102901 | ITALY. Umberto I/Agriculture, Industry and Commerce bronze Medal.

102901  |  ITALY. Umberto I/Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce bronze Award Medal. Issued 1890 (48mm, 12h). By F. Speranza at the Rome mint.

 

UMBERTO I RE D'ITALIA, bare head left // MINISTERO D'AGRICOLTURA INDUSTRIA E COMMERCIO / AL MERITO INDUSTRIALE, seminude allegorical female figure seated left on anvil, holding hammer and wreath; gear in background to left; barrels, packs, and telegraph wires in background to right. Edge: Plain.

 

lamoneta.it W-MZ51M6/12-1. PCGS SP-63. Rich brown surfaces and an incredibly prooflike appearance to the surfaces. Seemingly rather conservatively graded—by at least a few points—in the opinion of this cataloger. A fairly rare and highly enticing award medal.

 

Issued just one year after the Ministry of Post and Telegraphs was established in Italy in 1889, this medal features wires in the background on the reverse—an interesting foreshadowing to the vast advancements in technology and the connected world in the ensuing century.

 

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Upload: 15 August 2024.