Medal - Antwerp Stock Exchange 1854 front Medal - Antwerp Stock Exchange 1854 back
Medal - Antwerp Stock Exchange 1854 photo

Medal - Antwerp Stock Exchange

1854 year
Bronze 98.63 g 60 mm
Description
Location
Belgium
King
Leopold I (1831-1865)
Type
Commemorative medals › Inauguration medals
Year
1854
Composition
Bronze
Weight
98.63 g
Diameter
60 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#231302
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Antwerp Stock Exchange Hall, especially the ceiling by Marcellis.
Text below

Script: Latin

Lettering:
COUVERTURE DE LA BOURSE
D'ANVERS
DECISION DU CONSEIL COMMUNAL
DU 27 JUILLET 1850
L. WIENER F.

Engraver: Léopold Wiener

Edge

Plain

Comment

The superb ceiling by Marcellis, inaugurated in 1854, was destroyed by fire in 1858.
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