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SWEDEN. Nobel Nominating Committee for Medicine Silver Medal, ND (ca. 1901-13). Royal Swedish (Eskilstuna) Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-62.
Ehrensvard-22; Lagerqvist-3A. Diameter: 26mm. 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. Edge: Plain. Steel gray devices are surrounded by soft charcoal in the recesses, satisfyingly backdropping the motifs on both obverse and reverse. Fully original, with no trace of hairlines or other issues often encountered.
Estimate: $300 - $400
Ehrensvard-22; Lagerqvist-3A. Diameter: 26mm. 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. Edge: Plain. Steel gray devices are surrounded by soft charcoal in the recesses, satisfyingly backdropping the motifs on both obverse and reverse. Fully original, with no trace of hairlines or other issues often encountered.
Estimate: $300 - $400