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Commemorative medal depicting Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543)
Commemorative medal depicting Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543). Obverse: Bust of the astronomer (half-right), a model of the solar system to the Copernican theory to the right. Legend: 'NICOLAUS COPERNICUS . QUI . SOLEM . STARE . TERRAM . MOVERI . ISSIT.' Reverse: A circlet of beads. Legend: 'ACADEMIA . LITTERARUM . ET . SCIENTARUM . POLONA.' Inscription: 'XV LUSTRIS FELICITER PERACTIS MDCCCLXXIII MCMXLVIII.' The medal was issued by the Polish Academy of Science and struck by the Warsaw Mint (information Orest Paszkowycz).
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2662 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown; Kalfas, F. |
| Date made: | 1948 |
| People: | Nicholas Copernicus, Nicholas |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: x x x 60 mm |
| Parts: | Commemorative medal depicting Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543) |
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