Albrecht Von Haller Medal
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Title
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Albrecht Von Haller Medal
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Description
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Bronze. France 1821. Signed. Posthumous.
Obverse: Clothed bust to right, with short natural hair [not the customary peruke]; shirt collar open and turned back over coat collar; in a curve at left and right, ALBERTUS HALLER; below, CAQUE * F *
Reverse: NATUS / BERNÆ / IN HELVETIA / AN. M.DCC.VIII. / OBIIT / AN.M.DCC.LXXVII. in six parallel lines; in exergue, SERIES NUMISMATICA / UNIVERSALIS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM in two lines and below another mark, M DCCC XXI [1821], and below, in a curve DURAND EDIDIT.
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Coverage
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France
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Creator
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Armand Auguste Caque
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Date
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1821
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Extent
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41 mm
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Language
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Latin
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Medium
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Bronze
