Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2021 ANA Auction - Online 23-25 Aug 2021
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AUSTRIA. Anton Scharff. Bronze Medal. 50th Anniversary of the First Bank of Austria, 1869. GEM UNCIRCUATED.
63mm; 90.98 gms. Wurzbach-9349; Hauser-1640. Obverse: Female personification of Industry, with head slightly right, seated slightly left on plinth, holding cornucopia and resting hand upon bundle of rods; beehive with bees to left, spire and package to right; bee in exergue; Reverse: Legend and date in seven lines with oak and laurel wreath. Edge: Plain. Presenting rich red-brown surfaces along with a subtle cobalt-violet nature, this piece offers tremendous radiance and a high degree of prooflike brilliance in the fields.
From the Richard Jewell Collection.
63mm; 90.98 gms. Wurzbach-9349; Hauser-1640. Obverse: Female personification of Industry, with head slightly right, seated slightly left on plinth, holding cornucopia and resting hand upon bundle of rods; beehive with bees to left, spire and package to right; bee in exergue; Reverse: Legend and date in seven lines with oak and laurel wreath. Edge: Plain. Presenting rich red-brown surfaces along with a subtle cobalt-violet nature, this piece offers tremendous radiance and a high degree of prooflike brilliance in the fields.
From the Richard Jewell Collection.
Estimate: $100 - $200