103062 | SWEDEN. Axel Friderick Cronstedt silver Medal.
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103062 | SWEDEN. Axel Friderick Cronstedt silver Medal. Issued 1882. Commemorating the life (1722-1765) of the mineralogist and discoverer of nickel (31mm, 12.95 g, 12h). Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences series. By Lea Ahlborn.
AX FRIDER CRONSTEDT REI METALL PRÆTOR / N 1722 O 1765, bare head right // STRATA SUBTERRANEA LUSTRAT, Cronstedt descending ladder into a mine, holding a torch; in four lines in exergue, SOCIO MINERALOGO / MERITISSIMO / R ACAD SC SVEC / MDCCCLXXXII. Edge: Plain.
KVA 143; Hyckert I, p. 205, 1; Müseler 60/42. Choice Mint State. Exceedingly brilliant and prooflike, with frosting on the devices and some subtle toning nearer the peripheries.
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