AUSTRIA. Anton Scharff. Bronze Medal. Wilhelm Freiherr von Bleichröder, Banker in Berlin, ND (1889). CHOICE UNCIRCULATED.
24mm; 8.63 gms. Obverse: Bust facing slightly left in frock coat; Reverse: Familial coat-of-arms surmounted by winged and garnished helmet. Edge: Plain. Red-brown surfaces with a great lustrous brilliance radiating in the fields. The Bleichröders were a German-Jewish banking family handling the accounts of Prince Otto von Bismarck and the Kingdom of Prussia, and later the German Empire. Wilhelm was raised into the Prussian nobility in 1872, preceded four years earlier by fellow banker Abraham Oppenheim.
From the Richard Jewell Collection.
Ex: Coin Galleries (4/2010) Lot # 3678 @ $718.75.
Estimate: $200 - $300