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Description: | Commemorative medal depicting Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543). Obverse: Bust of the astronomer (half-right), a model of the solar system to the Copernican theory to the right. Legend: 'NICOLAUS COPERNICUS . QUI . SOLEM . STARE . TERRAM . MOVERI . ISSIT.' Reverse: A circlet of beads. Legend: 'ACADEMIA . LITTERARUM . ET . SCIENTARUM . POLONA.' Inscription: 'XV LUSTRIS FELICITER PERACTIS MDCCCLXXIII MCMXLVIII.' The medal was issued by the Polish Academy of Science and struck by the Warsaw Mint (information Orest Paszkowycz).
Boxed, which is part numbered MEC2662.1 and can be accessed via the WHOLE/PART toggle. 1 medal struck in gold, 200 in silver, 100 in silvered bronze and 1, 300 in bronze.
caption: Commemorative medal depicting Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543); obverse
caption: Commemorative medal depicting Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543); reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Nicholas Copernicus Nicholas | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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