SAXONY Medal 1830 300th Anniversary of the Augsburg Confession. Top Pop! NGC MS 62

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Certification details

Certification number: 8584139-016

Grade: MS 62

NGC collectible ID: 215798

Nominal value: SILVER

Mint Mark: GERMANY

Variety: MERSEBURGER-2151 ; AUGSBURG CONFESSION

Year: 1830-DATED

1830, Saxony. 300th Anniversary of the Augsburg Confession. Top Pop! Silver Medal. NGC MS-62!

Mint Year: 1830
Mint Place: Berlin
Maker: Gottfried Bernhard Loos.
Medallist: Christoph Carl Pfeuffer.
Reference: Merseburger 2151, Whiting 659.
Condition: Certified and graded by NGC as MS-62! - Top Pop!
Denomination: Medal - 300th Anniversary of the Augsburg Confession.
Weight: ca. 27gm
Material: Silver
Diameter: 44mm


Obverse: Altar betweeen the standing facing figure of Martin Luther, who is pointing with open hands to the it and to the staning facing figure of Philip Melanchthon. The latter holds his left hand to his heart and points with right finger towards bible, which reads "Jeremiah 22, verse 29.". The bible is placed on across-decorated cloth on top of the altar.
Legend: O LAND! LAND! LAND! HÖRE DES HERRN WORT! Unten ZUR DRITTEN IUBELF. DER AUGSB. CONFESS. AM 25 IUNI 1830.
Exergue: AM 25 JUNI 1530

Reverse: Scenery of the delivery of the Augsburg Confession, which shows the crowned and enthroned Emperor Charles V, beneath a prince and a papal legate, receiving the signed document by a kneeling prince, supported by eight fellow princes behind him.
Legend: + DR. BAYER CHURS. KANZL. UBERGIEBT D.K. KARL V. DIE EVNG. CONFESS. A.D. REIST. Z. AUGSB.
Exergue: AM 25 IUNI 1530 / G. LOOS DIR. C. PFEUFFER FEC.







The Augsburg Confession, also known as the "Augustana" from its Latin name, Confessio Augustana, is the primary confession of faith of the Lutheran Church and one of the most important documents of the Lutheran Reformation. The Augsburg Confession was written in both German and Latin and was presented by a number of German rulers and free-cities at the Diet of Augsburg on 25 June 1530. The Holy Roman Emperor Charles V had called on the Princes and Free Territories in Germany to explain their religious convictions in an attempt to restore religious and political unity in the Holy Roman Empire and rally support against the Turkish invasion. It is the fourth document contained in the Lutheran Book of Concord.

On 21 January 1530, Emperor Charles V issued letters from Bologna, inviting the Imperial Diet to meet in Augsburg on 8 April for the purpose of discussing and deciding various important questions. Although the writ of invitation was couched in very peaceful language, it was received with suspicion by some of the Protestants. Landgrave Philip of Hesse hesitated to attend the diet, but the Elector John of Saxony, who received the writ 11 March, on 14 March directed Martin Luther, Justus Jonas, Johannes Bugenhagen and Philipp Melanchthon to meet in Torgau, where he was, and present a summary of the Lutheran faith to be laid before the Holy Roman Emperor at the diet.

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