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Auction 6  9 Oct 2018
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Lot 259
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Germany > Silesia: 'Hanging Corn Jew' (Hängender Kornjude) medal, 1694-1695, rare variant struck in lead, by Christian Wermuth; size: 34mm; weight: 22.35g. Obverse: Jew hanging from a tree with Devil on his head, peasant's house with nest on roof; legend "LUC 12" in doorway + "Du Korn Iude•" ['You Corn Jew'' above; in exergue 2-line legend: "Wolfeilezeit 1695•" ['Cheap Times']. Reverse: walking Jew facing right with Devil on his grain sack; legend above: "Du Korn Iude." + "Theure Zeit.1694." ['Expensive Times'] below. Brettauer-1902, JM-111 & P.u.R. 79. Poor detail may be due to weak die strike.
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