Lot 5825 - A financial wizard

Satirical silver medal in 1615, by Chr painter. Welfenroß jumps r., L deciduous tree, r. Palm branch, in the background ship at sea and city view, top pour two coming from the sky Hands coins on the horse / / Male figure with wand poised vv on a rope that is attached to two palm trees, including three city views. 40.30 mm 22.16 g Brockmann 138; Coll. Fieweger -. Of great rarity. Altvergoldet, especially

Copy of the auction Fritz Rudolf Kuenker 152, Osnabrueck 2009, No. 5920th After the comments with Fiala and Deeke this satirical medal should point out the wastefulness and the financial embarrassment of the Duke. The creator of this medal, Christian painter has represented quite positive with the acrobats the financial problems of the Duke. The Duke symbolically poised on a tightrope between the income and expenditure of its treasury. On the obverse of coins pour two hands above his country, represented by the Welfenroß. This is probably meant the extravagance. Descriptive striking photographs to the present day. The transcriptions of clarify on the front: CAVTE (= be careful!) And on the back ALACRITATIS CALCAR Liberalitas (= The driver of happiness is the bounty).

To view the complete lot description, see:Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel. Satirical silver medal 1615 by Chr. Maler.(5350.seu.cleverreach.com/c/13440034/060103fb4d1d-n1e3tc)

Lot 5238 - Strangled with the cravat

Satirical silver medal in 1678, unsigned, by G. Bower, on the murder of Sir Godfrey Edmundbury. Half-length portrait Godfrey r. with tilted back coat, he is of two hands strangled with his own scarf / / A lying on the ground, naked man is strangled by a man standing over him, in the background given the Pope's blessing. With edge lettering. 39.15 mm 27.71 g bucket 257 a fine tone, excellent

Sir Godfrey Edmundbury (* 1621 Ó1678) was a magistrate in Westminster. In 1678 published an Anglican clergyman, Titus Oates (* 1649 Ó1705), the plan of an alleged conspiracy of the Catholics - to kill Protestants, London burn down to murder the king and to appoint James II as his successor - in the wake of violent recatholicization England . Based on these allegations, which evoked Oates before Godfrey, some Catholics were executed. Godfrey, an active opponent of the intrigues of the Papacy, was then found dead under mysterious circumstances, they brought the Catholics with this murder in connection. Titus Oates, however, was transferred under James II of perjury and punished severely, until King William set him free again.

To view the complete lot description, see:Great Britain. Satirical silver medal 1678 on the assassination of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey.(5350.seu.cleverreach.com/c/13440037/060103fb4d1d-n1e3tc)

Lot 5929 - The graves are looted

Johann Wilhelm, 1690-1716.

Silbermedaille 1693, unsigniert, von J. Smeltzing, auf die Pluenderung der Kurfuerstengraeber in Heidelberg durch franzoesische Soldaten. Bueste des franzoesischen Koenigs Louis XIV. r.//Franzoesische Soldaten bei der Grabschaendung. 37,17 mm; 31,40 g. Médailles françaises -; Slg. Memmesh. -; Stemper -; v. Loon IV, S. 64. RR Feine Toenung, vorzueglich

To view the complete lot description, see:Palatinate. Silver medal 1693 by J. Smeltzing on the looting of the graves of the Elector Palatines in Heidelberg by French soldiers.(5350.seu.cleverreach.com/c/13440038/060103fb4d1d-n1e3tc)

Lot 5866 - Inflation and exorbitant grain prices

Satirical Silver Medal, 1694, unsigned, Chr Wermuth. Jews ridicule coin, minted on inflation and the grain usury. Jew with hat and walking stick r. in landscape, on the back of a grain sack, on which a little devil sitting and the bag gets torn, so that the grain falls out / / An upright bushel measure with eight line inscription on the wall. 35.84 mm 14.83 g Coll. Fieweger 82; gaed. II, pp. 16, 6,. Welfare 94035 RR Fine tone, exquisite fine specimen

Copy of the auction Fritz Rudolf Kuenker 110, Osnabrueck 2006, No. 4825th The concept of grain-Jews since the late 17th Century detectable. Publications of the 18th and 19th Century illustrate the insulting term. In a lexicon of 18 Century there is the following definition: Grain Jews are greedy pros and Aufkauffer of corn that collect and aufkauffen to it verkauffen came also in the time of famine to an unfair price with a wrong Maase without distinction again Getraide to inexpensive times, and therefore thereby causing a famine in the land ... In the years 1693 and 1694 (the year of our medal) was available from Silesia to Wuerttemberg over Germany away heavy rainfall on the one hand and plague of locusts on the other. This led to the rise in grain prices, which called speculators corresponding to the plan. The locusts trains arrived already in 1693 from Turkey through Hungary, they lasted a full two months without interruption. At the ensuing famine, the worst so far, also came still a plague, but in these years is almost a third of the population died. Source: Hubert Emmerig, Grain Jews medals in the Brettauer collection: Money History News, September 2013, Issue 269

To view the complete lot description, see:Hamburg. Corn Jew Medal 1694 by Chr. Wermuth(5350.seu.cleverreach.com/c/13440039/060103fb4d1d-n1e3tc)

Lot 5058 - Silence is golden

Satirical gold ducats to 2 nd, Chr E. Mueller, on the secrecy. Two ears, including a mouth / / the nine-line font: WHO WITHOUT / HADER LIVING WILL / MUST fortuitous MUCH / OFFT SILENCE STILL / BECAUSE WHY IS THE / PEOPLE born / WITH A MUNDT / AND ZWEYEN / EARS, above and below, an arabesque including CEM (Christian Ernst Mueller, engraver in Augsburg around 1717-1741). 26.17 mm; 6.90 g Forster 619 (there in silver); Coll. Fieweger 226 (there in silver); Coll Brettauer 4826 (there in silver). GOLD. Excellent

The old rule: A mystery remains only one, when really no one knows it. If one keeps in mind it's not so hard to preserve, as people think. You can make one almost as well know as himself, and it does not read but his thoughts. Daniel Quinn in his novel F

To view the complete lot description, see:Satirical gold medal of 2 ducats by Chr. E. Mueller on silentness.(5350.seu.cleverreach.com/c/13440043/060103fb4d1d-n1e3tc)