bronze, 248 x 255 mm
Obverse: The bust of Nicholas Copernicus , the solar system; in upper part inscription : NICOLAO/ COPERN/ MCCCCLXXIII/ MCMLXXXIII/ W 500 ROCZ/NICĘ/ URODZIN.
Ewa Olszewska-Borys, the Varsovian medallist
MEDAL EMITTED IN THE JUBILEE YEAR OF THE 510TH ANNIVERSARY OF ASTRONOMER'S BIRTH.
1983, Frombork
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/792, 793
Bronze, diameter 88 mm
Obverse: the bust of Copernicus with lily of valley in his hand
Reverse: façade of Frombork cathedral, on both sides inscr.: FROMBORK 1983, below in four lines: W 510 ROCZNICĘ URODZIN NICOLAUS COPERNICUS.
Ewa Olszewska-Borys, the Varsovian medallist
MEDAL EMITTED BY THE MUSEUM OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS IN FROMBORK
1987, Frombork
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/1058, 1059
Brass, diameter 69 mm
Obverse:: In the field Nicholas Copernicus' torso, en trois quatre, an armillary sphere in the left hand.
Reverse: A fragment of the Cathedral Hill fortifications in Frombork with the Copernicus' tower and the western gate, below ins.: MUZEUM/ MIKOŁAJA/ KOPERNIKA / FROMBORK
Ewa Olszewska-Borys, the Varsovian medallist
MODEL EMITTED BY THE NICOLAUS COPERNICUS MUSEUM IN FROMBORK, 1987, Frombork
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/ 1062
Bronze
Obverse: In the field Nicolaus Copernicus' torso, en trois quatre, an armillary sphere in the left hand.
Reverse: A fragment of the Cathedral Hill fortifications in Frombork with the Copernicus' tower and the western gate, below ins.: MUZEUM/ MIKOŁAJA/ KOPERNIKA / FROMBORK
Ewa Olszewska-Borys, the Varsovian medallist
MEDAL EMITTED BY THE NICOLAUS COPERNICUS MUSEUM IN FROMBORK, ON THE OCCASION OF OPENING DIVISION OF HISTORY OF MEDICINE IN THE HOLY GHOST HOSPITAL
1989, Frombork
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork. MF/N/1173, 1174
Bronze, 195 x 205 mm
Obverse: In the field Nicolaus Copernicus' torso - en trois quatre; an inscription : MUZEUM/ MIKOŁAJA/ KOPERNIKA / WE/ FROMBORKU
Reverse: the north-west view of the Holy Ghost Hospital, the inscription in 6 lines: OTWARCIE/ DZIAŁU/ HISTORII/ MEDYCYNY/ SZPITAL ŚW. DUCHA
Ryszard Wojciechowski, moulding Henryk Borys
THE MEDALLION ONE-SIDE, PROJECT DONE IN THE JUBILEE YEAR (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF COPERNICUS' BIRTH)
1973, moulding 1985, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/974
Bronze, diameter 238 mm
Obverse: In the centre sitting Copernicus; a legend in the rim: MIKOŁAJ. KOPERNIK 1473 - 1973
Nicolaus Copernicus
Ryszard Wojciechowski, moulding Henryk Borys
THE ONE-SIDE MEDALLION, PROJECT DONE IN THE JUBILEE YEAR (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF COPERNICUS' BIRTH)
1973, moulding1985, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/975
Bronze, diameter 241 mm
Obverse: the head of Nicolaus Copernicus, hands keep the sun, orbits of the planets in the background; the legend in the rim: MIKOŁAJ/ KOPERNIK/ 1473 - 1973
St. Ziemski
THE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL (THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF COPERNICUS' BIRTH)
1973
The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork, MF/N/ 356
Bronze, diameter 28 mm
Obverse: The head of Nicolaus Copernicus; the legend in the rim:: Copernicus + 1473 - 1543/1973 + MIKOŁAJ
Reverse: the south view of the Cathedral Hill in Frombork an inscription in the rim: FROMBORK. POBYT EPOKOWE ODKRYCIA M. KOPERNIKA. 1473-1543.