The Scher collection of commemorative medals
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  alternate name: Art--Private collections
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  alternate name: Portrait medallions--Catalogs
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  alternate name: Medals--United States--Catalogs
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  alternate name: Medals--Mexico--Catalogs
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  alternate name: Portrait medallions
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  alternate name: Medals--Europe--Catalogs
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  alternate name: Medals
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320126547
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320126578
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320127177
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320131132
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310101559
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310144748
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310189478
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31025366
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31138092
editor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310189477
language: eng
subject of: Statement
  additional type: http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300195187
  text: Introduction -- Hunting the wild aftercast: confessions of a medal collector / by Stephen K. Scher -- Note to the reader / by Aimee Ng -- Italy. Art at its apex: the medals of Italy / by Ulrich Pfisterer -- Germany and Austria. A handy mirror for princes and citizens: the rise and dissemination of medals in Germany / by Martin Hirsch -- France. "Proof stones of history": the medal in France, 1400-1900 / by Mark Jones -- The Netherlands. Perspectives in metal: a history of medals of the Low Countries / by Jan Pelsdonk -- England. Illustrating an island nation: the medals of Britain / by Christopher Eimer -- Russia and Scandinavia. The tale of the elephant, the dragon and other extinct animals. The early history of medallic art in Denmark, Sweden, and Russia / by Marie-Astrid Pelsdonk -- Switzerland, Mexico, and the United States -- Artist biographies -- Bibliography -- Index.
temporal coverage: 1400-1950
work example: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301292879

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property ID: NL-AmRIJ
value: 292879