Token - Brussels Museem (Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis) ND front Token - Brussels Museem (Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis) ND back
Token - Brussels Museem (Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis) ND photo

Token - Brussels Museem (Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis) ND

 
- 15.3 g 35 mm
Description
Location
Belgium
Type
Medals › Souvenir medallions
Weight
15.3 g
Diameter
35 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#230911
Rarity index
93%

Reverse

An upright iguanodon skeleton with an iguanodon head in the background. Logo below and text around.

Lettering:
IGUANODON BERNISSARTENSIS.
MUSEUM

Edge

Reeded

Comment

The medals feature 2 major discoveries in paleontology: the most complete Neanderthal skull found at Spy, and the iguanodons, a herd of around 30 specimens discovered in the 1870s in a mine at Bernissart.