Issue minted for Jakub Reichel to celebrate the opening of the new Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
Medal designed by Christoph Carl Pfeuffer, signed on the obverse.
Ex. Stack's Bowers Galleries, The Zurich Sale Auction, 13 March 2025, lot 12319.
Mint luster on both sides.
Surface hairliness.
Ex. NGC MS61.
Obverse: 3/4 bust of Jakub Reichel facing left, signature below C. PFEUFFER FEC.
IACOBVS DE REICHEL NATVS VARSAVIAE A D MDCCLXXX, D VI NOV LDO XXV OCT
Reverse: Coat of arms adorned with a helmet with a jewel
VIRO DE RE NVMARIA OPTIME MERITO AMICI, A. D. MDCCCLI
Silver, diameter 43 mm, weight 29.21 g
