GERMANY Medal (Taufmedaille) ca. 1800 Prussia. VF-aXF (digs & scratches!)

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1800, Germany, Prussia. Silver Religious Christian Baptismal Medal by Loos.

Mint Place: Berlin
Mint Year: ca. 1800.
Medallist/Engraver: Daniel Friedrich Loos (1735-1819)
Denominatino: Baptismal Medal (Taufmedaille) - Mark 16:16.
Condition: Toned, with minor deposits, scratches and moderate wear, otherwise VF-aXF in original box of issue!
Material: Silver
Weight: 14.19gm
Diameter: 37mm


Obverse: Draped bust of Jesus Christ left.

Reverse: Baptizing scene of Jesus by Saint John at the River Jordan near Bethabara. In the sky the Holy Spirit (represented as a bird with open wings) is flying. Medallist´s signature (LOOS) at 4:30 o'clock below ground details.
Legend: ER WIRD MIT DEM GEISTE TAUFEN ("He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.")
Exergue: ZUR ERINNERUNG ("In remembrance.")




Daniel Friedrich Loos (1735-1819), was a medallist and coin-engraver, born in Altenburg 15 January 1735 and died in Berlin on 1 October 1819. He was a pupil of Johann Friedrich Stieler, and in 1756 went to Prussia, became mint engraver at Magdeburg, 1756-1767, and was appointed Chief-engraver and Medallist to the Court at Berlin in 1768. He was heralded as the inventor of the mechanism of coining. He was assisted by his son Freidrich Wilhelm Loos.

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