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SWEDEN. Nobel Nominating Committee for Medicine Gold Medal, Z9 (1974). Royal Swedish (Eskilstuna) Mint. PCGS MATTE SPECIMEN-62 Gold Shield.
20.2 gms. Ehrensvard-21. By E. Lindberg. Obverse: Bust of Nobel left; Reverse: INVENTAS VITAM IUVAT EXCOLUISSE PER ARTES (and they who bettered life on earth by their newly found mastery), basin and serpent-entwined staff of Aeculapius; wreath behind. Highly engaging and alluring, this gold issue presents great brilliance and radiance. Compare to a similar example--a PCGS SPECIMEN-64 also from the Ernster Estate--which realized a total of $7,800 in our 2021 NYINC auction (lot 20567).
20.2 gms. Ehrensvard-21. By E. Lindberg. Obverse: Bust of Nobel left; Reverse: INVENTAS VITAM IUVAT EXCOLUISSE PER ARTES (and they who bettered life on earth by their newly found mastery), basin and serpent-entwined staff of Aeculapius; wreath behind. Highly engaging and alluring, this gold issue presents great brilliance and radiance. Compare to a similar example--a PCGS SPECIMEN-64 also from the Ernster Estate--which realized a total of $7,800 in our 2021 NYINC auction (lot 20567).
Born in Hungary as Ernster László in 1920, Lars Ernster immigrated to Sweden in 1946, playing an important role in the scientific community and joining the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1974. He delivered the presentation speech for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1978, and was a member of the board of the Nobel Foundation from 1977-1988, passing away in 1998.
Ex: Estate of Lars Ernster.
Estimate: $2000.00- $4000.00